tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24545697.post5694339463473526368..comments2023-10-17T05:32:59.887-07:00Comments on Wife of a Diabetic: A letter from GeriUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24545697.post-19483980652769690412012-02-20T06:37:33.998-08:002012-02-20T06:37:33.998-08:00Geri,
Kudos to your husband, that he had the cour...Geri,<br /><br />Kudos to your husband, that he had the courage to say that to you! Sounds as if you are on the right track . . . kudos to you as well! As a spouse, I get that diabetes sucks. It is NOT a disease I would want<br /><br />Take care,<br /><br />LillyLillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00850646712565307929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24545697.post-89654794593601064312012-01-28T14:47:36.155-08:002012-01-28T14:47:36.155-08:00Dear DW
Being a diabetic is frightening, whether ...Dear DW<br /><br />Being a diabetic is frightening, whether it's Type 1 or Type 2. Diabetes runs on both sides of my family and I have watched it take the lives of a more than one family member. <br /><br />I can't say why most Diabetics are in denial about the disease. After thinking about why I was leading such a non-compliant lifestyle, I would have to say that maybe I was hoping that it would just go away on its own. Silly, right? But who wants to admit that they have a disease that could do so much damage and end up killing us? It is so much easier to pretend that it's not happening. At least this is how it was for me. Having to take control means having to face facts. I am Diabetic, and have an auto-immune disease that could lead to glaucoma, heart disease, kidney failure and death. Even in my compliant state, I wish I could forget and deny that I have it. <br /><br />The life of a diabetic is not fun. Sugar highs, and lows even with steady monitoring makes us feeling ill. Lows are worse than highs, they make me want to rip my skin off, the feeling is so hard to describe. Having to change a lifestyle to accomodate dietary changes, taking injections and pills, testing 3 times a day, having days of neuropathy, fatigue, and feeling blah is just the tip of what I can attest to feeling and going through. <br /><br />My wonderful husband is still with me and always will be although as part of his 'tough love' he told me that I did not love him. I asked him to stop saying that and he told me that if I loved him, I'd get help for myself and get my situation under control. <br /><br />Your blog makes me so sad, because I can imagine what your husband is feeling. I have had to adjust my whole lifestyle and often it's a real pain in the bottom to have done so. <br /><br />The first step for me was to find an Endocrinologist that wasn't a 'quack'. So many of them have no clue how to deal with diabetes or give us the right answers. Finding the doctor that I have now really helped me get everything under control. I had doctors telling me to just keep doing what I was doing ...(What? Eating myself to a sugar laden death? ) and I had given up on finding someone who actually knew how to work with me. <br /><br />Please feel free to keep in touch. I would be happy to offer experiences and advice for what has worked for me. Many hugs. <br /><br />Geribatgirlnjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16580755831921371005noreply@blogger.com