Foggy days in Hampton

Tuesday 12 June 2012 Foggy damp day spent mainly in bed reading frances Parttidge's biography via kindle (diaries not currently available through kindle, one of it's irritations). - Cancelled appointment this morning with diabetes educator in Oberon as too agitated about forthcoming eye sight doctor appointment in Lithgow. Turns out that this will now not be until 1 August, so have arranged return visit to Bathurst this Saturday to get temporary glasses. For see much going and froing over all this. - Now as anticipated change of doctors for 9 July at Lithgow and no appointment for optometrist at Bathurst until after then. Was hoping for an improvement in eyesight a bit sooner so we could drive to Sydney to butchers and to see a friend having his 90 th birthday next Monday. Life unpredictable. Ho hum. - Having a brief holiday from blood sugar testing (just for today) as I am finding doing this five times a day plus two lots of injections plus tablets all a bit overwhelming. Not really sure why but it all came a bit too much for me last night after dinner. Don't want to have to return to having to write down everything I eat. Did this for several years whilst losing weight which I subsequently put on again when things got difficult with my father's health and work. Can at this point see that lap banding surgery, suggested by Oberon doctor, is probably only real long term weight loss solution for me. Dieting doesn't seem to be the solution without daily exercise and daily exercise except gardening isn't much of an option for a dweller in damp countryside.  - Australian country not especially conducive to long daily walks where there are no quiet roads to walk along. Our road is actually quiet most of the time but at other times is like being on a truck freeway, as it is a link road from a highway to a logging area (although they could go another way and slow down a bit).