NUTRITION

My kidney doctor suggested I enroll in a Diabetic Education/Nutrition class at the local hospital. My first class covered what diabetes is and how my body function as a diabetic, how to use insulin and what it does for my body. The second class was today on nutrition. It told me how many carbs I could eat a day based on my height/weight. How to read the labels on food containers and how to manage my meals based on the carbs I can eat. 95% of the stuff I already new, but it was worth refreshing my knowledge. An interesting observation about the attendees. Two females, me and another women about the same age and two males approximately the same age as me. THE MEN HAD THEIR WIVES WITH THEM. From my historic perspective men can not handle their respective medical issues alone. Just like I believe women live a lot longer without their spouse. I go to medical appointments with my husband and sit in and observe what the doctor has to say. Just as I did with my dad after my mother died. My husband on the other hand does not sit in with my appointments. I don understand the psychology behind this, I just know it to be true. I had a horrendous headache today. I rushed out of the house to my class with the headache just starting. I hardly had enough time for my oatmeal and skipped the coffee. The contractor was working in the kitchen/new addition and I didn't want to take the time to make a cup of coffee and by the time the class was over my headache was raging. I came home and thought it was because I was getting hungry for lunch, so we had lunch. That didn't help. So I took two Tylenol and spent the afternoon dozing off on the couch. I got up at about 4 and the headache was still lingering. We had dinner and then I realized I had not had any coffee all day. So my husband suggested a Starbuck's latte. Believe it or not it helped. My daughter had her annual performance review today. She is doing very well and will get a raise this year of 3.2%. I feel this is a good percentage considering some companies are not giving any raises. Her and the boyfriend are looking at engagement rings. I can't believe how fast this is happending. I just hope the engagement lasts a while.