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I was diagnosed with type 2 Diabetes about 10 years ago. At first I just listened to my doctors that told me there was no cure for diabetes and I could treat my diabetes with diet, exercise and pills and live a normal life. The Doctors sent me to Diabetic schools, one that taught us what Diabetes is and how best to treat and live with it. Another doctor taught nutrition, mostly low fat eating and the best way to eat as a Diabetic.

One of the things the schools taught me was that Type 2 Diabetes is a progressive disease and things would continue to get worse and worse, so they would continually changes my medications.

Just like the doctors said, as the years went on, my blood sugar went up and up so they increased my meds. Not Satisfied with what I was taught at the schools I went to, I set out to do my own research. Things I learned were a bit scary, like all the drugs have bad side effects, even death as they kill off organs. That once you reach the limit (Maximum Dose) of one drug they have to switch to another drug until it is no longer useful. They keep this up until they run out of drugs to switch to. This usually happens in 1-20 years. Then there is not much they can do.

I also learned that any blood sugar reading over 140 is harmful and that an average reading of 139= an A1C test of 6.9 that is why you want your A1C under 7.

And that Diabetes has horrible side effects that include but not limited to:

If you can keep your blood sugar under 140, your A1C under 7 and keep an active life style you should be fine for a while. But time and Diabetes march on and you can end up with these complications, unless you die from something else before they set in. So the way I see it, the only way to not get any of these complications or dying a slow horrible death was to get rid of this debilitating disease that they said has no cure.

For the last 10 years or more I started reading anything I could on diabetes. I found out that a cure was developed and our government paid them 30 million dollars to keep if off the market. People are being cured of type 2 diabetes every day.

After 10 years of research and many interviews with many doctors and healthcare professionals I have finally cured my diabetes.

What do I mean by “I Cured My Diabetes?” Before I was cured, here is what I had.

After 10 years and eventually reaching my Maximum Dose of Glyburide and Glucophage (metformin) plus Lisinopril for High Blood pressure and Lovastatin for high cholesterol here is where I was at:

• I had Morning mg readings of 220-250mg. I have what is called the Dawn Syndrome, which means my blood sugar reading was high in the mornings (dawn) and would come down during the day.

• Daily I would get my mg down to about 110-120mg

• My A1C tests were around 6.7 to 7.4 (testing twice a year)

• My blood Pressure was around 140′ over 90’s.

• My Cholesterol was in the 300’s

• I tired easily. I had bad days where I just did not feel like doing anything,

• I had low days where my mg was below 70 and I felt real light headed and faint.

Remember all this is while taking the maximum allowable drugs.

Now that I am cured here is where I am.

• Morning reading of 90-100

• Daily reading around 90-100

• Average reading of 95

• A1C of around 4.7 - 5

• Blood pressure of 120’s over 70’s

• Cholesterol in the 200s

All this without any drugs, no meds of any kind, and with out eating a restrictive diet. I eat a normal healthy diet. I don’t workout at gyms or even a home gym, which would be beneficial to overall health, but I am active. Now I have a lot of energy.

I am not a Doctor or health care professional in anyway, but with those numbers, I believe it would be hard for anyone to test me and say I have Diabetes. I may still have the underlying cause (I don’t know) but, any complications I have will be minimized and I should be able to live a full healthy life.

The best part is, not only did I cure my Diabetes, but my wife, my sister and a couple of friend’s have also cured their Diabetes with the information from When Health Matters.

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In order to overcome diabetes, you need to have a basic knowledge of the disease and to be able to apply it accordingly. Within this section I reveal strategies to deal with this health condition.

Diabetes Defined

Diabetes is a disorder that makes it difficult for us to metabolize sugar correctly. The simple sugar glucose is a product of the breakdown that occurs after sugar is consumed in our bodies. The simple sugar glucose travels through our bloodstream and is snatched up by our cells and used as energy. The important vehicle that is used to move the glucose into our cells is called insulin a hormone. The insulin is made in the pancreas and it is used to shuttle glucose into our cells. In Type I diabetes, there is a malfunction with the pancreas and it produces little to none of the necessary insulin. Next, in Type II diabetes the body is producing insulin, but the cells are desensitized to it. In a nutshell, the cells are desensitized to it because of such a high level of blood sugar. In order to overcome diabetes an understanding of insulin and its vital role is most important.

