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Dealing With Diabetes

11 Apr

There are 4 common phases of dealing with Diabetes:

  1. Denial
  2. Anger
  3. Bargaining
  4. Moving on

Denial

A lot of people when first diagnosed with Diabetes refuse to accept that they have the condition despite a medical professional telling them so.

It is important to remember that having Diabetes is not your fault and you are not alone.

In the United Kingdom alone it is reported that there are 1.4million (yes million) people who have Diabetes.  It is also reported that there are a further 1million undiagnosed people who have the condition but are unaware of it.


Anger

Once past the denial stage, some people fall in to the anger stage where they are angry at having this “terrible” disorder.  Some people feel that having Diabetes is such a terrible thing and feel very angry at having the condition that they feel they can do nothing about.

If you are in this stage then the sooner you realise that being Diabetic is not your fault, the better.  It takes a lot of energy to be angry, and the sooner you realise that this energy you are wasting on being angry can be better used to help you to successfully manage your diabetes the better!


Bargaining

At some point someone who has recently been diagnosed as being Diabetic, may hear themselves saying things like “if I give up smoking my Diabetes will go away” or “I will eat more healthily and start a more active lifestyle and my Diabetes will disappear”.

Don’t get me wrong, giving up smoking, eating healthily and taking a more active lifestyle will help you control your Diabetes – but it will not make it go away.

At present there is no known cure for Diabetes.  BUT YOU CAN TAKE CONTROL OF IT!

Moving On

Once you have finally come to terms with your diagnosis and finally accept that you have Diabetes you can begin to lead a normal healthy life by taking control of you Diabetes by listening the medical advice you can get from your GP and/or Diabetes Nurse.

 
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More Funny Joke Diabetes Pictures

11 Apr

 
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Two Types Of Diabetes

20 Mar

There are two types of Diabetes:


Type 1:

Type 1 Diabetes (formerly known as Insulin Dependant) is where your body has hardly any (or no) insulin producing cells.  With this Diabetes you have to have Insulin treatment to survive.

Even in this day and age, the precise cause of the damage to the insulin producing cells is not really known.

Type 1 Diabetes is normally first diagnosed in young people and it can be hereditary (but not always).


Type 2:

Type 2 Diabetes (formerly know as Non-Insulin Dependant) is where your body is still producing insulin but it is either being made in too small a quantity to be of effect or simply does not work properly.

If you have this type of Diabetes you do not need to have Insulin treatment to survive.

This kind of Diabetes is commonly treated either by diet alone, by tablets or by a combination of the two.

Again, as with Type 1, the exact cause of this type of Diabetes is not yet known.

It is important to make one thing clear, both Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes are as serious as each other.

Just because someone takes Insulin to control their Diabetes does not mean their Diabetes is more severe than someone who controls their Diabetes by Diet alone.

And the reverse also applies, just because someone is controlling their Diabetes through diet alone and/or tablets does not mean their Diabetes is any less serious to someone who controls it with Insulin.

 
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