Assessing Your Feelings
Even before a doctor detected you were a diabetic, you would have experienced some kind of stress. This is because the symptoms of diabetes can be worrying with frequent urination, thirst, and the unexpected loss in weight. Someone could have noticed the weight loss and could have voiced his or her concern. Furthermore, the other changes, which others might not have observed, could have had you wondering what could possibly be happening to your body. Even after the doctor has diagnosed you with diabetes, be it Type 1 or Type 2 Diabetes, and have been treated, you still have not yet understood fully the implications of your health problem. You wonder about the possible causes, how it could have happend to you, whether there exists a cure, how it will affect your life, whether there is a need to change your lifestyle or, worse, your job and how much would it cost to keep diabetes under control. They are distressful thoughts and you definitely need the answers.
When, after being told about diabetes, you think of the what, why and how of diabetes, it indicates your concern for your health which obviously is the right thing to do. Diabetes is definitely a serious health problem as a cure has not been found. Doctors are still uncertain about its causes and prevention. However, recent researches and development have given diabetics better control over their sickness.
Advice For Newly Diagnosed with Diabetes – Video
Managing Your Diabetes
Despite recent progress in controlling blood sugar levels, managing your diabetes needs effort and care. To have a normal life, there will be things you have to do to maintain a certain blood sugar level. Some people may find having to monitor blood sugar levels too much work. Of course, it can be depressing. So, it is up to you, as an individual, to assess your own situation. Stressing over your diabetes, being too obsessed with worries and the monitoring of blood sugar levels will never allow you to lead a normal life.
However, if you were to go into denial, refusing to take care of your condition, you can be heading for some serious health complications. Therefore, it is wiser to adopt a middle way; to understand that there is a need to take care and monitor blood sugar levels in order to adjust the type and amount of food you consume as well as injecting insulin into the body.
see How to Give an Insulin Injection.
To get help for your own emotional health, it is advisable to talk to someone with a positive outlook on diabetes who can lend a caring ear. If this person has knowledge about diabetes or is a diabetic, then he or she can help you gain a better understanding of your condition and be more positive.
Understanding of its Causes and Methods of Treatment
When diagnosed with diabetes, it is important that you have full understanding of the possible causes and the treatment methods available. As a diabetic, you need for the amount of insulin to control your blood sugar level may not be the same as another diabetic’s need. The insulin injected into your body must not be too much or too little. So, you have to know your own need and administer the insulin yourself. You have to take care of the condition yourself. Taking care of yourself is something you have done since the day you can do things for yourself. Now, as a diabetic, all that is needed is to make some small changes and incorporating them into your lifestyle.
Initially, you may wonder whether you could be able to make changes to your lifestyle. Actually, with time, these changes become habits as you gain confidence in your ability to do the necessary. These guidelines will assist you towards developing the confidence. You will learn how your own body works, how changes in your body happen due to diabetes and how to use nutrition, exercise, and medication to manage your diabetes. Other than the medical care from your doctor, this guide provides whatever knowledge and skills which may be required to look after your diabetes.
As diabetes is not a simple condition, knowing it well and caring for yourself is a continuous task throughout the remainder of your life. Together with your doctor, this guide teaches you everything you need to know to ensure your well-being. Nevertheless, at any time you are in doubt of any course of treatment or need further explanation concerning your condition, ask your doctor or healthcare team as they can help you towards better management of your diabetes. In diabetes, Remember, the knowledge of your condition is the TREATMENT.
see Diabetes Management.