My Intro

[Guest guest]

Good morning, My name is Lee Holbert and I am located in Fort

Worth, Texas.

I am 59, divorced ( THANK YOU JESUS ) with a 4-legged child ( a tabby

Cat ) name of Abner.

I am not blind but I am in the beginning stages of Macular Degeneration.

I have an appt.

this coming Monday to find out which type, how far along and a treatment

regime.

My Dad had it so I am not sure if can be inherited but I will ask Monday.

I have been a Type 2 diabetic for many years and it is not under

control. I am going to

the doctor next week for that also. I have had 3 strokes since April of

last year.

Any other questions, please feel free to ask.

[Guest guest]

ok my fine Sir! the first thing you do to improve your health is move

out of that sorry state of Texas and move here to Oklahoma where it is so windy.

now when Texas blows and Kansas sucks! this is why this grate state is so windy.

as far as losing your site, well the smells bad. I use to have enough travel

vision to get about with out help from people, dogs or canes, but in my thirty's

RP finally took it all and now I dwell in life as a total. Really not the end of

life though as some of my friends seem to think. just have to find a different

way of doing those things you do and continue to do because life does go on for

us who love life. Jesus is the answer for sure! God may have a special plan for

your life and not seeing well may be a requirement of the job you have yet to

do. the A1C tells you how well your sugars have been over the past 90 days and

if this number is over 6.5, then you will and can have problems of many up the

road. I had a big old nasty heart attack back in 07 and I was only 50. done 25%

damage to my heart that can't be made good again. have had many heart issues

since all because of out of control sugar and my A1C of 13. plus my

triglycerides kicking in at only 1400. all these numbers is why the heart attack

happened and all the rest of the heart issues since. I did get my attitude right

where it needs to be in order to get control of my life back at the end of this

last February and I got the attitude right through Prayer. I let go of doing it

my way and by my self and gave it to God. took me all most all of 50 years to

finally understand that I continued taking my troubles back after giving them to

God to handle and he allowed me to do so because he gave me a free will to

decide to do so. I was weighing in at 317 the first of February and this fine

morning I weigh 292. will go see what my A1C is around the first week in June

and I know it will be less then 13. I do feel better since getting control of my

over eating and I ride my no where bike 45 minutes twice every day. haven't

missed a day since starting back on March first. can't miss a day or I will

loose interest in exercise totally. been there and done that to many times. I

know that health issues like strokes and heart attacks do happen to those who

are in good health, but high sugars out of control also can increase your

chances of having the same and even worse. We each can only control what we have

to control with making smarter choices. the rest we give to God and not take it

back. if you do take it back and continue doing it by your self and in your own

strength? you will fall on your face and get worse instead of better. I know

first hand because for most of my years I lived just this way. over eating is an

addiction just like drugs or alcohol. we have to eat to live though and this is

why the addiction can be worse then drugs and alcohol. since everything in Texas

is much larger then the rest of the country, I suppose the meals you have are as

well much bigger? over eating is one of the hardest bad habits you will ever

change, but it can be done. start our slow and work your way up to eating 3

smaller meals each day. don't go whole hog and try it all at one time. this

method will cause you to hurt your face when the floor hits you in the mouth. 59

is still young. even though 4 years older then I am, it is still very young and

if you get control of your sugar right now and the over eating, then you could

be hanging around in this old messed up world another 25 years in grate health.

don't get control and the next few years will be hell on earth for you and what

they call a slow death, taking you one piece at a time until all of you dies!

now start packing right now and I will start looking around for you the best

house I can find here in Oklahoma City. you probably live in a 10,000 square

foot house seeing as how all is big in Texas, so you should be able to get

enough cash from the sell of your house to pay off your new house here and mine

too! get you a no where bike and lets go traveling down the trail of pounds lost

together as a team.

My Intro

Good morning, My name is Lee Holbert and I am located in Fort

Worth, Texas.

I am 59, divorced ( THANK YOU JESUS ) with a 4-legged child ( a tabby

Cat ) name of Abner.

