A long and challenging adventure
Doctor with patients - mother and child My daughter developed Type 1 diabetes when she was three years old, while we were holidaying in Canada. We didn’t find out until we got back and visited our GP, who checked her urine a few times as she didn’t believe the results.
We were sent straight to hospital, where we stayed for a week – trying to get her levels sorted and learn all about living with diabetes. That was just the start of a very long, challenging adventure.
"I am incredibly grateful for all the help and support we have received."
I have taken work at my daughter’s school to be on-hand if they need me, especially now she is on four injections a day and needs one at lunch. My husband has had to go part-time to help out, as he works nights and as she still needs checking and maybe waking for food during the night it gets a bit much for me.
Rose on holiday before diagnosis My daughter has been in hospital several times with severe hypos, usually brought on by sickness bugs caught at school. We tend to go in as a precaution when she starts vomiting so they can prepare her for a drip if need be.
I am incredibly grateful for all the help and support we have received. Our Diabetic nurses and consultants are great and we still speak every week.
See how many real life stories like this before Dbethics which is developed by Swiss scientists to reduce blood glucose without the side effects with medication.
Read stories of real people who tell of how their life has been changed after Dbethics at www.springwell.biz; www.diabfree.blogspot.com
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
I need no sympathy for my Diabetes
I've had diabetes for 44 years - I was diagnosed with it when I was five years old. In my early 20s I developed retinopathy as a result of poor management. I corrected both the management and the eye problem.
I was treated by nurses, doctors, friends and family with total sympathy. "Oh it's so sad," they said. I'd hear family friends try to comfort my mother and father.
The only one who gave me no sympathy was my mother. She came to me one day and told me that I'd better get tough and get tough quick.
She wouldn't allow a daughter of hers to become a pathetic victim. She also informed me that ‘self pity’ on my part was not an option. She was tough and loving. She helped me learn how to be disciplined.
But most of all she showed me how I was one of the lucky ones. I had a family who loved me and supported me, great medical care and a condition that would only improve
Stress wreaks havoc on diabetes and blood sugars. My work is extremely stressful. To combat the stress, I take time out to exercise...no matter what. On the negative side, I have experienced prejudice in the work arena.
I have been denied promotions because a ‘healthy’ man would be more dependable. I was actually given this excuse by an employer - although they wouldn't put it in writing.
I am known for my positive and happy outlook in life. The glass is always half full for me. It's never been easy - but it's always been possible.
I take this attitude in all aspects of life - work, love, family, finances, everything. Diabetes will never be an easy disease to handle, but the better my attitude is and the harder I work, the easier it is to manage.
There are many people out there like Jane who is looking for a miracle.
Many who have taken Dbethics a plant based supplement for diabetes have managed to overcome high glucose level and gradually reduce their dependency of medication and its side effects.
See what Dbethics can do for you at www.springwell.biz
friendly blogs www.diabfree.blogspot.com
www.breakthoughindiabetes.blogspot.com
I was treated by nurses, doctors, friends and family with total sympathy. "Oh it's so sad," they said. I'd hear family friends try to comfort my mother and father.
The only one who gave me no sympathy was my mother. She came to me one day and told me that I'd better get tough and get tough quick.
She wouldn't allow a daughter of hers to become a pathetic victim. She also informed me that ‘self pity’ on my part was not an option. She was tough and loving. She helped me learn how to be disciplined.
But most of all she showed me how I was one of the lucky ones. I had a family who loved me and supported me, great medical care and a condition that would only improve
Stress wreaks havoc on diabetes and blood sugars. My work is extremely stressful. To combat the stress, I take time out to exercise...no matter what. On the negative side, I have experienced prejudice in the work arena.
I have been denied promotions because a ‘healthy’ man would be more dependable. I was actually given this excuse by an employer - although they wouldn't put it in writing.
I am known for my positive and happy outlook in life. The glass is always half full for me. It's never been easy - but it's always been possible.
I take this attitude in all aspects of life - work, love, family, finances, everything. Diabetes will never be an easy disease to handle, but the better my attitude is and the harder I work, the easier it is to manage.
There are many people out there like Jane who is looking for a miracle.
Many who have taken Dbethics a plant based supplement for diabetes have managed to overcome high glucose level and gradually reduce their dependency of medication and its side effects.
