Thank you for the excellent counsel, and within these guidelines I will sort out my exact path. I picked up a blood glucose monitoring kit today so I can check blood sugar level myself. Day before yesterday I had an optometrist check my eyes for diabetic damage, and there was no trace of damage.

I think this high blood sugar is a recent rise. It did not show up on blood tests a few months ago. Hoping we are ahead of serious damage and can bring it down.

I added daily cinnamon several days ago and walk a half hour per day so far, plus whatever I do working the garden, calling lions etc. Don’t have it all together but I’m getting there.

Dillonbuck, what’s the problem of starting a virtually all protein, veggie and some fat diet all at once?