Don't dwell on bad things @MrXile Remember that **** can happen to anyone, diabetic or not. It's easy to forget that when you read about complications. Concentrate on being as healthy as you can, controlling your blood sugar, and living well.
I'm still here at 30 years+... so the warnings were rubbish!!! (For me!!)....
Dont get weighed down by it all. Life has to be fun above all...
Best thing we did was to take time out ech day to distract "ourselves" together!! We just do a couple of crosswords with a "posh" coffee and we do have some real laughter doing them. I wish I'd been made more aware a long time ago the imoortance of having complete relaxation together every day.. no matter what happens!!
Its hard to accept change... that goes for every human... in some way or another..
You will manage it... and so will your wife... just important to get a total switch off time for laughter and fun though each day!!
The dropping could be the honeymoon, or maybe your insulin needs adjusting. Sometimes being diagnosed and being on insulin can give your remaining islet cells a rest and they can make a little insulin of their own. So perhaps some of your doses need tweaking so you don't go low.
Show them your before and after meal,readings. If you're too low at two hours, it could be your bolus.
I can't remember if you said, but are you carb counting? I may have asked you that already - sorry if I have!
The answer to that is simply No.
As they say and putting it politely "**** Happens"
For me its just a case of dealing with the problem at hand as there is no escape.
Regards
Martin
Things were different previously...
You'll the hang of it but you ought toask your consultant/dsnabout carb counting course (dafne) for you and the wife to go on.
By the way, its good that your wife is 100% with you and living it with you....
I wholly recommend "we" time.... total distraction away everyday.. and relaxing.
We started also to do daft things.. balsa wood animal wood models together... these have had huge laughs... and total relaxing.
Honestly, my cancer therapist really has so taught me well... and I so wish others had the opportunity when newly diagnosed to do the learning and also the relaxing when diagnosed diabetic.
Its great to be given good diabetes care,, medics treat the cancer, but its rare to get the psychological support offered to patients.
Diabetes is life changing and especially learning how to inject for eating and not eating!!
Were you advised to get the card for the free scripts and told about dvla notification??
Yeah, we have a good diary, with all my readings, plus it's all available on diasend digitally.
I'm not carb counting no, they said just to eat as normal as I used to, which we are doing (healthy eating) roughly about 150g of carbs across my three meals daily.
![]()
Yes, breast cancer and a few hiccups with treatment. So have had to learn to forgive on this medical journey.
Made me realise more so that we can control diabetes...(and I do) but cancer... theres only so much you can modify and the rest is out of your hands....again because I cant tolerate the anti cancer tablet I do everything I can to try and help my body. I also got poisoned from the treatment and almost died.
I am actually grateful for my diabetes though. It means I get regular blood tests and some of these blood tests can indicate cancer... normal cancer patients after mastecomy do not get blood tests done routinely... so at least I know that I will be able to monitor some aspect..
So glad to hear you are going to make room for some laughter time!! We've never laughed or relaxed this much in our 20 years together... and so lovely to do it daily..
So very well put by @MrXile though.
Absolutely right, "there is always a silver lining.... "
I had totally forgotten that expression.
Thank you for reminding me of it.
I can use that more now... I have got good thoughts where I can use that, thankyou....
People mean well but can come across as selfish, insensitive etc.Pinewoods answer is his opinion. I'm entitled to ask why me so soon after diagnosis.
I do respect it and to be told on here how I should feel about my diagnosis is a little elitist. Yes I asked for opinions, I didn't ask for instructions on how to act/feel.
I've had other problems over the years, one for instance where I couldn't walk for two whole years, I never asked why me to that, just got on with it.
It was a simple statement and question, has anyone felt why me? We all do in life regardless of perfect health or not, as we as humans are selfish. We question. What we shouldn't do is tell someone else how to react to their issues. That's more selfish than you realise.