For those of you getting to a point where you are seeing the negative health effects of your choices so far in your life, and you think you are too gone, I highly recommend the book, How Not to Die by Dr. Gregor. In it he shares the foods you can eat that will help you reduce your risk of death and or disability and in some cases reverse it. It's based on actual scientific studies. The doctor was inspired by his grandmother who was dealing with disability and coming death. She was one of the study participants with Dr. Esslestien in his study that looked at diet and lifestyle and it's impact on cardiovascular health. Turns out it plays a large role, not only in cardiovascular health but just general health all around.
I will look into that book. Sometimes I feel "low energy" for a depressed mental state. Other times, slight indications of arthritis or joint-pain. I need to get more exercise.
Lately, I've taken a pause in my limitations on certain foods that are less than helpful for diabetes. I even bought a half-dozen donuts the other day, and now I wonder what to do with the remainder before they get stale. I'd started having small daily amounts of juice, and my morning breakfast is a helping of grits with butter. Grits are additional carb intake. But I'm taking my Metformin daily, and feel better. My blood pressure these days seems to be consistently 130+ / 80+, ranging above and below.
As for Moms! After doing some cautious research, all the indications suggest that cannabis in small amounts will help her and help me and the caregivers as well. I've cut back on her Alprazolam or Xanax daily doses, and she may only get a half a pill. I give her a cannabis gummi candy -- sometimes a half -- in the morning. Maybe another half in the afternoon.
Moms seems just happy as can be, and doesn't seem to sleep any more than she had done so before I started with the gummi bears. They are pretty cheap, too: at the dispensary across town, a package of ten (10 mg THC each) is about $15. I'll need to go there in about two weeks and pick up some more.
The long and the short of it: the THC seems to keep Moms leveled out without anxiety or panic. She even seems more "interesting". And happy. As for the side-effects, nothing changes. She can still have all the ice-cream, candy and donuts that she wants. And I don't have any trouble keeping her well fed. There are no "wasted dinner" efforts.
