2009 A New Beginning

Hello again. Yes, it has been a long while. Where has the time flown? Well, as we all have life's passages and journeys, these past 2 years have been a whirlwind.

Let me catch you up to date. When I last posted, I had a leg flareup while traveling by car to and from Florida. (See March 2007). While dealing with that issue, I also realized that I had just ended a long term honeymoon of very strong, effortless diabetic control.

Diabetes is a progressive disease. Remember, I have no medical background, I have just learned what I know about this disease to be a well informed patient and to ensure I take proactive measures for BG control. I spent several weeks working with my doctors and we ended up changing the dose of Actos to a higher daily level and then later on I added the new protocol of Byetta, an injectible drug that somehow balances the digestive part where the pancreas interacts with the early part of the small intestine. At least that is what I remember from my diabetes specialist physician explained to me. I am not going to bother to look it all up to explain better what it does, as this is not the point of this blog.

This blog is a journey. Life is a journey. Sometimes we are in different places at different phases of our lives. Since I worked with the specialists in 2007, concurrently, I was asked to help some financiers take a brand new company public, which has just been founded in January. This project consumed the next 24 months of my life, and I am now, 24 months later almost to the exact week, ready to begin the Cinch journey again.

This time, I am looking for Cinch partners who want to take this journey with me. I know how this program works, I have total faith and confidence in the science and nutritional value of the program, and was very pleased with the results when I was on this journey 2 years ago.

This time, I have a more defined reason and goal. On November 22, I am boarding a ship for a 16 day round trip journey from San Diego to Hawaii and back. This time, I want to be able to walk to and from the public areas and my suite without having to take several rests. I was on a 7 day cruise to/from Seattle and Glacier Bay this past September and spent most of my time in the state room, again, due to another leg flareup from the pre-cruise business trip I had in California before driving up to Seattle. I don't want to suffer through more leg issues when I travel. I know that Cinch helps reduce water retention, and I think also being significantly smaller in size and weight will also help with overall mobility and comfort. So, Friday, March 6 is the day to begin again. Tomorrow morning I will be doing the scale thing, do the measurements, go talk to some neighbors who also are interested in reducing their sizes, and begin my Cinch Journey of 2009.