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What's the best website for finding more info on diabetes? |
my mother-in-law has adult onset diabetes and has not been following her diet. i now have to take her blood level 2 times daily. she keeps eating corn chips, waffles, and drinking regular dr peppers. last night her sugar level was 321. what's it going to take for her to realize we love her and want her to stay healthy. i have the best mother-in-law in the world and hate to see her so weak and tired when she would feel better if she just ate right. so any websites (or advice) would be most appreciated. i kinow some about diabetes, but obviously not enough. thanks. You know what, all the diabetes websites in the world will not help you if she doesn't want to follow the diet plan. She's in denial. I know, I was there myself once. It's like alcoholics who don't think they have a drinking problem. Their families have to find support systems like Al-Anon even if the alcholic won't go to Alcoholics Anonymous and quit drinking. There's a website that talks about family support at: http://diabetes.about.com/od/familymatte... I suggest that you investigate that and websites aimed towards families of alcoholics because, seriously, the issues are similar. I'll admit it now, I'm addicted to sugar. I will find "excuses" to consume sugar (e.g. I've been so good all week that I earned this; or it's a holiday, it won't hurt if I have some fun today). The more my family nagged or bugged, the less I felt like following the diabetes diet. Plus, unconsciously, they were sabotaguing. For example, my parents would invite me over and there would be this big package of cinnamon rolls out on the counter. Hello! I love cinnamon rolls!! If you must eat foods that I can't have, have the bloody courtesy to hide them when I'm over!! There reasoning is that I'm an adult and know I can't have them. Well, just as families of alcoholics don't allow alcohol in the house, neither should families of diabetics have obviously bad food around. I'm not saying you're the problem, I'm just saying that the easier it is to follow the eating plan, then the more likely we'll follow it. The more temptations we face, the more likely we'll "cheat" and have high blood sugars. It's a complex thing but, honestly, you cannot control her blood sugar if she doesn't want to cooperate. She'll find ways to "sneak" the foods she craves and you won't be able to stop her... short of putting her in a cell or cage!! How do you make her cooperate or get her to "open her eyes" to the dangers she's facing? I don't know. It varies from person to person. For example, my mother's friend Jeannette wound up at the emergency room with blood sugar close to 500! For me, I was waking up each morning with sugar higher than I went to bed (often near 300) even though I hadn't eaten for 3 or 4 hours before going to bed and I was tired of feeling tired. Good luck to you. I'll keep your mother-in-law and you in my prayers. My mom has this. If your mother in law does not start following her diet, she is going to go into a diabetic coma. She needds to follow the directions of her dr. Also you can look on webmd.com for more info plus her dr should ahve given you all more info. I was in the same situation with my fater. Try the link below it helped me out very much. http://depts.washington.edu/uwcoe/health... Diabetes UK is a good site but obviously its aimed at UK diabetics. But UK or US the info it contains is good and it may help your mother in law to look it over. She really needs to get her blood glucose levels down, she is in serious danger of complications with levels that high. I'd say a good first step might be to get her to do her own blood testing, a psycological first step towards taking responsibilty for her own health. Do you have specialist practice nurses in the US? She really needs some professional support as well as your/your family's loving support. The web sites below may help both you and your MIL http://www.diabetes.org.uk/ http://www.diabetic.org.uk/ http://www.prevention.com/tab/0,7199,s1-... Congratulations on wanting to know more. You have an uphill fight on your hands to get education underway on your mother in law. Adult onset diabetes sufferers are often ones that deny the existance of the disease and minimize its effects. They generally realize too late how serious the effects are once they have them. The best website is www.diabetes.com and there is a section devoted to type 2 diabetes. I would encourage you to contact someone via the web site who is a live person that can answer your questions personally and to help educate your motherinlaw. |
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