I Resolve...

In 2007, I have made the decision to make a few resolutions, and stick by them.
The first, and most important, is to finally speak up regarding my legally blind, diabetic older sister. I resolve to worry more about what may hurt her feelings, and more about what is hurting her health and life.
I think I would rather have her around driving me crazy for many more years than to let things go as they are and let her kill herself the way she is now.
As for my other resolutions, I'm still deciding what is important enough to commit to!

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Lynn R. Dec 29, 2006, 1:46pm EST

Tracy, stay strong. Good luck. Lynn R.

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Tracy M. Dec 30, 2006, 3:48pm EST

Thanks! She's 13 years older than me (I'm 41), and when I take her for groceries and she buys those little peeps at Easter (an now they have them on other holidays.aargh).........it's just hard to feel like I'm telling her what to do!

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tomi r. Dec 31, 2006, 6:25pm EST

i know how u feel, i have a younger bro (46) who is diabetic. his eyes r starting to go. he stays on a strict diet, but lets his sugar get too low. many times i have had to make him drink juice or eat those glucose tablets when we r shopping. he is a brittle diabetic so hard to keep regulated.
if we dont stay firm tho we can lose them, maybe u could direct her to some sugar free candy

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Tracy M. Dec 31, 2006, 8:34pm EST

That's one of the things I'm trying to get her to stick to. I have a suspicion that she is taking too much insulin so that she needs to get her sugar level up, so she can eat sweets. I've told her that if it gets low, just to drink some juice, but she tries eating a whole pack of something like those dang peeps. (I really hate those things, always have, but they've always been a favorite of hers.) It's like she knows it's bad for her, but she likes the candy so she wants to eat it. I have to make her realize that she can't keep up this way, that life isn't always the way you'd like it to be, and you have to make adjustments to go on. I think it's gonna be a looong year!!!

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LittleMissSunshine - Shel & Barney Rule L. Jan 1, 2007, 10:38pm EST

Do you get a chance to go to doctor appointments with her?

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Tracy M. Jan 1, 2007, 11:27pm EST

Not usually. I work for a bank, so my hours are pretty much when she has appointments (and then some). She has a driver from the Blind Association that schedules her appointments for her.

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