A thought has crossed my mind again. Maybe I shouldn't be a member of this community. Maybe I'm not taking my condition seriously enough. That thought came to me when I got a message in response to a comment I made in a discussion of holiday recipes. I think I said I was going to splurge for one meal. Maybe I shouldn't have put it in there. Maybe I'm hurting peoples' feelings. But, I've changed my diet drastically! Gone are the days of chips & dip, candy, cookies, real soft drinks, hamburgers & french fries, cupcakes, pies, malts, and spaghetti with meat sauce,(I make a mean sauce.) Those days are gone and I miss them. The message was from one of our "experts" saying she/he wouldn't splurge and feel good. Well, I've had some problems. Some may have been from diabetes before I was diagnosed. My foot problem I'm battling, now, I've been battling years before now. The diabetes just complicates things. Am I considered the "VILLAGE IDIOT"here? Am I "TOO DUMB" to know any better? I'm not seriousa lot of the time here, but I get serious sometimes. I use comedy to battle my problems.(Try it sometime.) It's gotten me through many things from things I covered when I was a radio newsman to my bypass surgery. I've always looked at the world sideways. Sure, I'm worried about my condition and maybe in the future I'll develope some of the problems other people here have. BUT I REFUSE TO LET THIS DISEASE GET ME DOWN!! And I'll try to pick up your spirits when I can. I loverevery one of you, including the "expert" and will do my best to be here for you. But if I'm the village idiot to you and you don't like the way I handle things. And you don't think I should be a part of this community, let me know and I'll leave and not come back. It seems I've been given a gift of wanting to help people and bring a little smile to their lives. If that's wrong, then tell me to leave. I'll miss you, but I'll leave.
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Dont leave, we are all here to help and to learn. Why would anyone get offended by what you eat or dont eat? We all get by the best way we can. If having a sense of humor helps you, who is anybody to say different. I wish you all the best and you are definately not \"The Village Idiot\".