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<blockquote data-quote="HpprKM" data-source="post: 623774" data-attributes="member: 14660"><p>I am just wondering how to get family to take Type 2 db more seriously. </p><p></p><p>Not wishing to sound sorry for myself, but .... in a second marriage with adult extended family and small grandchildren. Husband early 60s advancing Parkinsons. We suffer the normal trials of family life, but this year been especially trying this year - in fact I can hardly believe what I've managed to get through. But hey that's life! But amongst all these problems, nobody, but nobody seems to understand diabetes. I have what I call my diabetes days but only hubbie and daughter know about this and all I get from hubbie is that he's not well, daughter has thyroid disease and if I say anything she brings up her illness. One of hubbies daughters is under the illusion that Parkinson's is not a bad illness so pretty sure she, as do many, thinks db is not much more than not being able to eat sugar. Hubbie got quite vociferous, unusually other day heaping uncalled for abuse on me - seems a Parkinsons thing. What my question is, how do I make everyone understand how diabetes can make a person feel even though they look ok and what it really is?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HpprKM, post: 623774, member: 14660"] I am just wondering how to get family to take Type 2 db more seriously. Not wishing to sound sorry for myself, but .... in a second marriage with adult extended family and small grandchildren. Husband early 60s advancing Parkinsons. We suffer the normal trials of family life, but this year been especially trying this year - in fact I can hardly believe what I've managed to get through. But hey that's life! But amongst all these problems, nobody, but nobody seems to understand diabetes. I have what I call my diabetes days but only hubbie and daughter know about this and all I get from hubbie is that he's not well, daughter has thyroid disease and if I say anything she brings up her illness. One of hubbies daughters is under the illusion that Parkinson's is not a bad illness so pretty sure she, as do many, thinks db is not much more than not being able to eat sugar. Hubbie got quite vociferous, unusually other day heaping uncalled for abuse on me - seems a Parkinsons thing. What my question is, how do I make everyone understand how diabetes can make a person feel even though they look ok and what it really is? [/QUOTE]
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