FINDING OUT "WHAT IS DIABETES?"
Of late my mother has not honestly been feeling so well. She is feeling light headed and tired a lot and when she decided that she wanted to go in for a physical, I knew that she really must not be feeling well, because she hates to go to the doctor. Well, they did some tests, and then we had to go back within a few days for the results, which I can't really stand, because they really don't think about how much the waiting can kill a person, so anyway, when I went back with her, I was concerned that perhaps she had cancer or something, but it turns out that instead she has Diabetes. Now I honestly heard a little of what the doctor was telling us, but I was very grateful that he had also given us a few informational brochures about what is Diabetes. On the way home I decided to read the what is diabetes brochure to my mother as she drove, and we both agreed that there were worse problems to have and that we are grateful that they caught it before any type of neuopathy was present, because in case you didn't know one of the biggest problems with Diabetes is the associated peripheral neuropathy. Lucky for us, it hadn't gone that far.
Over dinner that evening we discussed everything with my father, who went online to research information about Diabetes. He came back telling my mother about diets that have been shown to help diabetes significantly and told her not to worry about the shots of insulin, that she would get used to them, and if she had any trouble, we both agreed that we would help her inject it. Which quite honestly is a bit intimidating for me, but honestly I will do anything that I can to help my mother, and make this a little bit simpler on her. I know that it will only take her a little while to get used to the insulin injections, and she will want to them herself, because she can't stand being the patient and being made a fuss over. It is just not in her nature.