I'm going to....

 I'm putting this out in the ether so that I will have said something and will have to be responsible for it.  I am going to follow the reversing diabetes diet which is basically a) as little animal products as possible b) as little vegetable oils as possible, and c) choosing the lower glycemic choice when given two options.   I haven't diabetes for over 30 years now and I've never controlled it.   

I read the book by Dr. Neal Barnard called 'Reversing Diabetes' and his information and the scientific experiments they did are compelling.    I spent three weeks in April not consuming foods with extra sugar and turning away from dr. pepper and choclate bars and 'ades' at the cafes and I survived.  Belu, my friend who is doing this with me, and I chose 3 days at the end of the 21 days to eat what we wanted (which included Dr. Pepper, banana pudding, burgers and fries, etc. and by the end of the 3 days, we were both TIRED of the 'bad' food.  It was "mostly" EASY to get back on the 'good' diet aftewards, so I feel confident that I can do this new diet without too many breaks.   

I've decided to do it as heartily as I can until AT LEAST the Monday of Summer Breaks (what ever the latest Monday is in July) and then go see the dr. during out break, so that I can have the medical numbers to back up whether or not this has helped me.    Already (after just one week) I have lost a few pounds, my blood sugar numbers are so good that I have had to REMOVE one of my diabetes meds, and My blood pressure is almost always in the 'normal' ranger (which it hasn't been since January.    

Anyway, I'm pleased with the results for now and I'm going to strive diligently to follow this as well as I can and to CONQUER this disease and be a healthy older lady who is NOT frail!

thanks for listening. (bows)