Guest guest Posted March 31, 1999 Report Share Posted March 31, 1999 Dear Bill, You've come to the right place if you want advice and support. With your statement, " I'm scared " . I think this is where you'll want to stay. I will say that with Bill we are back to 123 members. I'm so happy that all of you have decided to keep this a support list. Bill, we were all scared. Your diagnosis does not have to be a death knell, only a change of life style that will help you as well as your family. Ask any question, we'll try to give you the answers. Diabetes is not a one-remedy-fits-all disease. You have to test, change diet, retest, exercise, and test again until you find what works for you. Please feel free to write any and all questions, even if they've been answered dozens of times before we'll do it again, because we care. -moderator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 1, 1999 Report Share Posted April 1, 1999 I was just diagnosed with diabetes today. I am scared. Bil There's No Point In Being Grown Up If You Can't Be Childish Sometimes. - - - The Doctor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 1, 1999 Report Share Posted April 1, 1999 I was diagnosed 3 months ago. I am less scared now than I was then - but keep in mind - we are grieving. This is a " death " of our " health " and living without concern for all of our actions all of the time. We have to go through Dr. Kubla-Ross' stages of " death " . If I remember correctly, the anger comes next. Fran From: areacode618MSW@... (Illinois Guy) I was just diagnosed with diabetes today. I am scared. Bil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 1, 1999 Report Share Posted April 1, 1999 Excuse me... I was just put on Insulin less than a month ago... and I can tell you that I feel like my health has been re-born. The pills were not doing it. Now I feel like I am living again. I don't think of Diabetes as " Death of Health " at all... I think of it as a Challenge that I must continue to strive to meet... something that I must accept and move on. After all, the creator does not give us anything that we can not handle. Namaste Rev. Obsidian Firehand Re: Hello. > > > I was diagnosed 3 months ago. I am less scared now than I was then - but > keep in mind - we are grieving. This is a " death " of our " health " and > living without concern for all of our actions all of the time. > > We have to go through Dr. Kubla-Ross' stages of " death " . If I remember > correctly, the anger comes next. > > Fran > > > From: areacode618MSW@... (Illinois Guy) > > I was just diagnosed with diabetes today. > > I am scared. > > Bil > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Did you know that we have over 85,000 e-mail communities at Onelist? > http://www.onelist.com > Come visit our new web site and explore a new interest > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 1, 1999 Report Share Posted April 1, 1999 I put it in quotes because it is figurative. I am glad you don't feel any grief, but I can tell you that I do, as do most of the people I talk to do who have been diagnosed with a disease (any disease). No, we are not given anything we can not handle, but that does not mean we do not go through psychological processes along the way. We are just human. Dr. Kubla-Ross' stages are fear, denial, anger, bargaining and acceptance (not necessarily in that order). I think if we ask the list you will find that a lot of us have gone through these in various ways. You might even find that you have. This was not in any way meant as a personal affront towards anybody - and no one should take it as such. We just need to be aware of our emotional state, and accept it as OK. Let me reiterate the intent of my original message: Its all right to be scared, Bill. You are not alone. Fran Excuse me... I was just put on Insulin less than a month ago... and I can tell you that I feel like my health has been re-born. The pills were not doing it. Now I feel like I am living again. I don't think of Diabetes as " Death of Health " at all... I think of it as a Challenge that I must continue to strive to meet... something that I must accept and move on. After all, the creator does not give us anything that we can not handle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 1, 1999 Report Share Posted April 1, 1999 Bill, we are here for you... don't be scared! Hello. > From: areacode618MSW@... (Illinois Guy) > > I was just diagnosed with diabetes today. > > I am scared. > > Bil > > There's No Point In Being Grown Up If You Can't Be Childish Sometimes. - > - - The Doctor > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > We are proud as punch of our new web site! > http://www.onelist.com > Onelist: The leading provider of free email community services > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 2, 1999 Report Share Posted April 2, 1999 It is scarey, isn't it? But you have lots of friends here. Try to just take one thing at a time, step by step you will get better if you determine to take control of this. Job 1 is to learn to take your own bg( blood glucose ) Did you doctor recommend you get a meter and learn to do this? What precipitated your diagnosis? (just curious <G>) I found out in the emergency room... yikes. Meenie Hello. From: areacode618MSW@... (Illinois Guy) I was just diagnosed with diabetes today. I am scared. Bil There's No Point In Being Grown Up If You Can't Be Childish Sometimes. - - - The Doctor ------------------------------------------------------------------------ We are proud as punch of our new web site! http://www.onelist.com Onelist: The leading provider of free email community services Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 1, 2000 Report Share Posted January 1, 2000 " Obsidian Firehand " wrote: Subject: Re: Hello. Excuse me... I was just put on Insulin less than a month ago... and I can tell you that I feel like my health has been re-born. The pills were not doing it. Now I feel like I am living again. END OF QUOTE I would be happy if I could say the same. I am trying insulin, but am insulin resistant, and apart from heavy heart problems (which can be an allergy against insulin) my BGs go up the more insulin I inject. Nevertheless, I don't feel diabetes as a " death penalty " , although in my case I nearly have to forsake anything with hydrocarbos ... and that was what I liked most. Utna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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