Symptoms of Diabetes

Weakness and fatigue

Tingling and numbness in your hands, feet and legs

Blurred vision

Unquenchable

What Are Possible Methods For Relieving Symptoms Of Diabetes?

A few isolated nutrients have the possibility of relieving symptoms associated with diabetes. Because of recent research it is shown that these nutrients can possibly help us to maintain normal sugar levels and thereby allowing us to overcome diabetes. A few of these nutrients are listed below:

Bitter Melon Helps to stabilize blood sugar.

Fenugreek maintains healthy blood sugar.

Banaba leaf Stabilize blood sugar levels and lose weight

Cinnamon Helps balance blood sugar levels, by reducing insulin resistance. Increases normal energy levels and helps balance blood sugar levels.

Policosanol Improves LDL or bad cholesterol up to 29% it also regulates cholesterol levels.

To overcome diabetes you need to have knowledge of this disorder and ways or possible methods to deal with it. As new information on diabetes is uncovered I will share it with you.

DISCLAIMER

The information provided herein should not be construed as a health-care diagnosis, treatment regimen or any other prescribed health-care advice or instruction. The information is provided with the understanding that the publisher is not engaged in the practice of medicine or any other health-care profession and does not enter into a health-care practioner/ patient relationship with its readers.

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Diabetic Treatment Natural Foods. Dietitians use the Diabetic Diet as the First Line of Attack. Understanding the Roll of Complex Carbohydrates Might be the Key to Success.

When people are trying to get their hands around their diabetes, one of the most difficult areas to understand is what is a good diabetic diet. Learn how to make this specialized diet your first Line of attack. Complex carbohydrates can be the key to Success. Weight loss and exercise will follow naturally. Discover the cutting edge in this battle to reverse the symptoms of type 2 Diabetes.

Consider this scenario: At the Institute of Health’s evening meal, it was an excellent healthy meal of vegetable lasagna, it is over and everyone is sitting around the dining table. The Hostess is about to clear the table. But first she checks to see if any one wants more. More lasagna, anyone? No thanks, the host asks, How about more corn or vegetables? No thanks. More salad or bread? No thanks. It was delicious, but we are full. We are full and we know it. We are finished eating. But not too full.

You might think that any delicious food that is calorically intense must also be rapidly absorbable, as sugars and fats are.

Beans and whole grains are calorically intense foods that many people find delicious. Yet if they are prepared simply and not milled, processed, or overcooked so as to render them “predigested” (and therefore too rapidly absorbed), they are not easily overeaten. That this is true is attested to by the fact that neither the members of the Institute of Health, nor anyone else who has adopted this style of eating will overeat these foods.

How about a Cookie, or white rolls

But are there foods that would induce us to eat even when we are full? Is that possible? You bet it is. And those foods are the sweet simple carbohydrate foods that you just can’t stop eating: those delicious high caloric foods that are absorbed rapidly by the gut into the bloodstream.

See if this sounds familiar: Hungry? No, I’m full. Want a cookie? Umm . . . yeah, thanks. The sugar in that cookie will be absorbed into your bloodstream within minutes. Sugar is predigested carbohydrate; it requires no digestion on your part. It will be absorbed partially through the roof of your mouth while you are still chewing and partially through your esophagus while you are still swallowing; then it will be rapidly finished off in your digestive tract.

Your body knows that it is getting a caloric bonanza from that cookie. It knows, from having been fed many cookies in the past, that within seconds a large quantity of calories will be captured, absorbed, and ready to be stored away (as fat) for a rainy day. Because “capturing calories” was an important survival trait in evolutionary man, the cookie is looked on by the body as a prize. But for a diabetic this begins the dangerous cycle of blood glucose problems.

But more corn and beans on a full stomach? No, thanks. There’s a lot of work to digesting and absorbing corn and beans, and there is plenty of digestion already going on.

Of course, if you add sugar or butter to the corn and beans, it’s a different story. You’ve made at least some of each bite a rapidly absorbed food, and you just might accept the offer of more. Even salt, which acts like sugar in being highly prized by the body in spite of its overabundance in our food, can render another helping more acceptable to a full stomach.

