Went to the doctor this week as I had been feeling tired and thirsty and just generally lackidaisical.  He, of course could advise nothing until blood was drawn, tested , etc.  He did give me a glucose monitor.  I used it immediately when I got home and that prepared  me for his call today that he needed to see me again so we could discuss alternate means of management.  I can only assume that means some type of insulin therapy.

I guess in modern times, if your ole pancreas lasts for 70 years you ought to have the damned thing taken out, bronzed like those baby shoes we all have, and set the thing on the mantle.  I had to call up Mayo clinic on the net to get to the bottom of the pancreas workings.  It pretty much boils down to the fact that I should have backed off twinkies and Ding Dongs at about the age 25 and sucked on asparagas spears all these years.   Well, its green beans and brocolli for the near future.  From what I have read, a good shot of whiskey is so against the rules that I will be afraid to drive by a liquor store for fear I will get it by osmosis.  Beans are supposed to be really good for diabetic dieting.  I went to the store today and bought about 10 different types of beans.  The President can tell the middle east potentates to kiss his heiney cause we are gonna have an abundance of natural gas. 

D and I are going to Pecos this weekend to attend services for Charles Bowers.  His wife Gloria is my first cousin and was born 6 days after I was born.  It is a bummer to lose someone and especailly when its someone you have known forever.  It is also heartbreaking when that person is your age.  Scares the dickens out of me.

This little posting wasnt very uplifting but sometimes we just have to grin and bear it.  Its life, whether we like it or not.  I guess we just have to remember all the good times that we were subjected to when we were raised in Pecos. 

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