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Comment by Zoe 5 hours ago

Smaller portions would be ok with me as I usually don't eat as much as served. This place wasn't a choice, but just across from where I was having my car serviced. Between being a diabetic, a vegetarian and a foodie it can often be hard to find something to eat! Every single one of the salads had meat in them and the salad bar was pathetic, so I got a sandwich and spiked to 215. Sigh. Oh yeah and it wasn't on the senior menu. They should just say "you can have a smaller serving of anything on the menu for a dollar less or whatever. To think eating out was one of my greatest joys! Great that the gym started their senior rates at 62; the definition of a senior seems to vary a lot. Then there is my Life development texts that have "young middle age", "middle middle age" and "older middle age"

Comment by Judith 6 hours ago

Zoe--I think most of the time a senior menu just means smaller portions of the same old same old....Having been forced to join a commercial gym for the first time in my life because my post-op physical therapy benefit ran out, I was delighted to find they started their senior rate at 62 even if I wasn't on Medicare yet. Suddenly I was delighted to be a senior!!!.....

Comment by Zoe 12 hours ago

Even though I'm 63 and therefore well qualified, I've still hesitated to think of myself as a senior! Yesterday I had lunch out and decided to go for a "senior special". Ironically there was nothing on that menu a vegetarian/diabetic could eat.

Comment by bikette 17 hours ago

Betty Davis said it best .... "Getting old ain't for sissies!"

Comment by Judith yesterday

Welcome to Seniorhood, Steven. It has it's perks, but it's not easy! Glad you are here...Judith in Portland

Comment by Steven on May 8, 2012 at 9:52pm

I now find myself qualifying as a senior with DM!

Diagnosed exactly six years ago, I am pretty well-controlled.

Having had a funny turn at work several years ago, never leave home now without some biscuits, glucose tablets, spare meds and a medicalert bracelet.

Stick pretty much to the low GI diet -and use lots of music as my non-food goodies.

Now consider T2DM as something which will merge the complications of ageing, rather than be a free-standing condition.

Glad to be involved with this grouping.

Comment by flipper on December 23, 2011 at 9:46am

You're getting a good start. Frequent testing is the key to my ability to keep my A1c under 7.0. (I"m on a pump) How are you doing with peripheral artery disease (PAD)? Are you able to walk any further. About 15 years ago I couldn't walk further than 200 feet without stopping to recover. Because of my frequent walking (I play a lot of golf) I'm able to walk a great distance (more than a mile) . Walk until you hurt and continue to walk until you can't bear to walk any further. Stop, recover, and then begin walking again. I'm not sure if it would work for everyone but it worked for me.

Comment by muleman on December 23, 2011 at 5:54am

Hi Flipper and you all here! I do so appreciate all advice I have had from my few sites! Now getting on with my diet Yipee! Living on my meter and its working!
Merry Christmas everyone.

Comment by ODESSA BROWN on December 8, 2011 at 8:51pm

hi roz c
i got your email,thanks
so glad to meet you,will talk later

Comment by ODESSA BROWN on December 8, 2011 at 8:45pm

thank you
judith,glad to meet you
will talk later

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