Good morning to you all. I am a wife of a diabetic. If no one knows how it is to be a caregiver of a family member with a disease. You will never know the hardships that come from the toil of making sure they have what that need in medicines each day and in the foods that they eat.
My husband is type II and he does not want to take care of himself the way that he should so, it leaves me to make sure he eats right three times a day, plus exercise and other elements in making sure he stays healthy for me and his eight year old daughter.
Each morning, Ruby makes sure her father takes his medicine and eats his breakfast. She may be young but, she understands the problems that can come from not taking care of yourself. I do my best with the help of our good Lord each day in making sure that John does what he is suppose to do.
I am not complaining about my position but, want everyone to know that in caring for someone you must understand their feelings and do not nag all time at them because, it can cause a riff to come between you and you must understand they know they need to do this and you are there for the support and to help them if needed.
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Just because we are diabetic, does not mean that we do not know the seriousness of the condition .... We generally DO know .........
However, it is possible to have this disease and be affected by it WITHOUT realizing that we are suffering the affects of it ..... I STILL have a difficult time distinguishing between a sugar high and a sugar low ..... so I am forced to use my glucometer whenever I feel "off" or "wrong" .... which may not be often enough .... and I really DO depend on my family and friends to notice if I am acting differently and let me know ..... just BECAUSE I can't tell ....
They have saved my bacon a few times when I was impaired and didn't / couldn't realize it myself ...... and I am grateful for that as well as a bit exasperated .... I do everything that I am supposed to do [according to the docs] in regard to this disease ... yet the disease is not responding to the usual methods of treatment ..... this, in turn, makes me seem like I don't care or have given up b/c it is still out of control after all these years ....
It takes a very strong support system for some of us to make it through the day .... and most of us are fairly independent and/or strong-willed individuals who really don't like HAVING to rely on others so much ...... this makes it so much harder to accept the help we need .... and makes it much harder on those who want to help and support our efforts to manage the diabetes ....
So .... caregivers .... please bear with us ...... if we CAN, we will eventually get control over this ..... and if we CAN'T, we really DO need you to be there for us ...
I do wish you so much luck.