Does It Bug You When Others Try To Manage Your Diabetes?

@KrauseHome (36448)

• United States

22 Jul 11

Personally for me, I think the problem is a lot of people out there always are told they created their own Diabetes, and they should have known better and not been eating the Sugars, etc. they were eating. But there are people out there who have no problems with weight, etc. that end up being Diabetic as well. Like you it is heredity more than anything else, and it is up to us to manage things the Best way that we can.

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@KrauseHome (36448)

• United States

25 Jul 11

Well, the problem is that due to the ecoonmy and such it is hard to manage life these days and keep on top of things by making sure you get enough sleep and excercise and remembering to eat well. To many times we let life lead us instead of us it, and it often leads to major Health issues in time.

@manleyjoe (1597)

• United States

23 Jul 11

Most of us with diabetes are predisposed to it I guess but then some of us help it along by how we treat ourselves. We don't eat the right foods, we don't get enough sleep/rest and other things that abuse our bodies.

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@AmbiePam (85484)

• United States

11 Jul 11

I'll never forget a couple of years ago reading a woman commenting that she did not feel sorry for people with Type 2 Diabetes because they did it to themselves. Apparently, her sister had the kind you're born with, Type 1. I mean you can be skinny and have that. And she said if people would take care of themselves they wouldn't have to worry about Type II. I'll never forget that because I thought that was one of the most insensitive things I'd ever read. I know I commented back something contrary to what she said, but I just remember being so shocked someone could be that callous.

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@KrauseHome (36448)

• United States

15 Jul 11

Personally people that think that way are callous. They better hope that one day they are not waking up to Diabetes or other issues they are blaming on people and saying they should have more control. I often wonder what she would say to people like me? I am not really overweight, and my Mom's side of the family is or was Diabetic when they passed on. It also stemmed to cause a lot of other Health problems as well. What most people fail to realize until they get to know me a little better and my history, etc. that I am Type 1.5 which means unless God heals me I will probably always need insulin, but yet there are times I have been known to have the type 2 tendencies as well. Mine stem way back to more issues that just being Diabetic. And I will tell you at times it can be a struggle. At least I am not really dealing with a weight issue as well.

Amber

@AmbiePam (85484)

• United States

11 Jul 11

When my dad was told he was pre diabetic it scared him into eating healthier.

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@manleyjoe (1597)

• United States

11 Jul 11

It sounds like she should have worded that differently. I have had type II diabetes now for 12 years, diagnosed after my bypass surgery. Mine was caused by what I was in habit of eating, hamburgers fried in and iron skillet, pork-chops fried, french fried potatoes.

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@suspenseful (40193)

• Canada

11 Jul 11

It runs in the family and even though they say that it is caused by putting on too much weight I think it is the other way around. Diabetes II does cause a person to put on weight. Another thing is if it has a strong family history, you do need to gain as much weight to become diabetic. In fact, your father or mother may have only gotten diabetic when they reached 300 lb. but you may have gotten it when you reached 250 and you are all the same size and same build. With that, I think the whole idea of blame is wrong unless you want to beat yourself over the head for choosing the wrong parents. As for others managing your diabetes, you sort of get mixed messages depending on what is popular. I still think that eating more vegetables, cutting down on starches and sweets and artificial sweeteners is best. But what works for one, does not work for another. Oh I get that "aren't you diabetic?(Wrong diagnosis by the way) when I eat a bit of cake.

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@KrauseHome (36448)

• United States

20 Jul 11

Personally it really bothers me when people are trying to diagnose me and choosing what I should and should not eat, and what is acceptable for me. They also tend to think if your Blood Sugars are under 150 before you eat you take little or no insulin no matter what you are eating assuming the food is not going to affect you in any way and then if your Blood Sugars go to high it is because you did not take care of yourself. It is true what affects one person may not affect the next Diabetic, and unless you are all made from the same gene pool how can you judge and determine what is best for them all?

