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DIABETES, Diabetes symptoms, Diabetes type 2, disease, glucose level in blood, Health, illness, insulin, medicine
On Sunday I was on the road taking back home my mother. The same day my father went into hospital,but we found out only when we arrived. He had a diabetes crises, and soon after he was diagnosed with diabetes. It’s 5 days since he is in hospital and still they can’t control his glucose level in blood,and he is on insulin.
The bad thing is …that this is it.. he cannot undo the disease. The good thing..(if there is one) is that .. if he takes care of what he eats and drinks..then it can be controlled.
So! I found myself in this …situation..of asking what do I know about Diabetes.. I know many people around me that have it..but I never knew enough because it was not in my family. Basically…I know nothing… or I only knew that sugar is totally bad and forbidden… but …there is so much about it.
For the moment my father learned how to make shots of insulin to himself, but hopefully he will pass on pills later.
Just for curiosity if you read labels on any!!! and I mean any type of product that is not for diabetes, in one way or another they all have SUGAR! so..our sugar intake per day is TOO MUCH already, even if you do not eat sweets! it is crazy,and I always read labels,and I don’t drink juices and I don’t drink coffee with sugar-but still!
I became panicked.. more than before…
So, I decided I will be more careful than I’ve been even before with sugar in all products..
Also…careful at the quantity of fruits I eat..
Before having the crisis,my father lost 10 kilos in one week-and my father was never fat (-usually type 2 diabetes appears to overweight persons) , was feeling weak..was thirsty all the time and drank 2l of water per night.. but he did not know these are symptoms for a disease..and did not tell anyone.. WORSE! he ate lots of grapes and prunes ( and I mean lots! like 2-3 kilos per day at least) –that took him to hospital at the end..
As a priority, I think we should do this simple blood analysis from time to time..just in case. No more crackers and sweets between meals! and ..2 fruits per day..is quite enough…
Wishing everybody a great weekend!
Take care of sugar quantity! Zero is good enough!
Yours!
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my mom got her blood results yest..her sugar level is way up…doc has asked her to cut down on some stuff and exercise or do yoga…and hopefully this will help…
it made me think about the things we eat…i am too much of foodie cant let go of things i eat but i have definitely decided to start workout..started running yest..
yeah..it’s so sad to see my dad now,cause he understands that part of it is his fault. I mean there are many reasons to make diabetes..but his one was made with overstress , physical effort, not eating at all food just fruits.. and many other small things that in a short amount of time..just brought him here.. and he was happy he was losing some weight cause he has a bone problem,and his doctor told him before to loose a couple of kilos so his legs would not hurt..but he was not at all fat, so I don’t get it.. but yeah. we’ll just have to deal with it and be happy it’s not worse! could have been a deadlier disease! we have to see even the smallest good in the bad! -in this case! I’m not always this tolerant!:) I’m quite the fighter!
Diet is key…My mom also had this and lived with it for many years. best of luck and hope all turns out well, which I am sure it will!
Yes! Thank You very much! Hopefully he will manage easily in a while,it takes a bit of time,but with support, he’ll get through this. 🙂
thats the spirit…your positive tone makes me feel less worried about my mom…she has started evening walks…your dad is lucky to have a strong daughter like you..
infact i eat so much junk, i sit 9 hours and dont sleep well…so i too have started running from today…because my stone problem made me lot prone to diseases… so i think running and rope jumping is my way to do something good for my body..
jeezz.. i am reading lots of statistics about diabetes..and boy I got a shock.. more than 280 mil people have type 2. and Europe only, has more than 60 mil of diabetics.. it’s incredible.. and sad! I tell you..no more added sugar for me… 🙂
okay so i take usually less than half a spoon of sugar in my tea milk or coffee..but i do enjoy lots of junk, coffee shakes and icecream..is it bad..?
i wouldn’t say is bad!:) but maybe not everyday 3 times! i would say…to test 3 of your weekly days to see actually how much is your sugar intake-whatever you eat. then on a weekend..and then..you could judge if you kind of have too much.. I mean all shakes,icecreams,sweets..and junk food too have sugars ..lots. but as I said, test some days,and than you’ll see 🙂