My Motorcycle Injuries

I broke my diabetic diet for a short while several weeks ago for my birthday. I had a nice birthday, and the celebration for it lasted a week or so. Yeah, party animals. During that time I ate anything and everything that I wanted to eat, but the strange thing is that I didn't really enjoy much of it. I honestly thought that I would enjoy engorging myself with countless carbohydrates, and I looked forward to doing it, but the truth is that the only thing that I can remember truly enjoying during that time was some milkshakes that I had over several days. The rest of the stuff just made me feel overly full and very much dissatisfied. I've had diabetes pretty much since the motorcycle accident, and eating has become an act of drudgery since. I eat because I have to eat in order to sustain life, but that's about it. That's why I don't really understand the fact that I don't enjoy the unlimited diet when I go off of the whole carb-watch thing. Mysteries serve a purp...

       A few years ago I discovered that I was given diabetes as a late gift from my motorcycle accident injuries. The symptoms became fairly intense after roughly two years, and I finally went to see an endocrinologist who placed me on insulin and medication immediately. My initial A1C was a dangerous 14.2 during that first visit, but I’ve since brought it down to very good levels. I only take metformin now and I control things otherwise through proper diet and exercise. Kudos to me, I guess. I’ve got to be honest in stating that I really hate being diabetic. It’s a disease that controls your life and shows no mercy when left unchecked. It’s particularly irritating to consider that it came about as the result of damage done to my pancreas during the accident. It just serves to highlight the vicious nature of my accident injuries and helps to remind me daily of the damage done to my body. I get tired of having to watch my diet and exercise, but I particularly grow ti...

Christmas is coming soon. I actually celebrate the holiday twice every year. We spend Christmas Eve with my side of the family and Christmas day with my wife’s side of the family. My side of the family isn’t too much centered on eating, but my wife’s side of the family likes to eat throughout the day. We get together for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, with assorted snacks in-between. I really don’t eat much at either house anymore, but we do have a nice time together. My diabetes was caused by damage done to my pancreas in the accident. It wasn’t diagnosed for well over two years, but now I am able to manage it well. Still, it has caused me to lose about 50 lbs. to date. I Initially thought that the weight loss would be temporary, but it has lasted for a year and a half now and it doesn’t seem to be affected at all by anything that I eat. I weigh now roughly what I did in high school. It’s been strange wearing clothes that hadn’t fit me properly for years. Although I had to stop wearing...