It’s a little like not your fault

Rapidly absorbed foods, especially sugars and fats, create an abnormal situation in the blood. Blood insulin and blood glucose behave abnormally in someone who consumes either a high sugar diet or a high fat diet. This is a cause for concern when it comes to overweight because the brain’s hunger center (and therefore one’s eating behavior) is controlled by the action of blood insulin and blood sugar. A disturbance in the hunger center can lead to obesity. And there is reason to believe that the blood glucose and insulin disturbances created by the sweet simple carbohydrate foods that contribute directly to overeating.

How to Learn What Foods are Natural and how to prepare them

The problem is that the population of the USA has No Clue what a “natural foods” diet looks like and needs an Instruction Sheet to EAT. Find an up-to-date Dietitian.

There are several excellent books and sources on the subject:

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The Origin Diet
http://www.elizabethsomer.com/theorigindiet.php

Information at The Paleo Diet
http://paleodiet.com

The winner maybe just eating “real” natural healthy foods and some regular light exercise. Eating COMPLEX CARBOHYDRATES may just be the simple formulae for reversing those diabetic symptoms.

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I am a Urethane Technologist by profession. I don’t know much about diabetes. I only know that diabetes is a disease we can only fight if we have the right knowledge.I know that if I will not learn I will die a miserable death like my grand parents, so I am in a continuous process of learning each and every day. I have been diagnosed pre-diabetes last year. By eating proper balanced diet, exercise and following “Eat to live and not live to eat” we can live a healthy, joyful life just like non-diabetics. For more information visit my free sites Red Diabetes and ABC of Diabetes to help diabetics. Visit these sites to regularly for the latest advancement and grab my free ebook I will be launching soon.

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There’s no one diet for diabetes. General guidelines exist, such as “eat less fat and saturated fat” and “eat more whole grains, fruits, and vegetables.” Your diabetes meal plan must be based on your individual needs. When it comes to what to eat and what not to eat for diabetics, advice is abundance. With so much well meaning advice from various sources, it can be difficult to determine what food you should be including as part of your diabetic diet. Instead of what we should eat, why don’t we start with the types bad food for diabetics?

Basically, a diet low in saturated fat with well controlled blood glucose levels that incorporates weight control, exercise and fewer refined sugars is recommended. Controlling blood glucose levels with diet, and in some cases medication, is the key. To keep blood sugar levels under control, a diabetic diet strikes a balance among the carbohydrates, fats, and protein you take in. In addition, a 1,500-calorie diabetic diet restricts calories and fat. These fruits helps to control blood sugar, levels. Due to their low glycemic index, they promote a gradual increase in the blood sugar level which is highly beneficial to diabetics.

Carbohydrates encompass a broad range of foods, including table sugar, fruits and vegetables, and grains such as rice and wheat. Carbohydrates (be it potato or table sugar) typically take from five minutes to three hours to digest, whereas protein takes three to six hours and fat can take eight or more hours. That’s why different foods have different effects on blood sugar, such as why ice cream (higher in fat) raises blood sugar levels more slowly than potatoes. Carbohydrate choices should come from whole grains breads or cereals, pasta, brown rice, beans, fruits and vegetables. Increasing dietary fiber is a general guideline for the entire population rather than specifically for people with diabetes. Avoid simple, processed, and concentrated carbohydrates. Highly processed carbohydrates in packaged food such as, fast food, white bread, and white flour products, have a high glycemic index that causes spikes in sugar levels. Sugar and refined carbohydrates are undeniably linked to diabetes.

Beware of sugar-free cookies and other products made for diabetics. Even though they’re sugar-free, they may contain trans fats or have more fats than their sugary counterparts. Sugary foods are fattening. Many foods that have a lot of table sugar are very high in calories and fat. Sugar-free candy as well as as other products using the term “sugar-free” should be evaluated for total carbohydrate content. Sugar alcohols, though listed by their weight content within the food as listed in the Nutrition Facts panel, are not metabolized (broken down and used for energy) the way true sugars are.

If you have alcoholic drinks on an empty stomach, they can make your blood glucose level go too low. Alcoholic drinks also can raise your blood fats. Many people do not realize that milk can raise the blood sugar, because it doesn’t taste sweet?, but it does contain lactose, which will turn to glucose. One container of sugar free, fat free yogurt is also equal to one carb choice.

Eating good quality foods that are high in nutrients and fiber can help normalize blood sugars. Working with a doctor and being vigilant about diet can make a difference in the long-term health of a person living with diabetes. Eating 5 servings of fruits and vegetables may satisfy sugar cravings without jeopardizing sugar levels; the fiber in fruits, vegetables, and grains can regulate how quickly sugar is absorbed into the bloodstream.

