tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24545697.post7054794697989416598..comments2023-10-17T05:32:59.887-07:00Comments on Wife of a Diabetic: her husband's been SIX years on dialysis and still says it's not diabetes???Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24545697.post-79691802090998975022011-03-09T18:51:21.743-08:002011-03-09T18:51:21.743-08:00How have I survived this long ... well, I just lov...How have I survived this long ... well, I just love him. Year 1 went into year 2, into year 3 and so on and so on ... you get the picture. It has been really hard. As we are in year 6, I have been through the ups and downs, the driving nightmares, (I will not get into the car with him if he even thinks of driving, I am the permanent driver). As I read all of the posts on this site, I really feel for each and everyone of us that have to live through this nightmare! In my situation, my hubby has really been sort of healthy (maybe healthy is not the right word, but I guess he has not had all the "bonus issues" that I have read about). It has caught up to him. As I chat, he is in the hospital with a very high heart rate (they are treating him to hopefully make sure he does not have a stroke) he has a blood infection, (not sure how or where he got this), and the list goes on and on ... but onto the hospital care as a whole. <br /><br />He is a diabetic on dialysis, in the hospital with very little restrictions on his fluid intake, are you ******* kidding me. Obviously, this man cannot control his fluid intake by himself, so why do the nurses just come in and give him cups (20oz.each) of water and of course, my favorite, ginger ale (not diet, duh, he is a diabetic) and of course, he says nothing and just drinks it all down!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<br /><br />I guess when I really think of how I have survived the last 6 years, I will say prayers and lots of them! A really "bad" sense of humor! And, finally, just one day at a time. I have an awesome family whom I have gotten a ton of support from.<br /><br />I was listening to a talk show on the radio the other day and the speaker said "you can't climb over crap ... you just have to go through it". It made me chuckle to hear that, but maybe it's true! So I guess I just am in my really, really high "fishing boots" and "trudging through the crap!"<br /><br />So onto my "bad sense of humor", I will end my story here for the night because I gotta get my rest, because I just feel that it's going to be a really "crappy" day tomorrow!!!! <br /><br />Sleep well my sisters ... my prayers and love are with each and every one of us!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10402230689843619132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24545697.post-5480121069006157032011-03-09T16:15:21.225-08:002011-03-09T16:15:21.225-08:00Best wishes to Tina, as I can't imagine how ha...Best wishes to Tina, as I can't imagine how hard 6 years of dialysis and counting must be! She could probably teach us ALL something.<br /><br />As for your hubby being cold, is he running a fever? Usually when my husband is complaining about being cold, he has one. Might want to check (or maybe you already have). Wondering if there could be a low-grade infection going on after all his problems in the hospital, etc.Lillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00850646712565307929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24545697.post-44871526863980814382011-03-09T08:02:21.668-08:002011-03-09T08:02:21.668-08:00My hubby was in denial for years... so that is why...My hubby was in denial for years... so that is why at some point I told him I was not going to call in his pills pick them up and put them in the weekly pill dispenser...I wanted him to own the fact that he is diabetic...It was scary and one of our sons was mad at me...thought I didn't care about him...now he sees for us it worked/works...but hubby can still take care of it...if the day comes, I will help of course...but for him it MADE him accept his disease and deal with it...I also did it because I felt that if I had that many health problems I couldn't see him taking care of my pills etc...I knew I would have to...and I do for me now that I do have a disease...so any way...they HAVE to accept and embrace the disease...otherwise it's ALL on US and that's not fair to either of us. RIGHT LADIES? <br />Enjoy the bubble bath...I started doing yoga and that seems to help me with everything! HUGS and LOVE<br />PS cold? how is his thyroid?Lynn Barryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04837350761151318478noreply@blogger.com