Hi all!

Things have been crazy with my health lately.  I fractured my foot earlier this year--3 small bones on the top of the arch.  They did not heal.  The bones died.  This left a space for the bones to slip and slide around in.  That led to the bones falling down or telescoping downward and the arch falling.  I now have a rocker bottom on the right foot.  I had just gotten new arch supports and diabetic shoes, but the arch support were from before my arch fell so severely. (Of course there is a name for this--charcot foot--not really reversible)  Take care of your feet ladies!!!

The new shoes caused a blister on the bottom of my foot.  Having diabetic neruopathy, I did not feel it.  Then it got infected.  I spent 8 1/2 in the VA hospital getting antibiotics and after a week at home am on 7 more days of antibiotics.  My blood pressure and blood sugars were a mess too.  They put me on an insulin drip for two days.  I now have to take two kinds of insulin--slow acting and fast acting.  That is 5 shots a day.

One thing I learned was the right diabetic diet, exchanges, and portions. 

1600 Calorie Diabetic Diet

 Breakfast                               

WW Bread-1              

Margerine-1 tsp

 Coffee or Tea                                      

8 oz skim milk             

Or 1/3 c cottage cheese           

Or 6 oz yogurt

 Fruit:    ½ canned, juice or water                      

Or 1 c fresh fruit          

Egg-1                                                  

 Cereal: 1/2 cup

May sub 1 WW Bread                        

Or 1-3” pancake

Or 1 waffle

LUNCH

 WW bread-1

Margerine-1 tsp

Coffee or tea

8 oz skim milk

Or 1/3 cup cottage cheese

Or 6 oz yogurt

Fruit:  ½ cup canned in fruit juice or water

            Or 1 cup fresh

 Green Salad:  no potato or macaroni salad

 Meat:  3 oz

 ½ c potato or 1/3 cup pasta or rice

 Vegetable:  ½ cooked or 1 c fresh

 Dinner

 WW bread-1

Margerine-1 tsp

 Coffee or tea

8 oz skim milk

Or 1/3 cup cottage cheese

Or 6 oz yogurt

 Fruit:  ½ cup canned in fruit juice or water

            Or 1 cup fresh

 Green Salad:  no potato or macaroni salad

 Meat:  3 oz

 ½ c potato or 1/3 cup pasta or rice

 Vegetable:  ½ cooked or 1 c fresh

I eat at regular scheduled times now--8 am, 12 noon, and between 5-6 pm.  No snacking unless there is low blood sugar. 

As soon as I get my new shoes and my foot is healed, I will be out walking again.  It is do or die time for me.  This is my life and I am not willing to let diabetes win and kill me.  I plan to fight back and am glad to have some tools to help me.  So here is to exercise which I always saw as a punishment, but now view as a privilege, and eating right.  And keeping my eyes on the the Lord to lead and guilde me along the path to good health.