The ideal diet for people with diabetes aims to maintain a balance between sugars, fiber, fats and salt. No foods are completely forbidden but some foods, especially sugars, fats and salt need to be consumed in restricted quantities. Learning about Diabetes and making the right lifestyle changes, can help you maintain blood glucose and blood fat levels as close to normal as possible, as well as maintaining a reasonable body weight. All of these factors will help you to reduce the risk of developing the serious complications of Diabetes. Fat should be removed before cooking.

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Diabetes mellitus (sometimes called “sugar diabetes”) is a condition that occurs when the body can’t use glucose (a type of sugar) normally. Glucose is the main source of energy for the body’s cells. The levels of glucose in the blood are controlled by a hormone called insulin, which is made by the pancreas. Insulin helps glucose enter the cells.

In diabetes, the pancreas does not make enough insulin (type 1 diabetes) or the body can’t respond normally to the insulin that is made (type 2 diabetes). This causes glucose levels in the blood to rise, leading to symptoms such as increased urination, extreme thirst, and unexplained weight loss.

Types of Diabetes

Type 1 diabetes (previously known as insulin-dependent diabetes)

Type 1 diabetes is an auto-immune disease where the body’s immune system destroys the insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas. This type of diabetes, also known as juvenile-onset diabetes, accounts for 10-15% of all people with the disease. It can appear at any age, although commonly under 40, and is triggered by environmental factors such as viruses, diet or chemicals in people genetically predisposed. People with type 1 diabetes must inject themselves with insulin several times a day and follow a careful diet and exercise plan.

Type 2 diabetes (previously known as non-insulin dependent diabetes)

Type 2 diabetes is the most common form of diabetes, affecting 85-90% of all people with the disease. This type of diabetes, also known as late-onset diabetes, is characterised by insulin resistance and relative insulin deficiency. The disease is strongly genetic in origin but lifestyle factors such as excess weight, inactivity, high blood pressure and poor diet are major risk factors for its development. Symptoms may not show for many years and, by the time they appear, significant problems may have developed. People with type 2 diabetes are twice as likely to suffer cardiovascular disease. Type 2 diabetes may be treated by dietary changes, exercise and/or tablets. Insulin injections may later be required.

Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM)

GDM, or carbohydrate intolerance, is first diagnosed during pregnancy through an oral glucose tolerance test. Between 5.5 and 8.8% of pregnant women develop GDM in Australia. Risk factors for GDM include a family history of diabetes, increasing maternal age, obesity and being a member of a community or ethnic group with a high risk of developing type 2 diabetes. While the carbohydrate intolerance usually returns to normal after the birth, the mother has a significant risk of developing permanent diabetes while the baby is more likely to develop obesity and impaired glucose tolerance and/or diabetes later in life. Self-care and dietary changes are essential in treatment.

Causes Of Diabetes

Diabetes can be caused by too little insulin (a hormone produced by the pancreas to control blood sugar), resistance to insulin, or both.

To understand diabetes, it is important to first understand the normal process of food metabolism. Several things happen when food is digested: A sugar called glucose enters the bloodstream. Glucose is a source of fuel for the body. An organ called the pancreas makes insulin. The role of insulin is to move glucose from the bloodstream into muscle, fat, and liver cells, where it can be used as fuel.

People with diabetes have high blood sugar. This is because their pancreas does not make enough insulin or their muscle, fat, and liver cells do not respond to insulin normally, or both.

There are three major types of diabetes:

Type 1 diabetes is usually diagnosed in childhood. The body makes little or no insulin, and daily injections of insulin are needed to sustain life.

Type 2 diabetes is far more common than type 1 and makes up most of all cases of diabetes. It usually occurs in adulthood. The pancreas does not make enough insulin to keep blood glucose levels normal, often because the body does not respond well to the insulin. Many people with type 2 diabetes do not know they have it, although it is a serious condition. Type 2 diabetes is becoming more common due to the growing number of older Americans, increasing obesity, and failure to exercise.

Gestational diabetes is high blood glucose that develops at any time during pregnancy in a woman who does not have diabetes.