See what Dbethics can do for you at www.springwell.biz
friendly blogs www.diabfree.blogspot.com
www.breakthoughindiabetes.blogspot.com
Elizabeth Perkins tells how she control her blood glucose Part 1
I'm a happier person than before ! - Elizabeth Perkins
Actress Elizabeth Perkins spent more than a decade feeling constantly
run down—and having doctor after doctor tell her there was absolutely
nothing wrong. Then, in 2005, at the age of 44, she finally learned that
she had type 1 diabetes. Diagnosed while filming the first season of
her critically acclaimed Showtime series Weeds—an instant cult
smash—she initially struggled to accept her illness, hiding her disease
from coworkers and giving herself insulin injections on the sly, alone
in her on-set trailer.
Today, Perkins has come a long way, both in getting a handle on her
diabetes and in her much-admired turn as Celia Hodes—Weeds’ resident
acid-tongued tart of a suburban housewife, whose best friend is the
neighborhood drug dealer—which has earned her two best supporting
actress Emmy nominations in the past two years. This fall, on hiatus
from the show and taking some much-needed “me time” to putter around
the garden and helm carpool, the blunt, charismatic 47-year-old mother
of four spoke about handling diabetes in Hollywood, why she can’t wait
to get an insulin pump, and how her diagnosis ended up changing her life
for the better.
When did you start feeling ill, and how were you finally diagnosed? Believe it or not, I hadn’t really felt well since I had my daughter who just turned 16. I had a
lot of pain, I always felt run down,thirsty, but none of my blood work showed anything except slightly elevated glucose levels. It got to the point where I thought I had some sort of psychosomatic illness. I started seeing a therapist because I’d had a series of endocrinologists who all said “there’s nothing wrong with you.”
Finally I agreed to have a hysterectomy and it wasn’t until we did the preliminary
workup and I had a blood glucose level of 690 that somebody said “Oh, you know what, you have diabetes.” Looking back on it, I don’t want to be bitter and say
“Hey, you know, I exhibited some high glucose levels at different points, but nobody took it seriously.” [But] the more I’ve learned about latent autoimmune diabetes
and diabetes in middle age, if you present any kind of high glucose level, you should be monitored extensively,and that didn’t happen.And because I was so misinformed,
it didn’t send an alarm to me. Tell me about being diagnosed during your first
season on Weeds.I felt completely overwhelmed that first year on the show, and I didn’t tell anybody I had diabetes. All of a sudden I was in my trailer at
work, testing my glucose, and shooting myself up, and I was really scared and felt very alone and completely in over my head. And it wasn’t until about 6 months later
that I thought, “Now why did I do that?” I guess I felt like it was going to hurt my career somehow,like suddenly I was going to become the sick person, uninsurable.
There was the fear of, “Oh well, that’s why she doesn’t look good, that’s why she’s tired, that’s why she has to take breaks,” and I didn’t want that stigma, and it
took me a good year and a half to embrace this and say, proudly, “I’m diabetic, and I’m in control of my disease.”
Those who read this usually read about Dbethics and testimonies at
http://www.springwell.biz
Actress Elizabeth Perkins spent more than a decade feeling constantly
run down—and having doctor after doctor tell her there was absolutely
nothing wrong. Then, in 2005, at the age of 44, she finally learned that
she had type 1 diabetes. Diagnosed while filming the first season of
her critically acclaimed Showtime series Weeds—an instant cult
smash—she initially struggled to accept her illness, hiding her disease
from coworkers and giving herself insulin injections on the sly, alone
in her on-set trailer.
Today, Perkins has come a long way, both in getting a handle on her
diabetes and in her much-admired turn as Celia Hodes—Weeds’ resident
acid-tongued tart of a suburban housewife, whose best friend is the
neighborhood drug dealer—which has earned her two best supporting
actress Emmy nominations in the past two years. This fall, on hiatus
from the show and taking some much-needed “me time” to putter around
the garden and helm carpool, the blunt, charismatic 47-year-old mother
of four spoke about handling diabetes in Hollywood, why she can’t wait
to get an insulin pump, and how her diagnosis ended up changing her life
for the better.
