• Guest - w'd love to know what you think about the forum! Take the 2025 Survey »

Am I killing myself

In defence of my 2 bolshy teenagers, I have to say they are brilliant!!! (when they arent arguing between themselves)

I was in a wheelchair on and off from when they were very young, and sadly was also stuck with an alcoholic, violent and abusive husband) after 18 years enough was enough and despite fears of how we would cope I got an injunction for him to leave the property, the children were only 6 and 7 then, and had a Mum who never knew if she would be able to get out of bed from the Lupus.

However we coped!! And over the years have continued to cope, despite the ups and downs mentioned in the first post on this thread. My son has also coped with ADHD and Aspergers and is currently at college, I am extremely proud of them both, and love to do stuff for them, including lots of home cooked meals. So I shouldnt really have moaned about them bickering, I guess they are typical teenage siblings, other than that I couldn't ask for better children!!
 
Hello again LittleV

I am glad that you have such a good relationship with your teens; you seem to have been through a lot together. When you are ill it is much more difficult to cope with even normal life so it is not surprising that you needed to let off steam - and this is a good place to do it! :)

You must be very proud of your son at college, hope he achieves all that he is aiming for. :D
 
hiya
i feel just like you do but i'm gonna keep on trying. i have had a treacle pud and custard on friday nite and my bs upto 17.6 on saturday morning and what did i go and do but have another one, then i felt bad and at 12 noon i went out walking round the shops had a cup of coffee with my friend, i certainly didn't feel hungry but i didn't feel too good either, my eyes were hurting anyway i didn't have anything to eat but when i came home around 5.30 i tested and bs gone to 8.1 so i thought great and then i had two rye biscuits with two carrots and an apple and when dinner was ready i had some chicken/prawns in sweet sour sauce with one slice of linseed and soya bread and watercress. i feel full and happy and happy because bs after eating gone to 9.0 so it has really heartened me that i can do something for myself to control my bs. The trick is sticking to this kind of eating when i feel like **** and not reaching for the treacle puds. I have been thinking about kate moss and what she said about being skinny and now i keep thinking that in my case 'nothing tastes as good as having bs that is within normal range' infact i am going to have to have more control over what i eat in order for my bs to fall within normal range. its that simple ...... if only good luck and virtual hugs to us all.
 
Hey Dollydreamer

'nothing tastes as good as having bs that is within normal range'

I agree with the above comment wholeheartedly, I spent the last couple of years bemoaning the appalling headaches I was getting, until I finally got round to lowering my bg consistently, and hey guess what, the headaches have gone :lol:

I think the biggest factor in all this is coming to terms with what we have, some people seem to manage it immediately, and for some of us (the rebellious ones :wink: ) it seems to take a little longer, I know that I will occasionally rebel, and no doubt suffer the consequences, but I can say hand on heart now, that I AM doing my best to keep my bg low, and I feel a lot better for it!!
 
Back
Top