pavlosn
Well-Known Member
Diabetic burnout
I had read about it but did not really think it was a credible condition.
Sure, we all hate the discipline of being a diabetic I thought but, inconvenient or not, how can one reach the point of just not caring about being a diabetic and not looking after his condition?
And then that is exactly what happened to me. Or rather, let me rephrase that, this is exactly what I did.
I can't even offer an explanation why? I can't even point at a specific point in time when things changed or a specific event which trigger it off.
There was no such event. No dramatic trigger. Not even a conscious decision.
More a gradual erosion of discipline and a diversion of my focus to other things that seemed more urgent or important.
You realize that you have fallen off the horse but getting back on can always start tomorrow. Only there is always another tomorrow, until days grow into weeks, months years.
I did my best to ignore my diabetes but of course diabetes does not forget about us. It's there working away.
Finally I decided I can not ignore the symptoms any more, the frequent urination, the loss of weight recently the pins and needles in my toes just recently.
So from next Monday I am trying again.
I am measuring my glucose again. That is the most important thing for me. Even I can not ignore something when it stares at me in the face from my glucose meter.
My first reading last Monday was 218mg/dl, that's over 12 mmol; much too high.
So I had to do something about it.
I had to look at my diet and change it. Cut out a lot of the carbs.
I have been doing this for almost a week now. Doing a lot of testing before and after meals as well.
For the last two or three days my readings have been within acceptable range; fasting was 6,1 mmol today.
My challenge is to stick with it, keep the discipline.
Sent from my SM-G935F using Diabetes.co.uk Forum mobile app
I had read about it but did not really think it was a credible condition.
Sure, we all hate the discipline of being a diabetic I thought but, inconvenient or not, how can one reach the point of just not caring about being a diabetic and not looking after his condition?
And then that is exactly what happened to me. Or rather, let me rephrase that, this is exactly what I did.
I can't even offer an explanation why? I can't even point at a specific point in time when things changed or a specific event which trigger it off.
There was no such event. No dramatic trigger. Not even a conscious decision.
More a gradual erosion of discipline and a diversion of my focus to other things that seemed more urgent or important.
You realize that you have fallen off the horse but getting back on can always start tomorrow. Only there is always another tomorrow, until days grow into weeks, months years.
I did my best to ignore my diabetes but of course diabetes does not forget about us. It's there working away.
Finally I decided I can not ignore the symptoms any more, the frequent urination, the loss of weight recently the pins and needles in my toes just recently.
So from next Monday I am trying again.
I am measuring my glucose again. That is the most important thing for me. Even I can not ignore something when it stares at me in the face from my glucose meter.
My first reading last Monday was 218mg/dl, that's over 12 mmol; much too high.
So I had to do something about it.
I had to look at my diet and change it. Cut out a lot of the carbs.
I have been doing this for almost a week now. Doing a lot of testing before and after meals as well.
For the last two or three days my readings have been within acceptable range; fasting was 6,1 mmol today.
My challenge is to stick with it, keep the discipline.
Sent from my SM-G935F using Diabetes.co.uk Forum mobile app