When did you start feeling ill, and how were you finally diagnosed? Believe it or not, I hadn’t really felt well since I had my daughter who just turned 16. I had a
lot of pain, I always felt run down,thirsty, but none of my blood work showed anything except slightly elevated glucose levels. It got to the point where I thought I had some sort of psychosomatic illness. I started seeing a therapist because I’d had a series of endocrinologists who all said “there’s nothing wrong with you.”
Finally I agreed to have a hysterectomy and it wasn’t until we did the preliminary
workup and I had a blood glucose level of 690 that somebody said “Oh, you know what, you have diabetes.” Looking back on it, I don’t want to be bitter and say
“Hey, you know, I exhibited some high glucose levels at different points, but nobody took it seriously.” [But] the more I’ve learned about latent autoimmune diabetes
and diabetes in middle age, if you present any kind of high glucose level, you should be monitored extensively,and that didn’t happen.And because I was so misinformed,
it didn’t send an alarm to me. Tell me about being diagnosed during your first
season on Weeds.I felt completely overwhelmed that first year on the show, and I didn’t tell anybody I had diabetes. All of a sudden I was in my trailer at
work, testing my glucose, and shooting myself up, and I was really scared and felt very alone and completely in over my head. And it wasn’t until about 6 months later
that I thought, “Now why did I do that?” I guess I felt like it was going to hurt my career somehow,like suddenly I was going to become the sick person, uninsurable.
There was the fear of, “Oh well, that’s why she doesn’t look good, that’s why she’s tired, that’s why she has to take breaks,” and I didn’t want that stigma, and it
took me a good year and a half to embrace this and say, proudly, “I’m diabetic, and I’m in control of my disease.”
Those who read this usually read about Dbethics and testimonies at
http://www.springwell.biz
Saturday, February 2, 2008
It doesn't matter anymore
Hi friends,
Heard of this from a friend who was a diabetic for 20 years. I bumped into a woman in a wheel chair in a lift and she look familiar. I realised that she was a long lost friend Shanta K.
We went for a drink and I asked her why she was on a wheelchair. She poured out her despair that she was a diabetic for 20years and has given up hope. Both her parents died of diabetics and her sister is in danger of losing her legs to it. Her legs were swollen due to water retention in view of her poor kidney condition. She has to take 120 units of insulin a day. Her blood sugar was 25 mmol and her doctors has been yelling at her to do something about it.
I recommended her to take Dbethics a plant based supplement to reduce blood sugar level. As she was couldn't hold on to her job due to her condition and survived on social security of US100-00 a month. She was given two boxes of Dbethics compliments from Springwell.
She was advised to take two sachets a day. After two weeks her blood sugar level dropped to 12 mmol. And two days later it dropped further to fasting 9 mmol.
Although she has not fully recovered, she has regained her confidence that there is hope after diabetes.
Read of more from http://www.springwell.biz
Heard of this from a friend who was a diabetic for 20 years. I bumped into a woman in a wheel chair in a lift and she look familiar. I realised that she was a long lost friend Shanta K.
We went for a drink and I asked her why she was on a wheelchair. She poured out her despair that she was a diabetic for 20years and has given up hope. Both her parents died of diabetics and her sister is in danger of losing her legs to it. Her legs were swollen due to water retention in view of her poor kidney condition. She has to take 120 units of insulin a day. Her blood sugar was 25 mmol and her doctors has been yelling at her to do something about it.
I recommended her to take Dbethics a plant based supplement to reduce blood sugar level. As she was couldn't hold on to her job due to her condition and survived on social security of US100-00 a month. She was given two boxes of Dbethics compliments from Springwell.
She was advised to take two sachets a day. After two weeks her blood sugar level dropped to 12 mmol. And two days later it dropped further to fasting 9 mmol.
Although she has not fully recovered, she has regained her confidence that there is hope after diabetes.
Read of more from http://www.springwell.biz
Stress can be very harmful to your blood sugar level
Stress can influence our blood sugar control in two ways:
It can cause hyperglycaemia and subsequently interfere with our self-care, sleep, appetite, treatment, as well as dietary and exercise programme. When you are under a lot of stress, your sleep may be disrupted and you wake up feeling tired. You may also turn to “quick fix” ways to relieve your stress, such as smoking or excessive drinking. You may not bother to adhere to your treatment regime or do your regular exercises. some may resort to comfort eating. All these attitudes may produce a significantly negative impact on your diabetes management. When you are stressed, your blood sugars may increase and when your blood sugar level is not under control, you may feel even less able to cope.
