Neuropathy and a Hint of Blessings

Yep--I have been kinda busy--I don't have a habit of posting--I don't even think about it.   The last three sentences make me think about that line in the Princess Diaries where she says: and just look at all the times I use the word I....

I woke up this morning with a pinched nerve in my lower back that made my legs feel like they were just waking up from a long sleep...It scared me--I thought--oh no--neuropathy!  Crap!

A visit to the Chiropractor helped get the bone off of the nerve and I have had lingering numbness all day.  I am going to my neck doctor tomorrow to complete the move because my upper spine is out too...I hope this takes care of the problem.

It made me think about how having neuropathy would seriously mess up someone's quality of life.  If you can't feel your feet or the condition of your skin on your toes or you nails, how will you know when there is a problem?  Would your feet die? --

Even worse--if your blood sugars are not controlled enough to cause end stage neuropathy, they are also bad enough to cause nephropathy (kidney damage)--I don't know the -opathy word for liver damage...

I have thought about what having diabetes actually means in a real sense for an extended lifetime, if you live that long.  The negative thinking way to see this is:  a disease where your body dies one body part at a time and it's just a matter of time.

The positive way to look at it is:  I am not Diabetes and I can overcome it--I can choose my actions and my responses to the things happening in my life and I can be proactive in taking care of my blood sugars and doing something about them immediately. I am smarter than diabetes.

I tend to be positive--but I have had periods in the time I have had diabetes that I have been very negative about it; yes it has blessed me in my life, but.....That is what I sometimes--well maybe--a lot more than sometimes...think.  Tomorrow I will tell you about a blessing I experienced a couple of weeks ago that was a direct result of how I have taken care of my body because I have diabetes.