Details dietary adjustments made due to diabetes diagnosis, the challenges faced in altering long-standing eating habits, and the positive role of community support.
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What do you do differently to stay well? Well, since I fell and it was on my birthday, I'm scared. I don't want to not eat something because like I said I hate eating. I have to, I have to, I have to snack and I was told bananas, muffins, so I had to make a total 360 in my eating and it was hard, it's not easy. So, I've been buying bananas, oatmeal, so I won't, you know, I have to eat something. Something that I wouldn't even do, you know, but when I became diabetic, I had to, because like they said, if you don't eat right and you don't, you know, stay healthy when you have a diabetic, it's going to affect you. you're gonna see it in the future physically. And so I kind of got used to eating small stuff, but it's not healthy like I supposed to. When I get ready to go, I just eat anything, a peanut butter sandwich. And I was told peanut butter is okay for me. Maybe a peanut butter sandwich on one piece of bread because, you know, I don't want to eat too much bread as I used to love eating bread. And the starches that I learned, because my doctor gave me a pamphlet to exactly tell me what I need to do. It's hard to stick to the plan, you know, when I've been eating whatever I want for so long. but I actually see the results. So I don't fuss about it at all. And when my friends and my family, they tell me things, I accept it, I can take constructive criticism. It's not what you say, it's how you say it. And so they get on me about, yeah, change your eating. Do you want this? Do you want a salad? and they bring me salads. Cause I don't, you know, I don't really eat that much. I understand madam. All right, listen, another question I've got for you here.
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