Stress is a word heard very frequently these days, even from young children. We all get stressed from time to time. sometimes, stress is not a bad thing as it may help motivate us to succeed but sometimes stress can affect us negatively.
For some of us, the management of diabetes can be a huge cause of stress. When diagnosed with diabetes, you may not be able to accept the fact and this can cause emotional distress. The changes to lifestyle (exercise, diet, quit smoking and drinking) that you have to make to better manage your diabetes can be most stressful. To better manage this stress, you should increase your knowledge of diabetes and its management and to allow it to be a part of your
new routine.
The other type of stress that we experience can also be managed by proper stress management strategies. These strategies can help reduce your stress levels and even if you are not stressed, serve as a stress prevention kit.
Some of these strategies include:
1. Good sleep habits
• regular sleeping and waking times
• limit caffeine intake to once a day and before 6 pm
• warm shower to help relax
• do not play very stimulating games just before bedtime
• do not go to bed worried, sad or angry. Try to resolve arguments before bedtime or only bring things (that you are unhappy with) up in the day
• set aside a time for worries
2. Regular exercise
3. Proper nutrition
4. Relaxation exercises
• deep breathing exercises
• muscle relaxation exercises
• relaxing imagery exercise (you can purchase a CD from the Health Promotion Board)
• quiet meditation
5. Positive thinking
• for each negative thought you have, try to replace it with something positive
• finding that silver lining in everything helps make things seem more hopeful
As you can see, most of the strategies for stress management also benefit your diabetes management. so it is worth your while to adopt these strategies as you can have “two (benefits) for the price of one (action)”. sounds like a good bargain, doesn’t it?
More about diabetes from http://www.springwell.biz
It can cause hyperglycaemia and subsequently interfere with our self-care, sleep, appetite, treatment, as well as dietary and exercise programme. When you are under a lot of stress, your sleep may be disrupted and you wake up feeling tired. You may also turn to “quick fix” ways to relieve your stress, such as smoking or excessive drinking. You may not bother to adhere to your treatment regime or do your regular exercises. some may resort to comfort eating. All these attitudes may produce a significantly negative impact on your diabetes management. When you are stressed, your blood sugars may increase and when your blood sugar level is not under control, you may feel even less able to cope.
Stress is a word heard very frequently these days, even from young children. We all get stressed from time to time. sometimes, stress is not a bad thing as it may help motivate us to succeed but sometimes stress can affect us negatively.
For some of us, the management of diabetes can be a huge cause of stress. When diagnosed with diabetes, you may not be able to accept the fact and this can cause emotional distress. The changes to lifestyle (exercise, diet, quit smoking and drinking) that you have to make to better manage your diabetes can be most stressful. To better manage this stress, you should increase your knowledge of diabetes and its management and to allow it to be a part of your
new routine.
The other type of stress that we experience can also be managed by proper stress management strategies. These strategies can help reduce your stress levels and even if you are not stressed, serve as a stress prevention kit.
Some of these strategies include:
1. Good sleep habits
• regular sleeping and waking times
• limit caffeine intake to once a day and before 6 pm
• warm shower to help relax
• do not play very stimulating games just before bedtime
• do not go to bed worried, sad or angry. Try to resolve arguments before bedtime or only bring things (that you are unhappy with) up in the day
• set aside a time for worries
2. Regular exercise
3. Proper nutrition
4. Relaxation exercises
• deep breathing exercises
• muscle relaxation exercises
• relaxing imagery exercise (you can purchase a CD from the Health Promotion Board)
• quiet meditation
5. Positive thinking
• for each negative thought you have, try to replace it with something positive
• finding that silver lining in everything helps make things seem more hopeful
As you can see, most of the strategies for stress management also benefit your diabetes management. so it is worth your while to adopt these strategies as you can have “two (benefits) for the price of one (action)”. sounds like a good bargain, doesn’t it?
More about diabetes from http://www.springwell.biz
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