Molly56
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- I do not have diabetes
Since my first post on this forum (Living with a partner with uncontrolled type 2 diabetes) things have changed a little
On a positive note my partner has decided that he does need to make some changes in his life, not specifically to do with his diabetes but more generally in terms of actually getting up and doing something…..just a small step but definitely a step in the right direction!
That’s spooky…as I am typing this I have just got an email from diabetes.co.uk entitled ‘Small changes, Big Impact’….Time to get motivated……how did it know that was what I was thinking / typing, anyway as I was saying…
From my point of view I have found out more information through the forum which may help me to understand his condition and hopefully provide some useful support.
I have also made a couple of interesting connections between existing symptoms that he has been suffering from over the past few months which may or may not relate to his diabetes, one of which was proximal neuropathy…….. (forum link: Advice wanted on proximal neuropathy please)…this has led me onto other trains of thought in terms of considering links to other underlying conditions which may go some way to explain some of what is going on.
Have been doing some further research into my theories on the net but being careful not to self-diagnose as am fully aware of the dangers of this….but is difficult to ignore when I can see the bigger picture and can see what is happening.
Sometimes it is the people closest that can see best what is going on (rather than health professionals) but we are effectively powerless to do anything about it – unfortunately it is not always possible for outsiders or the person involved to step back and really see what is going on, sorry that sounds a bit philosophical…perhaps I am just in that sort of mood at the moment.
My question is, I guess...
What would happen if someone had an underlying condition which had not been diagnosed but could go some way to explain why perhaps they have developed diabetes ….how do you take this forward as an idea without looking stupid or paranoid?
Am thinking that I am seriously in danger of putting 2 and 2 together and coming up with 5 …..but what if 2 and 2 do actually equal 4?
On a positive note my partner has decided that he does need to make some changes in his life, not specifically to do with his diabetes but more generally in terms of actually getting up and doing something…..just a small step but definitely a step in the right direction!
That’s spooky…as I am typing this I have just got an email from diabetes.co.uk entitled ‘Small changes, Big Impact’….Time to get motivated……how did it know that was what I was thinking / typing, anyway as I was saying…
From my point of view I have found out more information through the forum which may help me to understand his condition and hopefully provide some useful support.
I have also made a couple of interesting connections between existing symptoms that he has been suffering from over the past few months which may or may not relate to his diabetes, one of which was proximal neuropathy…….. (forum link: Advice wanted on proximal neuropathy please)…this has led me onto other trains of thought in terms of considering links to other underlying conditions which may go some way to explain some of what is going on.
Have been doing some further research into my theories on the net but being careful not to self-diagnose as am fully aware of the dangers of this….but is difficult to ignore when I can see the bigger picture and can see what is happening.
Sometimes it is the people closest that can see best what is going on (rather than health professionals) but we are effectively powerless to do anything about it – unfortunately it is not always possible for outsiders or the person involved to step back and really see what is going on, sorry that sounds a bit philosophical…perhaps I am just in that sort of mood at the moment.
My question is, I guess...
What would happen if someone had an underlying condition which had not been diagnosed but could go some way to explain why perhaps they have developed diabetes ….how do you take this forward as an idea without looking stupid or paranoid?
Am thinking that I am seriously in danger of putting 2 and 2 together and coming up with 5 …..but what if 2 and 2 do actually equal 4?