I am not blind but I am in the beginning stages of Macular Degeneration.

I have an appt.

this coming Monday to find out which type, how far along and a treatment

regime.

My Dad had it so I am not sure if can be inherited but I will ask Monday.

I have been a Type 2 diabetic for many years and it is not under

control. I am going to

the doctor next week for that also. I have had 3 strokes since April of

last year.

Any other questions, please feel free to ask.

[Guest guest]

Welcome, , officially!

You've had a taste of our unofficial road to nowhere self-appointed motivation

director, Mark, and I hope he doesn't scare you away! LOL

Glad you're here, and ask anything you feel you need to know. If we don't know

the answer, we'll tell you.

Diabetes is a 24/7 disease, if you haven't figured that out yet. And it is

usually not overly forgiving. Fortunately, we have tools today unavailable in

the past. Namely, blood glucose testing meters. If you're not testing regularly,

you need to be. You can have your doctor prescribe any number of strips you

need. So you know, I have been a type 1 (insulin dependent) diabetic since age

11. I am now 57. I lost my sight due to diabetic retinopathy in 1988, at the age

of 33.

As Mark said, life goes on, and while I miss my sight, life is still good.

Hopefully, we'll be able to help each other and I wish you great success in

getting better control over your diabetes.

Dave

~~ Now available: THE ATTACHÉ! -- From Desert Breeze Publishing ~~

Visit: http://www.authordavidbond.com

Upcoming releases:

A TIME TO BUILD -- June, 2012

SWEET MUSIC -- October, 2012

A TIME TO HEAL -- February, 2013

OUT OF THE DESERT -- July, 2013

A TIME TO DANCE -- November, 2013

My Intro

Good morning, My name is Lee Holbert and I am located in Fort

Worth, Texas.

I am 59, divorced ( THANK YOU JESUS ) with a 4-legged child ( a tabby

Cat ) name of Abner.

I am not blind but I am in the beginning stages of Macular Degeneration.

I have an appt.

this coming Monday to find out which type, how far along and a treatment

regime.

My Dad had it so I am not sure if can be inherited but I will ask Monday.

I have been a Type 2 diabetic for many years and it is not under

control. I am going to

the doctor next week for that also. I have had 3 strokes since April of

last year.

Any other questions, please feel free to ask.

[Guest guest]

ok Sir Sir! I just had a brain storm or a brain fart! you will have

to decide which it is. we got a train here in OkC that goes to Fort Worth every

day and returns. the deal is you tie a rope on behind the train on your end

there in Fort Worth and I will do the same to the one that leaves here for your

neck of the woods. I'm figuring maybe 200 miles tops. we both should drop the

pounds faster this way and we can ride in the train going back home. run up and

ride back. the only problem I can see with this deal is, can you and I run as

fast as we need to? the train will probably pull us up the track at at least 55

miles per hour. dragging us won't make the pounds come off, so we may have to

spend a bit of time trying to figure this method of weight lost out. was

thinking maybe skates? then I'm not sure if I can spread my short legs far

enough to have a skate on each track? then again this isn't doing much for my

waste line either. I will work on it and get back to you when I figure the plan

out. I think the train stops at maybe 5 small towns along the root, so maybe we

could like jump on and off as the train is slowing down and picking up speed

again leaving. we wouldn't run as many miles, but we may get just enough running

to drop a few pounds each day. I've never rode a train before in my whole life.

funny how that is when I got one right here to take to Fort Worth any day of the

week and I heard the cost is less then the bus. Also heard the handicap seating

is grate for us who are blind. know some blind folks who have took the train and

have heard the stories. I would like sitting on the caboose and hanging my feet

off like we kids done ridding the hay wagon. Always wondered why a train has to

have a caboose in the first place? looks to me like the last car should be the

last car. what is the purpose of a caboose in the first place?

My Intro

Good morning, My name is Lee Holbert and I am located in Fort

Worth, Texas.

