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For personal reasons, I find myself on a new mission.


Easter, I turned off the alcohol. Kinda Monday I turned to buying cigarettes suelto.

Yesterday, I did my first training walk through my Colonia.



On this walk, I determined to do two things:

With camera, share some of what brings peace, with living here.

And, . . . more importantly,

Plan a training camp for diabetics, likely in Lopez where we will train together. Beginning about October.

I'll be in shape to train.


Be there if you are not in balance. Meet here.


Practicing, following are views from my next walk

Quote:

Originally posted by bajacalifornian

Just a excellent shot here.

Dittos on carrying a camera when "out" ........ look what we would have missed

Thanks much for the "view" ....... really like the "black & white"

Dennis ...... your bad

[Edited on 4-6-2013 by wessongroup]

Participants will "fill in the blanks" of questions unanswered by health care too busy and expensive to provide understanding necessary to live well with the diagnosis. Group discussion will unravel the mystery of hemoglobin A1C*, what the test reveals, when and why.

Participants best friend will become their blood sugar monitors. From dawn to bedtime, results will become understood based on specific food intake and individual response. Effect of exercise . . . the same.

Weight management will be heavily explored. Beginning with foot and joint care, walking will be the primary tool of this exercise. With diet and walking combinations explored, participants will return to their homes continuing their training programs proving their "numbers" seemingly are similar to their healthy neighbors. They understand important numbers regarding limits . . . . .the numbers on the lab result their physician orders. They will return home not as endocrinologists or even internal medicine specialists, but knowing their body well . . what it is saying and what it is doing. When you affect a situation, you have an effect on it.
Ya gotta learn what the hell's goin on.

Coming with meds, socks and clothing to walk, fish, photograph, ride horses and mules and walk and test and meet their body, participants will adopt guidelines of walking, using walking time to think through issues. Stress and an inherent impact on numbers, will be jawed about.

*same as MMESDr & A1C make no sense and we pass over it without understanding, MMES is the ICAO airport of Mexico, in Ensenada. Learn a little language and things make sense.

Footnote. I am not a physician. Before careers of animals and planes and boats and fish . . . I was a hospital trained pediatric dentist. It means I can answer stuff about your baby teeth if you have them in a drawer or something.
I did manage my numbers 10 years when pills and diet could do the trick. After my pancreas crapped out . . . when I produced no insulin or what it did eek out was no longer working I continue to manage my numbers with insulin, now 12 years.

Monday with help, I intend to upload a sample discussion handout.






ON THE TRAIL




ON THE TRAIL

[Edited on 4-6-2013 by bajacalifornian]

Cher . . . walked alone this morning. Will take both boys this afternoon.



Grill, smoker and 18 foot center console ARCA. Signs of a good life.

Good job, and kudos on helping others. I went only as far as oral meds for my 6+ A1c, but everything changed when I had to start a renal care diet. (low protein) The Mexican diet is high carb. the same as a renal diet. It is tricky business. Weight loss helped a very great deal. If I were to suggest one thing that works for me and may for others is that I eat whenever I feel hungry. I have few planned meal times and few sit-down meals. By spreading the carbs over a longer period they tend to spike the glucose less. I got my size down to where my pancreas could make enough insulin. Now with an A1c of 5.4 it is a LOT easier to eat for my remaining kidney and the taste of a fish taco!

I realize that it is different if you've lost the pancreas, but I believe that frequent tiny meals present less problem in controlling glucose swings even for the insulin dependent diabetic.

Hang in there everyone. I proved it is a treatable disease.

Here's from a brisk pre-sunrise walk in Bahia Asuncion.

Indio walked same as a well trained dog this evening. Other than weight of his leash on my fingers, wouldn't know he was there.


He's a kid magnet.













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