Diabetes affects more than 20 million Americans. About 54 million Americans have prediabetes. There are many risk factors for diabetes, including:

1. A parent, brother, or sister with diabetes
2. Obesity
3. Age greater than 45 years
3. Some ethnic groups (particularly African Americans, Native Americans, Asians, Pacific Islanders, and Hispanic Americans)
4. Gestational diabetes or delivering a baby weighing more than 9 pounds
5. High blood pressure
6. High blood levels of triglycerides (a type of fat molecule)
7. High blood cholesterol level
8. Not getting enough exercise

The American Diabetes Association recommends that all adults over age 45 be screened for diabetes at least every 3 years. A person at high risk should be screened more often.

How To Prevent Or Control Diabetes

Diabetes prevention is proven, possible, and powerful. Studies show that people at high risk for type 2 diabetes can prevent or delay the onset of the disease by losing 5 to 7 percent of their body weight. You can do it by eating healthier and getting 30 minutes of physical activity 5 days a week. In other words: you don’t have to knock yourself out to prevent diabetes. The key is: small steps that lead to big rewards. Learn more about your risk for developing type 2 diabetes and the small steps you can take to delay or prevent the disease and live a long, healthy life.

Small Steps. Big Rewards. Your GAME PLAN to Prevent

Watch Your Diet

There is no one magic diet that works for everyone. Nor is there a single diet that works best for one individual over a long time. Pay attention to your genetics, and to your ethnic group’s traditional foods. If you are African American, that does not mean overcooked vegetables or pork rinds. Such garbage came on the nutritional scene only recently, and is not a true ethnic food. The same is true for Italians who overdose on pepperoni pizza. Being Italian myself as, well as having enjoyed fantastic African cuisine, I can tell you there is a lot more to these diets than the recent introductions often associated with these cultural groups.

Except for Eskimos and a few other highly specialized ethnic groups, all diets must adhere to the same few macronutrient rules. For example:

Eliminate as many processed carbohydrates as possible.
Don’t eat carbohydrates 2 hours before bedtime.
Balance your fat/carbos/protein in a roughly 30-40-30 ratio (this is a guideline, not a hard and fast rule–it doesn’t work for everyone).
Eat at least 5 or 6 small meals a day.
Always eat a high-protein breakfast.
Did you know that the peanuts offered on airlines are LESS fattening than the fat-free pretzels?
It’s true. Stay away from fat-free foods–they make your insulin levels do a yo-yo, and that makes you put on fat. Yuck. Worse, it sets the stage for adult-onset diabetes.

Do NOT eat white flour, bleached flour, enriched flour, or any other kind of wheat flour that is not whole wheat. The glycemic effects of such flours will work against you. Eat whole grain flours, and try to get a variety. Amaranth and soy are two good flours. Eat oat groats instead of oatmeal. In short, get your grains in the least-processed form you can. This holds true for everyone, regardless of genetics (unless you have a malabsorption problem). This one “trick” will help you keep your insulin level on an even keel, and that is paramount to diabetes prevention and management.

What also holds true for everyone is: drink lots of water! Fill a gallon jug twice a day, and make sure you drink all of it. Once you get as lean as you want to be, cut back to a single gallon if you want to. For added fat loss, drink chilled (but not super cold) water. Sodas do not count. Such beverages are extremely unhealthy, for reasons I won’t cover here. However, I will say that if you want to get osteoporosis, soft drinks are for you. Soft drinks make for soft bones.

Make sure to eat at least 5 or 6 small meals a day, rather than one big one. Doing so levels out your insulin and your blood sugar. Forget about that full feeling. If you find yourself overeating out of anxiety or boredom, fix the underlying problem — don’t add to it by poor eating!

Stay Healthy.

My Name is Abayomi Aje, I have written many articles concerning weight loss and other health related articles some of which can be found on my blog at http://yourhealthdoctor.blogspot.com

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Diabetes is tagged as the silent killer disease. This is due to the fact that almost all of the patients suffering from this disease rarely know that they have it at all. Diabetes rarely exhibits symptoms. More often than not, patients would feel nothing wrong with them. There won’t be notable changes in their bodies and so they never address the disease until after it is too late.

Right now, there are quite a number of medications that were developed to manage the effects of diabetes in a patient. However, the actual cure is yet to be found. Medical doctors around the world claim that the medicine that could totally wipe out this disease is still in the development stages.

Since doctors can’t fully assure their patients that they can treat them from diabetes, people are constantly looking and trying other methods of treatment. Currently there are a number of natural remedies for diabetes out in the market. But still, the most effective of it all are vitamins and minerals.