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@suspenseful (40193)

• Canada

20 Jul 11

When my doctor said my sugar was high, he gave me some pills, but I later learned that they decrease in effectiveness over time, so that eventually had I really been diabetic, I would have had to take insulin. So what I did was to take some herbal medicines or pills with them and gradually decreased the use of the pills, and then when on a no starch or pasta or carb diet for a week, no fruit juice for the same time, and cleared out my system so it is back to normal. Still have my stomach and still cannot get my waist down to 35, but since I am 49 hip, it would be out of proportion anyway. I was born this way. If I had been small boned, I would probably have trouble with fractured hips, etc. My bad luck I got my father's build, oval round face structure, thick neck, and all I got from my mothers side, was the shortness from her mother, her hair and her eyes. Try buying a necklace for a thick neck.

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@suspenseful (40193)

• Canada

23 Jul 11

It does depend on the diet. And I read that the medication makes things worse. I was told that if you had diabetes you had it for life and one of my friend's mother is petite and skinny as a rail and the doctor says she has diabetes, and she eats like a bird, but I do not think she has it. It is just that she believed the myth so long that she eats as if she had it.

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Chevee

@Chevee (5905)

• United States

12 Jul 11

Hi KrauseHome. I was diagnoised with this disease as well. I went from a 9.0 A1c level to a 6.0 in 3 months. I am now eating healthier not exercising like I suppose to but as for me I am harder on myself than others. I had gotten so hard on myself that it scared me. I was afraid to eat anything. I have never been that much over weight however, I was and I am still loosing weight because I am eating way less than I normally do. I really do think I am a little bit more comfortable with this condition than I was before. My numbers are way down. I have to force myself to eat. I am not on insulin I am taking pills.

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@KrauseHome (36448)

• United States

22 Jul 11

Well due to other Health factors, like even before my problem with the Chronic wounds my Immune system is way down, to where I have been told that I will always need Insulin in order to survive. With all the problems I have been having lately with being sick, etc. my weight is dropping so my need for as much Insulin might eventually drop more as well. I am working on getting my a1c down, and feel it will be way better this next time I get my a1c done again as well.

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@randylovesdar (4932)

• United States

11 Jul 11

My husband is Type II Diabetic himself and his sugars always high in the morning, but the rest of the day his sugars are either normal or below normal. When he was first dignosed my sister-in-law blamed me for it because she claims all I give him is junk food. This is not true at all. If his sugars are extremely low I do give him a small candy bar (those snack pack sizes that come 8 to a pack) or if he really wants I will give him a tiny scoop of ice cream. My husband went from an 9.3 down to 8.0 in three months and now it is almost 2 years later and he is at a 6.5. He wants to get down to a 6.0, but his doctor says that 6.5 is good. If you are looking for recipes for diabetics go to the splenda web site that should help.

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@KrauseHome (36448)

• United States

14 Jul 11

Well for the most part I think I have done pretty good lately, even with dealing with these Chronic wounds, and such. I went from an 8.5 to a 7.9 in 3 months, and am really going to work on getting it down once I know that the wounds are healed and I can concentrate more on knowing this is not going to be a factor in my sugar levels. I do know for me it is the other foods out there that sometimes will affect me just as bad as sweets will so trying to eat them more in moderation as well. I am type 1.5 so I have both tendancies of the highs and lows. It can be interesting but means a lot of testing as well. Makes for harder to keep the sugar levels under control. But from what I gather my sugar levels are better than a few people who are considered Type 1, so it is a challenge.

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@lindaharding627 (1442)

• United States

12 Jul 11

I am diabetic but in my case it is not from eating wrong. I had a tumor removed from my pancreas and developed diabetes after that. I have people that tell me that if I had been eating right in the first place, I would not be diabetic. They are shocked when I tell them that yes I am overweight but that is not what caused my diabetes. It was caused by an injury to the pancreas from surgery. I know two others that also are diabetic from an injury. That would be my dad and my husband's dad. People assume that diabetes type two is your fault for not eating right and it can be caused by other things as well.

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@KrauseHome (36448)

• United States

25 Jul 11

Mine could be genetic as my Mom and her side of the family is Diabetic, but most of them have always weighed at least 100 or more pds more than I weigh. Most of them have never been on Insulin. I was told I am type 1.5 and will always need Insulin due to having TB in my kidneys back when I was 10-12 yrs. old. So people may try and tell me it is always from something else, but in reality I think it is often up to our bodies more.

