Re: Ah the frustration!

March 15, 2005

Dar,

You live in the LA area don't you? I can understand transportation helping

your husband since he is over 55 where you are 52, but what about fixed bus

routes?

Bill

March 15, 2005

Bill the one street I am not sure I can get across fast enough or safe

enough to get the buss to go to the doctor office with a cane.

I can't move my rite leg as fast as I used too and be safe.

I would walk three blocks to the buss stop and then cross the street twice

to go there and cross again to get back home.

So I need to make sure I will be ok.

Getting mobility help.

Then if there is ice I am afraid of falling.

Still trying to get my arm to clean up from the last fall.

--Dar

--Every Saint has a Past,

Every Sinner has a Future

Re: Ah the frustration!

>

> Dar,

>

> You live in the LA area don't you? I can understand transportation helping

> your husband since he is over 55 where you are 52, but what about fixed

> bus

> routes?

>

> Bill

>

March 15, 2005

Of course not Dar. This statement from Bill was aboaut the people who ask

questions and then don't do what they need to do to get better-they just

complain about the problems they are having. Your questions are very

pertinent and you are acting upon them, which is great! We all commend you

on your wanting to gain knowledge about your new situation. Bil is

frustrated because his mother has been diabetic for a long time and will not

do what is needed to imporove her situation.

Re: Ah the frustration!

So is it being said I need to leave the list because I keep asking questions

on how to do something?

Everyone has a different answer on how to do something.

You folks are not perfect and for that I am glad.

But I won't stay on a list where folks feel the castle is theirs and I am

someone to step on.

You had a beginning and asked many questions,

You all made mistakes and still do.

If you didn't you wouldn't be the diabetic persons you are.

I have read enough messages here that I have felt if I make a mistake a

crime happens.

I thought I had the rite to ask questions.

But I don't mind leaving.

Thanks for your helpfulness.

There for the grace of God go I.

--Dar

--Every Saint has a Past,

Every Sinner has a Future

Ah the frustration!

>

>>

>> You know, there are days when you just wonder why you try so hard to

>> educate people on diabetes control, because nothing you say sinks in.

> My

>> mother, who is 78 and has been diabetic for years, just will NOT

>> understand the concept of diabetes management. No matter how many

> times I

>> tell her not to eat fried food, that's what she eats. No matter that I

>

>> tell her to cut out the white bread, that's what she eats. Part of the

>

>> dynamic is that since she lost her vision, she counts on my dad to do

> the

>> cooking, but wh

>> o did he learn from? My mom. So he carries on the tradition of fried

> foods

>> and the other bad habits that she's been following for years. I wish I

>

>> could lead her to a healthy happy life but she's just not going to

> change.

>>

>> And then there's a friend of mine whose sister is diabetic and not

>> only

>> does she not take any kind of diabetic management seriously, she's

>> oblivious to the dangers she puts herself at. We can talk to her till

>> she's blue in the face but she insists that a blood sugar of 240 one

> hour

>> after eating is perfectly OK. Of course she's very overweight (350+

>> pounds) and eats all the time, eating unhealthy foods at that.

>>

>> These are just two examples of failing to reach and teach people about

>> controlling their diabetes.

>>

>> And then there's the people I run into at the mall or on the bus who

>> STILL

>> get told that " drinking a glass of orange juice " or " crackers and OJ "

> to

>> recover from a low sugar is OK, or " eating a candy bar " to bring your

>> sugar up is fine, this because they were told by a doctor, who's

> supposed

>> to know better. And you try to tell them that's not so, and the

> attitude

>> is " what do you know, are you a doctor? " All I can say is " No, I'm a

>> well-educated diabetic that has learned that not everything a doctor

> says

>> is t

>> rue. "

>>

>> I'm just venting today. I'm in one of those " why do I bother to preach

>

>> and

>> teach " moods. I just hate seeing people suffer and hate it when I

> can't

>> get through. It's places like this board that have taught me better

> than I

>> could have ever learned from my doc, and I just feel it's important to

> get

>> other people on the bandwagon.

>>

>> Bill Powers

>>

March 15, 2005

Boy, you're right, Bill. There are too many people like that. I have a

diabetic friend (type 1) who weighs over 300 pounds, has bad legs, a bad

heart and diadiabetic neuropathy. I have given up talking carb counting to

her. Her favorite breakfast for instance is cream of wheat with frozen

berries plus toast!

Re: Ah the frustration!

,

That is a good approach. Unfortunately, we have to use this " tough love "

approach for people who just won't listen even though they want to be

listened to.

The sister of a friend of mine is severely overweight, is now diabetic and

has colon problems but refuses to adhere to any kind of good hygiene habits

nor will she take a diabetic diet seriously. Being about 200 pounds

overweight, you can tell her " you've got to cut down on those triple-helping

meals " to which she just sarcastically says " yeah, right. " She's due for

hernia surgery shortly but is putting off her surgery because she's

" expecting a miracle " from the Lord yet won't do anything to help her

situation. I told my friend to quit giving her advice, pray for her but quit

showing any kind of attention or concern. I figure if this lady wants to

wreck herself and possibly wear a bag the rest of what might be a short

life, then more power to her. There are others who want to live that could

use my attention.

Bill

March 15, 2005