Feeling A Little Discouraged, Need To Vent

I know it has been a long time since I posted. Hope everyone hasn't forgotten me. I got some news yesterday that I just wanted to share. After some pretty severe stomach pains over the weekend, causing me to miss church, my nurse practitioner sent me yesterday morning to get a cat scan. I was called back in to her office yesterday afternoon to receive the results. The verdict? Diverticulitis, most likely passed on to me by my dad. Thanks, dad. (Just kidding!) Most of you probably know what that is, but for those who don't, I will spare the unneccessary details and simply suffice it to say that this means if I eat something containing nuts or seeds or husks, they may become trapped causing pain. Tomatoes are my favorite food! I can eat a basket from the local produce stand myself! But they have SEEDS. I fix a mandarin cashew chicken salad that is out of this world. Cashews-NUTS. I have to admit I am worse than a child about vegetables, but potatoes and corn on the cob are the only 2 I enjoy. Corn-HUSKS. There is no better summer meal than an ear of corn and a couple of sliced tomatoes. MMM, Heaven! And of course, who doesn't love popcorn? I am absolutely aware that I am blessed and that my situation could be much worse. It's just that:

1. I'm diabetic so I try to watch the sweets and watch the carbs. (I don't always succeed. In fact, sometimes I WATCH them go right into my mouth, but I do try. lol)

2. I try to keep a check on the salt.

3. I try to limit fats.


BUT:

NOW NO NUTS, SEEDS, OR HUSKS!




SOOOO:


What does that leave, except to grow long floppy ears and a cotton tail and go of hopping down the bunny trail, stick a piece lettuce in my yap and hope Mr. MacGregor doesn't catch me in his garden????