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@angelbelle578 (1635)

• Philippines

15 Jul 11

I do not know anything about diabetic person. I'm glad i don't have a family who has it. But still I am afraid to have it because I don't really like water. I only had like 2 glasses a day of water. I'm really afraid to catch diabetes. What bugs me is when people know they could have that but still they don't manage to monitor what they eat. I know someone who have a mother is diabetic and her daughter, the one I know is actually my brother's girlfriend and is pregnant right now, is also close of getting it. She likes sweet foods. She don't eat vegetable that much. Her doctor advice her to slow down with sweets. But still when she got back home. She always have sweet foods with her. I am worried because she is carry a baby and the baby will soon become part of our family. So I'm really concerned about the baby. But she as a mother not even concerned about it. That really bugs me. Sometimes my mother cook ampalaya vegetable for her. I heard its good for prevention of diabetes.

@manleyjoe (1597)

• United States

11 Jul 11

My Endocrinologist told me I was to blame for my type II diabetes, by my lifestyle and eating habits. I love fried chicken! Plus it being I was predisposed due to hereditary, my mother had it, my aunt had it my father had it, so it kind of runs in the family I guess. Since being diagnosed with it I have tried to modify my lifestyle and am improving my health issues. My A1c is now down to 7.8 and dropping with each time they check it. I can empathize with you though, in that it seems that friends and relatives want to blame and change you no matter what you do. I just tell them I will follow my doctor's advice and don't need theirs. I will add you to my prayer list and ask God to send you some help with your wound and other ailments.

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@KrauseHome (36448)

• United States

20 Jul 11

Thanks my friend for the Prayers. I know being diabetic is a challenge and there is nothing anyone else can do then to offer helpful suggestions without wanting to judge us all the time as well. Diabetics will have their good days along with the Bad but we are the ones who have to be in control. Just wishing it was not so much work.

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@KrauseHome (36448)

• United States

22 Jul 11

Personally I think this is the Best thing anyways. If Diabetics have somewhere they can turn too like with an Endocronologist, this is usually the Best. Because then they are more monitored and able to be watched a little closer, and helped. When the others are always trying to interfere, it makes you wonder sometimes where they got their education, etc. from.

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@manleyjoe (1597)

• United States

20 Jul 11

Yes it can be a chore sometimes. I have tried to go to some of the classes that our county extension service puts on from time to time but it seems that there is always this one fat lady that takes over and no one else can get any info but hers. I have gone to three of them and she is always there so now I don't even bother. I see my Endocrinologist on a regular schedule now so I get the straight scoop.

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@celticeagle (159008)

• Boise, Idaho

11 Jul 11

If i had such a serious disease as Diabetes and my friends were trying to be helpful I would try to be as gracious as I could be. If I felt they were trying to 'manage' my diabetes I would tell them I know and move on. You have alot of other issues to deal with as well. I know it must be difficult.

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@KrauseHome (36448)

• United States

14 Jul 11

Well, the biggest problem sometimes can be when you are having to see a lot of different doctors for issues that I am dealing with right now, and nurses to where some of them are always wanting to be in control saying I am not doing what I need to do, and I should take better care of my Health. They always think they know what is Best and try to say the reason my leg will not heal is because of being Diabetic, and I need to have lower Blood Sugar readings etc. I know this is an issue but see an Endocronologist for my Diabetes and she is Happy because I got my A1c down, and is trying to manage that end of it with me. If there is other needs she shes I am sure she will address it.

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@hardworkinggurl (37063)

• United States

11 Jul 11

Hi Tina!

Sadly some people think they are helping while all along they are adding negativity to the mix. I can only research for things if asked but would never comment that someone caused something on their own as you say we do not live in the persons body and or really know how they obtained an illness. My understanding is that diabetes is predisposition to be hereditary also, therefore one should not make assumptions that a person has not taken care of their body to have had it. The healthiest people can suddenly fall ill, therefore, I am one who would not make an assumption as such. I am hoping you can get the wound cleared sometime soon as it does seem like a very long time to be suffering from it. Try to ignore any rude and or negative comments, as you are doing all the right things and following all directions from your doctors.

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