A friend diagnosed with diabetes today

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One of my friends was diagnosed today. Her fasting was 142. Not only was

she diagnosed with diabetes, she also has emphysema. I knew she was going to

be diagnosed with emphysema soon and I have been trying to tell her she needs

to take care of herself.

She asked me tonight what had I eaten today. When I told her, her reply

was, " that is not very much food. I could eat that much and more at one meal " .

I guess that is why she weighs 205 lbs.

I'm going to do whatever I can to help her eat the right foods, but I don't

know how much I can do. Even though her mom died from diabetes, she did not

try to change her habits.

Her doctor did not put her on meds. He told her to lose weight and quit

smoking and come back in 3 months. She has 3 months to make changes or I'm

sure

she will be put on meds.

hugs

Eunice

[Guest guest]

There are many out there that are like this. Sometimes it takes something

in their life Health wise that could be Life threatening to make them wake

up and change things about them.

It is so hard sometimes to do the things we need to do. I have been

suffering from a Migraine for 2 days now, and had one of my Pity me nights,

and splurged, and had Ice Cream... So I may be high tomorrow, but sometimes

I just do it to try and make myself feel better.

I am on Insulin due to having Chronic wounds on my legs in the past, that

killed my Immune system... I ended up gaining 20 pds. When I first started

taking Insulin, and got up to 205 myself. But I am also 5'9 1/2 so it did

not show as much as it would on a short person. But I have been thru a lot

Emotionally this yr. And tried working for a while, and lost some weight,

and then just got on a scale, and am down to about 195... But I have cut

down on my Food intake as most of the time, I am not that Hungry now, and it

does work.

It is Will power to want to be Better. No one else can change things for us

but us.

~~TINA~~

-- A friend diagnosed with diabetes today

One of my friends was diagnosed today. Her fasting was 142. Not only was

she diagnosed with diabetes, she also has emphysema. I knew she was going

to

be diagnosed with emphysema soon and I have been trying to tell her she

needs

to take care of herself.

She asked me tonight what had I eaten today. When I told her, her reply

was, " that is not very much food. I could eat that much and more at one

meal " .

I guess that is why she weighs 205 lbs.

I'm going to do whatever I can to help her eat the right foods, but I don't

know how much I can do. Even though her mom died from diabetes, she did

not

try to change her habits.

Her doctor did not put her on meds. He told her to lose weight and quit

smoking and come back in 3 months. She has 3 months to make changes or I'm

sure

she will be put on meds.

hugs

Eunice