[IBL] Asking for patience and understanding

[Santa Fe Prairie Dogs]

All:

I haven't really talked about this very much, except to select owners. I figure
that maybe it's time to let everyone in on the situation, without going into any
more detail than I have to.

Simply put, I'm a Type 2 diabetic, and have been for just over 13 years,
including the period I was insulin-resistant/pre-diabetic.

This month, in the space of less than 3 weeks, I've had my medication dosages
and scheduling changed 4 times. They'll probably change 2 or 3 more times by the
end of the month. So far, my body hasn't responded in the direction or at the
pace anyone wants. In the process, it's playing havoc with all areas of my life
to the point I can't be sure from one day to the next how I'll feel or how much
stamina I'll have.

I'll stay current with the league as best I can. Until things stabilize again,
it's getting hard for me to predict what kind of shape I'll be in more than a
day or two in advance, and not even that at times.

The worst is the fear involved with the timing.

I'll be 58 in a couple of weeks. On her 58th birthday, my sister was diagnosed
with a rare form of cancer. She survived another 51 weeks, and was buried the
day before she would have been 59. Average mortality was less than 6 months, so
she kind of beat the odds. My father passed at age 60, and my mother at age 62.
Hopefully I'll survive longer than any of them, but I'm getting nervous as all
heck.

If I seem more erratic than I have been, now you know some of the story. I don't
like using my health as a reason for how I behave, but I'm being forced to
adjust to a new reality. And no, I'm not looking for pity or special treatment.
Stuff happens, sometimes all at once. It's called life.

Guess my body is insisting I listen when it says I'm not an invincible
21-year-old any more.

Larry
SFP