• Bruce replied to the topic My Diabetic Struggle in the forum Diabetes Wellbeing and Mental Health 1 week, 6 days ago

    Well, as you know from counseling, every day is different and the sun is new each day. The struggle is an excellent opportunity in truth to grow and respond to the challenges of life. I do think myself quite fortunate to have some amount of equanimity and to have resilience. My primary concerns are health and income, insurance is sort of…[Read more]

  • Bruce replied to the topic My Diabetic Struggle in the forum Diabetes Wellbeing and Mental Health 2 weeks, 1 day ago

    Good question. David, Americans consume 31 five-pound bags of sugar each year on a per capita basis, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). One hundred and fifty-six pounds of added sugar per American is only going to increase.

    The health care plan is really a subsidy for the health care/insurance nexus that taxes everyone and…[Read more]

  • Bruce started the topic My Diabetic Struggle in the forum Diabetes Wellbeing and Mental Health 3 weeks ago

    David and Sally invited me from Facebook to post on this site concerning my diabetes. First, I reside in San Francisco in California and I am not Australian. I am a caucasian male, 56, and upon diagnosis was not overweight nor did I have evident health issues aside from bad teeth which start my story.

    For the first time in over twenty years I…[Read more]