I am 59, divorced ( THANK YOU JESUS ) with a 4-legged child ( a tabby

Cat ) name of Abner.

I am not blind but I am in the beginning stages of Macular Degeneration.

I have an appt.

this coming Monday to find out which type, how far along and a treatment

regime.

My Dad had it so I am not sure if can be inherited but I will ask Monday.

I have been a Type 2 diabetic for many years and it is not under

control. I am going to

the doctor next week for that also. I have had 3 strokes since April of

last year.

Any other questions, please feel free to ask.

[Guest guest]

I'm resending this. I posted this just after 9 this morning, and as of 10, it is

still not showing on the list. So, I guess Yahoo is up to one of it's little

tricks again!

Dave

*original post:

Welcome, , officially!

You've had a taste of our unofficial road to nowhere self-appointed motivation

director, Mark, and I hope he doesn't scare you away! LOL

Glad you're here, and ask anything you feel you need to know. If we don't know

the answer, we'll tell you.

Diabetes is a 24/7 disease, if you haven't figured that out yet. And it is

usually not overly forgiving. Fortunately, we have tools today unavailable in

the past. Namely, blood glucose testing meters. If you're not testing regularly,

you need to be. You can have your doctor prescribe any number of strips you

need. So you know, I have been a type 1 (insulin dependent) diabetic since age

11. I am now 57. I lost my sight due to diabetic retinopathy in 1988, at the age

of 33.

As Mark said, life goes on, and while I miss my sight, life is still good.

Hopefully, we'll be able to help each other and I wish you great success in

getting better control over your diabetes.

Dave

~~ Now available: THE ATTACHÉ! -- From Desert Breeze Publishing ~~

Visit: http://www.authordavidbond.com

Upcoming releases:

A TIME TO BUILD -- June, 2012

SWEET MUSIC -- October, 2012

A TIME TO HEAL -- February, 2013

OUT OF THE DESERT -- July, 2013

A TIME TO DANCE -- November, 2013

My Intro

Good morning, My name is Lee Holbert and I am located in Fort

Worth, Texas.

I am 59, divorced ( THANK YOU JESUS ) with a 4-legged child ( a tabby

Cat ) name of Abner.

I am not blind but I am in the beginning stages of Macular Degeneration.

I have an appt.

this coming Monday to find out which type, how far along and a treatment

regime.

My Dad had it so I am not sure if can be inherited but I will ask Monday.

I have been a Type 2 diabetic for many years and it is not under

control. I am going to

the doctor next week for that also. I have had 3 strokes since April of

last year.

Any other questions, please feel free to ask.

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

Did the strokes have any affect on you that you know of with your speech or

ability to move? I never knew you were sighted but you are probably having

some vision loss now.

Are you also trying to lose weight along with all that? I am fortunate at

least for now no heart trouble or strokes but just about 35 pounds to loe

and almost one year that I know of for diabetes. I am really worried about

my feet because of that tough skin on my heel so will ask the doctor about

that again on Monday when he comes.

I would rather hear him say I don't have anything to worry about instead of

saying I should have gottn it taken care of before.

Lora

My Intro

> Good morning, My name is Lee Holbert and I am located in Fort

> Worth, Texas.

> I am 59, divorced ( THANK YOU JESUS ) with a 4-legged child ( a tabby

> Cat ) name of Abner.

> I am not blind but I am in the beginning stages of Macular Degeneration.

> I have an appt.

> this coming Monday to find out which type, how far along and a treatment

> regime.

> My Dad had it so I am not sure if can be inherited but I will ask Monday.

>

> I have been a Type 2 diabetic for many years and it is not under

> control. I am going to

> the doctor next week for that also. I have had 3 strokes since April of

> last year.

>

> Any other questions, please feel free to ask.

>

>

> ------------------------------------

>

>

[Guest guest]

I just got both of them now so he got a big double welcome! I think Yahoo

must have tried to get his weight with one of our female talking scales and

he didn't like what he heard so he ate her and that is why our mail is slow.