Patients don’t die due to diabetes. It is the complications of the disease that affect them most. And this is exactly where vitamins play a very crucial role. Adding the right types of vitamins to your diet would provide you with relief from diabetes and its symptoms. Hopefully, you can maintain that healthy condition throughout your lifetime.

Vitamins C, E, A, and B are very good for diabetic patients. Each of these vitamins has their own role to play inside the person’s body. These vitamins could help a lot in regulating sugar production and energy exertion.

Vitamin C for Diabetes

Vitamin C is the vitamin that can save cells from dying. Diabetes doesn’t really cause death. What brings rise to a severed medical condition are the complications of the disease. The role of Vitamin C for diabetes patients is to prevent cells from converting sugar into sorbitol, which is another type of sugar but in alcohol form. The build-up of sorbitol in the body could lead to kidney and nerve damages.

Diabetes Treatment with B Complex Vitamins

If there were one disease that could be treated by the B complex Vitamins, it would be Diabetes. Almost all B complex vitamins contribute in alleviating its nasty effects in the body. Niacin, folic acid, thiamin, and Vitamin B6 play a role in converting starches and sugar to energy. Deficiency of the B vitamins would only cause increased sugar content in the body. A complete B vitamin supplements should help your body in managing the disease.

As such, it is strongly recommended that foods rich in these vitamins should be taken regularly. Eat good amounts of fruits and vegetables to ensure that your body gets the necessary nutrient you need each day. However, it is also important that you tell your doctor the type of diet you are following. Doctors need to monitor a diabetic’s food consumption and weight for better disease management.

Examples of food items that you should take are green leafy vegetables, fruits, wholegrain, nuts, and dairy products. Ask your doctor how much and how often you can eat these foods. It should depend upon your body mass index and your way of living.

Vitamins are the perfect supplements of the commercial medicines that your physician prescribes. Keep in mind that full recovery form diabetes is attained faster if you continue taking your prescription medicines and not abandon them in favor of the natural remedies.

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How do you adjust to the diagnosis of diabetes or to being told that you have one or more of the complications of the disease?

Reacting To The Diagnosis

If you have just received the diagnosis of diabetes or if you have just heard of someone else with diabetes who is suffering from a variety of problems, you may be somewhat fearful. In any case, you know that having this disease will have a significant impact on your life and on your family’s life. As our mentor, Dr. Robert L. Jackson, has stated, ” This is a disease that has the potential of helping families to grow.” As complicated as the management program may seem, Dr. Jackson feels that it can be basically simple: eating nutritious foods to meet the needs of growth and activity levels, taking the amount of medication needed to cover the food and activity, and testing to see whether the decisions have been correct.

When you are first diagnosed, it is not helpful to you when others say that at least it’s better than having cancer (or some other disease), however true this may be. Even when they say, ” You’ll become more healthy because you’ll learn how to really take care of yourself,” it does not help at first. You’re too emotionally involved to be ready to learn at this point. Perhaps you’ll even find yourself saying some of these things to others about your diagnosis. Your family and friends may feel awkward around you. You can guide them by telling them that they don’t need to say anything; they just need to support you. Simply saying “I’m sorry this has happened to you” or giving you a hug can be enough at this time.

Seek out support people: those with whom you can talk comfortably and to whom you can display your true feelings and thoughts.

Ask your family to keep junk food out of the house; to not tempt you by offering you sweets; to give you an injection now and then (if you were really ill, this would come in handy); to learn how to treat an insulin reaction; and, especially for immediate family members, to attend diabetes education classes with you.

When the emotional edge is less and you start asking questions, then go to a source to learn as much as you can.

If you feel that you really haven’t adjusted to the diagnosis of diabetes or to having a complication of the disease, consider some other ways of thinking. Consider the ways of healthy living that are part of your control of diabetes. This knowledge could be shared with others. In the case of a complication, consider being grateful that the complication was discovered at an early stage, if true, or that stabilization of the complication is more possible now than it was 10 years ago. Consider talking to a counselor, pastor, or psychologist. There may never be an answer that satisfies you, but once you can accept the reality that you have diabetes or a complication, grasp this as a challenge, then get actively involved. As noted earlier, in some situations early diagnosis of a complication and improvement of diabetes control can reverse or slow the progress of the complication.

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