On 11/16/2010 11:07 AM, Omelet wrote:
> In >,
> > wrote:
>
>>> Actually, there is a Pectin product that can be used sans sugar. Check
>>> your canning section. :-) Works for making sugar free jams and jellies.
>>>
>>> I've bought it. It works.
>>
>> Thanks for the info. Sounds like a winner to me. My only experience with
>> pectin was using it for no-cook strawberry jam - that was pretty tasty.
>> I have to stay away from those things now. I have a running joke with an
>> ex-coworker who always bugs me for some baklava because of a batch I
>> made for her over a decade ago. Her greeting to me is "Where's my
>> baklava?" My response is "It's in my car trunk!" Unfortunately, that
>> train has left the station. My heart's no long in it for making sweet
>> things anymore, not since mean Mr. Diabetes showed up.
>
> I love Baklava and sis' makes a mean one. The last batch she made for
> me is still untouched in the freezer.
>
>>
>> You are right about this amputation stuff. We'll be seeing more and more
>> folks with missing limbs and loss of feeling in their hands or have lost
>> their eyesight in the future. A lot of folks are unaware of diabetes but
>> many of them will soon get reality checks. As it goes, the checks really
>> are in the mail. :-)
>
> And Kidney failure.

It just keeps getting better and better, don't it? Sorry for leaving
that one out - kidney failure is the worst! :-)

>
> I totally understand and am just keeping my HA1C above water at this
> point. (5.4 to 5.5) I'll keep fighting the good fight... and support
> those who are trying to keep fighting. It's a really difficult way to
> live for many. I'm only at the Insulin resistance phase so am fighting
> not to end up all the way there.

Don't you mean 7.4 to 7.5? 5.5 sounds great!

>
> And I am grateful for having (mostly) lost my sweet tooth. It used to be
> pretty bad.
>
> I worry about my sister who disregards her genes. She needs to remember
> that she is me 10 years from now, and is ignoring the fact that she
> weighs nearly 300 lbs. now.<sigh>
>
> Best of luck to you!

We're gonna need lots of luck, I think. Take care.