Repentanance

I repent the stupid things I thougth about my brother and his blood sugar control problems years ago. That is years before I was diagnosed (7 May 2004) and after his health began to crap out. I found it easy to say "I can't understand why he has trouble keeping his blood sugar under control. Just eat the right food and it would be easy!"

Experience has taught me that "just eat the right food is horribly simplistic; I try to eat good but it it damn hard to keep the blood sugar under control. May be it takes more than working out and trying to eat right to reach this goal. Maybe it would take insulin or something than metformin but I am not willing to go there...

It is enough to make me think that God is kicking my ass to get me to begin proper thinking and to be more sympathetic.

I wasn't sympathetic after Charlie (my youngest brother) lost his right foot to a major infection and had to walk on crutches. I became far more sympathetic after breaking my left ankle around 6:25 pm, 13 June 2007, and then had to use crutches or a motorized wheel chair.

I suck when it comes to getting around whilst unable to walk but I look good on a motorized scooter/wheel chair*!

Here I am on the scooter I rode at the 2007 International Lions Convention in Chicago Illinois. We were at the McCormick Centre near the sales area..

^{* Yeah, I'm actually joking}