Comments on: Too Busy For Your Diabetes http://bloggingdiabetes.com/2009/02/too-busy-for-your-diabetes/ A Blog About Real Living with Diabetes Sat, 24 Jul 2010 23:26:00 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Tony http://bloggingdiabetes.com/2009/02/too-busy-for-your-diabetes/comment-page-1/#comment-155 Tony Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:31:28 +0000 http://bloggingdiabetes.com/2009/02/too-busy-for-your-diabetes/#comment-155 @Jaimie - Thank you for the nice comment! @Rachel - Baby steps and just take one day at a time. @Cherise - educate and help motivate by loving reminders may help. If subtle hints don't work go big for the shock factor. @Shannon - Great minds think alike :) Just help your daughter each step of the way and make sure she doesn't get in the mindset that she is too busy. @Jason - Yeah, I would love to know the details about when he was diagnosed and more about his care over the years. There may have been some of the old school thinking involved where he was in denial or just not educated on the seriousness of the disease. It's just hard to imagine not taking good care of yourself if money isn't an object. Thank you all for the great comments! @Jaimie – Thank you for the nice comment!

@Rachel – Baby steps and just take one day at a time.

@Cherise – educate and help motivate by loving reminders may help. If subtle hints don’t work go big for the shock factor.

@Shannon – Great minds think alike :) Just help your daughter each step of the way and make sure she doesn’t get in the mindset that she is too busy.

@Jason – Yeah, I would love to know the details about when he was diagnosed and more about his care over the years. There may have been some of the old school thinking involved where he was in denial or just not educated on the seriousness of the disease. It’s just hard to imagine not taking good care of yourself if money isn’t an object.

Thank you all for the great comments!

]]> By: Jason http://bloggingdiabetes.com/2009/02/too-busy-for-your-diabetes/comment-page-1/#comment-154 Jason Wed, 25 Feb 2009 02:49:03 +0000 http://bloggingdiabetes.com/2009/02/too-busy-for-your-diabetes/#comment-154 I'd be interested to know when he found out about his type 2 diabetes. I've been type 1 from 14 but my grandfather was type 2 from about 60, he died at 70 from complications and lived in denial from the day he found out about it. He was also quite "stuck in his ways" and really didn't want to face up to the lifestyle changes he really needed to make. One of the issues some of my family have had who also contracted type 2 diabetes was that it was not diagnosed until late in life but they may have been suffering the complications for years before it was discovered. I think it was quite easy for me to learn to live with my type 1 because it's been part of my life from quite an early age and I don't really know any other way, I'm sure I'd feel differently if I contracted type 2 quite late in life. I’d be interested to know when he found out about his type 2 diabetes. I’ve been type 1 from 14 but my grandfather was type 2 from about 60, he died at 70 from complications and lived in denial from the day he found out about it. He was also quite “stuck in his ways” and really didn’t want to face up to the lifestyle changes he really needed to make. One of the issues some of my family have had who also contracted type 2 diabetes was that it was not diagnosed until late in life but they may have been suffering the complications for years before it was discovered.
I think it was quite easy for me to learn to live with my type 1 because it’s been part of my life from quite an early age and I don’t really know any other way, I’m sure I’d feel differently if I contracted type 2 quite late in life.

]]> By: Shannon http://bloggingdiabetes.com/2009/02/too-busy-for-your-diabetes/comment-page-1/#comment-153 Shannon Tue, 24 Feb 2009 19:38:26 +0000 http://bloggingdiabetes.com/2009/02/too-busy-for-your-diabetes/#comment-153 I was going to post a very similar post to this one! When I heard of his passing all these same thoughts came to mind. It is hard to think that even though you have so much, there is one thing that may be put on the back burner. I really hope that as my daughter grows she never follows that path. Thanks for your thoughts! It was nice to know I wasn't the only one thinking them. I was going to post a very similar post to this one! When I heard of his passing all these same thoughts came to mind. It is hard to think that even though you have so much, there is one thing that may be put on the back burner. I really hope that as my daughter grows she never follows that path. Thanks for your thoughts! It was nice to know I wasn’t the only one thinking them.

]]> By: Cherise http://bloggingdiabetes.com/2009/02/too-busy-for-your-diabetes/comment-page-1/#comment-152 Cherise Tue, 24 Feb 2009 05:20:32 +0000 http://bloggingdiabetes.com/2009/02/too-busy-for-your-diabetes/#comment-152 Great post! Great reality check. I tell my step father all the time, "If you don't straighten up, all the terrible things will catch up with you. Not taking care of yourself will catch up with you.". I wish he would listen. I hope his soft head doesn't make a soft behind. Cherise Great post! Great reality check. I tell my step father all the time, “If you don’t straighten up, all the terrible things will catch up with you. Not taking care of yourself will catch up with you.”. I wish he would listen. I hope his soft head doesn’t make a soft behind.

Cherise

]]> By: Rachel http://bloggingdiabetes.com/2009/02/too-busy-for-your-diabetes/comment-page-1/#comment-150 Rachel Mon, 23 Feb 2009 20:59:52 +0000 http://bloggingdiabetes.com/2009/02/too-busy-for-your-diabetes/#comment-150 This is actually something that scares the hell out of me! I don't want to think of Tristan cutting his life short because he didn't manage his diabetes properly. This is actually something that scares the hell out of me! I don’t want to think of Tristan cutting his life short because he didn’t manage his diabetes properly.

]]> By: JaimieH http://bloggingdiabetes.com/2009/02/too-busy-for-your-diabetes/comment-page-1/#comment-149 JaimieH Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:39:54 +0000 http://bloggingdiabetes.com/2009/02/too-busy-for-your-diabetes/#comment-149 after his story came out ...I was googling and came across some pictures of him at games ... I was showing my husband and we both just could not believe it ...reality is so tough to take sometimes I did not hear he passed away...wow.... This is a great post Tony! and oh so true.... after his story came out …I was googling and came across some pictures of him at games … I was showing my husband and we both just could not believe it …reality is so tough to take sometimes

I did not hear he passed away…wow….

This is a great post Tony! and oh so true….

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