My Intro

Good morning, My name is Lee Holbert and I am located in Fort

Worth, Texas.

I am 59, divorced ( THANK YOU JESUS ) with a 4-legged child ( a tabby

Cat ) name of Abner.

I am not blind but I am in the beginning stages of Macular Degeneration.

I have an appt.

this coming Monday to find out which type, how far along and a treatment

regime.

My Dad had it so I am not sure if can be inherited but I will ask

Monday.

I have been a Type 2 diabetic for many years and it is not under

control. I am going to

the doctor next week for that also. I have had 3 strokes since April of

last year.

Any other questions, please feel free to ask.

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

Welcome to the list.

I'll be coming to Dallas to the convention June 29 to July 5th.

Becky

My Intro

Good morning, My name is Lee Holbert and I am located in Fort

Worth, Texas.

I am 59, divorced ( THANK YOU JESUS ) with a 4-legged child ( a tabby

Cat ) name of Abner.

I am not blind but I am in the beginning stages of Macular Degeneration.

I have an appt.

this coming Monday to find out which type, how far along and a treatment

regime.

My Dad had it so I am not sure if can be inherited but I will ask Monday.

I have been a Type 2 diabetic for many years and it is not under

control. I am going to

the doctor next week for that also. I have had 3 strokes since April of

last year.

Any other questions, please feel free to ask.

[Guest guest]

hi richard, welcome to the groop.

My Intro

Good morning, My name is Lee Holbert and I am located in Fort

Worth, Texas.

I am 59, divorced ( THANK YOU JESUS ) with a 4-legged child ( a tabby

Cat ) name of Abner.

I am not blind but I am in the beginning stages of Macular Degeneration.

I have an appt.

this coming Monday to find out which type, how far along and a treatment

regime.

My Dad had it so I am not sure if can be inherited but I will ask Monday.

I have been a Type 2 diabetic for many years and it is not under

control. I am going to

the doctor next week for that also. I have had 3 strokes since April of

last year.

Any other questions, please feel free to ask.

[Guest guest]

Welcome ,

Glad to have you on the list. Sorry to hear about strokes. Those are one

of the many complications uncontrolled diabetes can do to you. What after

effects do you have from the strokes? What meds are you on?

I have been type 1 diabetic since the age of 22 months and I am now 69.

By th eway, macular degeneration does run in families.

Looking forward to hearing from you again.

_____

From: blind-diabetics

[mailto:blind-diabetics ] On Behalf Of Lee Holbert

Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2012 5:03 AM

To: blind-diabetics

Subject: My Intro

Good morning, My name is Lee Holbert and I am located in Fort

Worth, Texas.

I am 59, divorced ( THANK YOU JESUS ) with a 4-legged child ( a tabby

Cat ) name of Abner.

I am not blind but I am in the beginning stages of Macular Degeneration.

I have an appt.

this coming Monday to find out which type, how far along and a treatment

regime.

My Dad had it so I am not sure if can be inherited but I will ask Monday.

I have been a Type 2 diabetic for many years and it is not under

control. I am going to

the doctor next week for that also. I have had 3 strokes since April of

last year.

Any other questions, please feel free to ask.

[Guest guest]

Hi , glad to hear from you. I am on Cooking Friends with you and others.

You will find out lots of information on this list. Good luck to you and keep

us posted.

My Intro

Good morning, My name is Lee Holbert and I am located in Fort

Worth, Texas.

I am 59, divorced ( THANK YOU JESUS ) with a 4-legged child ( a tabby

Cat ) name of Abner.

I am not blind but I am in the beginning stages of Macular Degeneration.

I have an appt.

this coming Monday to find out which type, how far along and a treatment

regime.

My Dad had it so I am not sure if can be inherited but I will ask Monday.

I have been a Type 2 diabetic for many years and it is not under

control. I am going to

the doctor next week for that also. I have had 3 strokes since April of

last year.

Any other questions, please feel free to ask.