I got an email from a diabetic friend telling me he had an open cut on his foot healing up and his mother was visiting in town and wanted him to take her out and about, even thought she knew about the foot. I replied:\u00a0\u00a0 You HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING saying your mother wants you to take her out entertaining when you should be home with your leg up.\u00a0 She does not get it.\u00a0 Ok, I will say this once, and I know you already know this.\u00a0 I’m just Spirit’s personal reminder that the world needs the work you have to give.\u00a0 And you need an able body\/vehicle to do all it all, and it\u00a0will fulfill your every dream.\u00a0 YOU are a diabetic.\u00a0 YOU are obese.\u00a0 If you make your food\u00a0become your medicine, you can control the\u00a0diabetes, despite extra weight.\u00a0 The incorrect food will create toxins that\u00a0your body can no longer process.\u00a0 It can no longer process them\u00a0due to the diabetes.\u00a0\u00a0When\u00a0the toxins build up, it\u00a0appears in your legs.\u00a0 You are a\u00a0diabetic.\u00a0 I\u00a0know a lot of diabetics.\u00a0 You have to be careful of your feet anyway.\u00a0 You should be wearing diabetic shoes and they need to lace up.\u00a0 I’m not saying anything you don’t know.\u00a0 <\/p>\n
I won’t tell you how many of the diabetic men I know over 40 who are still walkers or have both their legs.\u00a0 You have a cut on your foot that is slow to heal.\u00a0 By God’s grace it isn’t on the bottom of your foot, so get on your knees right now and thank God for that.\u00a0 So,\u00a0YOU, a diabetic with a new cut on his foot, is going to spend days sitting up and standing up to be polite to your mother, even though doing so may lead to you losing your leg.\u00a0 That’s what you’re doing, right<\/p>\n
What you NEED TO BE DOING is – until you can get to the doctor, treat yourself as they would in the hospital.\u00a0 Get in bed, get that leg raised, listen to some Abraham or classical music or good ole time gospel and STAY RECLINED WITH YOUR LEG RAISED.\u00a0 Don’t just stay in bed or on the couch.\u00a0\u00a0GET THAT LEG\u00a0ABOVE YOUR HEART until you get to the doctor and let him know you kept it up so he factors that into the equation.<\/p>\n
Keep the stress to a minimum, ok mom’s visiting so forget that one, but DO NOT GO OUT AND ABOUT, CERTAINLY NOT TO A MOVIE WHERE YOUR LEG IS ON THE FLOOR OR CROSSED FOR HOURS.\u00a0 Good Lord, I am not kidding.\u00a0 Ok, end of lecture.<\/p>\n
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I just now finished cleaning out my back office and vacuuming the whole house. My friend Denise turned me on to the\u00a0Kenmore Magic Blue\u2122 Canister Vacuum. It is so easy to use and easy to hide in a little corner to keep at hand. I used to never vacuum, ever; I would just wait for the housekeeper.\u00a0 But now that I’m cleaning my own house (let’s see how long that lasts) I find I am really digging the little MagicVac.\u00a0 Also I find if I keep a bottle of spray cleaner and a\u00a0 dustcloth in each room, it is no big deal to clean this table or that bookshelf every few days.<\/p>\n
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