I understand everyones willingness to help and this site is definitely awesome, so I figured I might as well tell a little of my story. It's just not the diabetes. The last 50 yrs have been tough but the last 5 have been a killer! I have 4 bad discs, L3s1 L4 L5 and L6s1, along with arthritis in my entire spine, not to mention hips, knees and shoulders. 40 years of sports and 25 yrs of construction! I had to stop work and take soc sec disability. NOT a lot of money.…

At the beginning I was troubled by having to take another injection each day along with insulin, after a while it becomes second nature get the almost forgot to take it times did I take it or not syndrom do I really need it doubts and here I am this overcast morning after the hottest day of the year yesterday 29 degrees chatting about it.

Being a natural worrier change any change plays on my mind I like routine so I know where I am going and what ot expect, in the beginning…

The alarm clock on my nightstand says 3:55 AM. It pipes out the sounds of a gentle rain, and I grin to myself. I tap it off, and as I slide out of bed one of our dogs stretches and slides into the warm spot I vacate.The only sound is the other dog snoring softly in the living room. My little town is quiet at this early hour. No cars, no kids, no trains, no planes. I choose to wake at this hour.…

The weather was fantastic the hottest day of the year you roasted just waliking out of the fron t door you do not get days like this very often we not as often as we use to when I was a nipper, the wife and I spent ages in our local Asda( free plug for them ) deciding what to get for our son his partner and our three grandchildren Jessica Daniel and baby Jacob sheila chose this cheese I choose another we even argued over what type of lettuse to take in fact at one time we had 5 different…