Families, partners, etc
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February 27th, 2003 at 9:36 am
Iris, I do now. It took me getting sick last fall to get everyone’s
attention though, since then my mother in law has changed her way of cooking
and preparing meals. My mother just found out she is diabetic last Christmas,
she is doing better but is in that denial stage. But before she found out
she still would forget about my needs at family get together. My husband and
18yr old son are very attentive to my needs and know what to do. I am very
lucky. My son especially watches what I eat and if it is a no no he will
stop me right then and take it away. I love him for that. Hugs Shelia :O)
March 3rd, 2003 at 9:34 pm
My hubby is great with my diabetes. We met in high school when we were 15
and we are 29 now and have been married 10 yrs so he has had to deal with a
lot of insulin reactions (in the middle of the night, etc.). He wanted to
learn from the beginning what to do for me in an emergency and believe me
he’s had plenty of chances I could go on and on telling you stories about
times he’s had to make me to drink orange juice but just suffice to say he’s
great about it and deals with it very well.
Denise
March 10th, 2003 at 11:56 pm
I was very angry this morning, our little girl came to me with tears
in her eyes, very worried she asked me if it was true that she would
become sick like daddy and ouma (Afrikaans for Granny)
My wife told her that if she keeps on eating sweets that she would
become sick like us.
I confronted my wife with this and she told me that it was just to
get her to eat less sweets….
I feel that this was the wrong approach and that she has done more
damage than anything else.
Comments?
From: DOOLwacher@…
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“Darwin’s theory of evolution suggests that first came the baboon
and then man. Politics is proving that it can go either way.”
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Marius Calitz
P.O.Box 7300
Newcastle
2940
KZN
Republic of South Africa
March 11th, 2003 at 7:39 am
My mom is great with insulin reactions. There were 3 diabetics my mom has had to
deal with (only 2 now as my brother has moved out.) I, myself, have never had a
really bad reaction where I didn’t know what was going on but my dad has had
more than his share. Once it was so bad that we had to call 911 - since then our
doctor has shown my mom what to do in case that ever happens again. Sometimes my
mom gets frustrated with my dad’s response “My blood sugar is not low”
eventhough we all know that it’s low. But she has been a trooper through it all!
Heather
From: DOOLwacher@…
My hubby is great with my diabetes. We met in high school when we were 15
and we are 29 now and have been married 10 yrs so he has had to deal with a
lot of insulin reactions (in the middle of the night, etc.). He wanted to
learn from the beginning what to do for me in an emergency and believe me
he’s had plenty of chances I could go on and on telling you stories about
times he’s had to make me to drink orange juice but just suffice to say he’s
great about it and deals with it very well.
Denise
March 12th, 2003 at 2:09 am
Marius, I am sorry she was so upset. I was diagnosed when I was 23, so I
was always conscious about what Jonathan ate because I had that fear. I
never used it to scare him into not eating to many sweets. But this disease
is passed down at least in my family it is. I always explained to Jonathan
who is now 18yrsold that he just needs to be careful knowing I have it and
his grandmother has it and his greatgrandmother had it and maybe it won’t get
him but could his kids. So I just started educated him very young. That is
why when I fell off the wagon he was the one who would not tolerate me eating
things I should not. To this day he is very careful about the amount of
sugar he takes in. Just sit her down and explain to her that she just needs
to pay attention to what she eats because you love her and don’t want to see
her have to deal with this and not to be afraid. Just my thoughts Shelia
March 12th, 2003 at 12:50 pm
Boy, was that ever the wrong approach. I guess that is what so many children
have been told. Several kids at Brad’s school wanted to know if Brad got it
from eating too many sweets. When kids are told this, it sets them up for
major guilt if they do ever get diabetes.
Kim
March 12th, 2003 at 8:09 pm
The scary thing is that she might have a very good chance of
becoming a diabetic. Everybody on my mother’s side has it, my
maternal gramps was on insulin also.
Why I’m so angry is that my wife misled her into making her
believe that too much sweets can cause diabetes.
I have explained to her and she understands that the cause is not
due to too many sweets (much to her relief!)
Marius
From: SRicha9391@…
Date sent: Thu, 9 Sep 1999 20:22:11 EDT
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Subject: Re: [diabetics] Families, partners, etc
“Darwin’s theory of evolution suggests that first came the baboon
and then man. Politics is proving that it can go either way.”
mariusc@…
Marius Calitz
P.O.Box 7300
Newcastle
2940
KZN
Republic of South Africa
March 17th, 2003 at 6:49 am
This is a very interesting subject you have brought up. I must say that
overall my family is very supportive, some more than others. My husband (Irv)
is a Type 2, so we are in the same boat, although our treatments couldn’t be
more different. Irv is on one Glucotrol XL pill per day and watches what he
eats, while I’m on insulin 3x a day. He keeps a fairly close eye on how my
control is and gets very concerned over hypos. Yesterday, I had an all
afternoon low and he would not leave for work until my bg was finally staying
up.
My parents, especially my mother, are concerned about me almost to extreme.
Being an only child they don’t have anyone else to worry about. When I go to
visit, my mom almost drives me crazy with “what time do you have to eat? can
you eat this? etc.” She is constantly telling people at church about how we
have to do this and that “because of Connie’s diabetes.” While I’m there, I
have taken to going in the bedroom to test because I don’t want a big deal
made over why I’m high or low. I especially try to hide my lows because she
goes into panic mode. I know she means well, it just gets to be a little too
much at times and I just want to be treated normal.
My mother-in-law is a Type 2. When she was first dx’d she made sure that
everyone new she needed to eat at a certain time or else. Now, I have often
gone quite low waiting to eat lunch because she is just messing around. On a
recent visit, she suggested that we have a late lunch out because my
sister-in-law had just gotten out of bed and wasn’t hungry. That was one
occasion that I did speak up about my needs.
Connie, T1
P.S. Iris, it would be a great idea if we could have a question or topic of
the week. I’ve seen it done on bulletin boards and it really gets some great
discussions going.
March 18th, 2003 at 9:10 am
Reminds me of the time I woke up with 600 BG. I was SICK. Hubby was shaving
and said I was more important to him than his job and he’d stay home until I
was better. 1/2 hour later he said, “Bye, I’m leaving now!”
That said more to me about how much I meant. Those early rejections of my
parents seem to snowball.
Pincushion