Whats the hardest part about living with diabetes...diabetics ONLY or people living with a diabetic?

Question

I don't remember how it happened, but my English Professor and I got on the subject of my type 1 diabetes. She asked me how many shots I took, and when I took them. I told her usually I take 4-6 shots. Then after a few seconds she asked me "is that hard?" I told her the shots weren't hard to do.

So my question is what is the hardest part about living with diabetes?

Answer 1

For me it's having to be constantly aware of everything I put in my mouth, all my activity, and keeping my stress levels down. Basically that I never get a break from all this...wouldn't it be nice to "take a week off" and just be normal?

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Answer 4

Well ... my 2 year old was diagnosed only a few months ago, so it all still seems hard ...



I would guess the hardest thing for her are the shots ... they still make her cry and I have to give her stickers afterwards. And having to eat on a schedule ... and not being able to eat the same thing as other kids her age can. I took her to the McDonalds play-place the other day ... you're not supposed to have food in the play part. But there was a little girl standing next to her eating a sundae And my daughter was staring at her so hard ... :o(



For me, the hardest part is not knowing about why things happen sometimes. Her sugars go up and down so fast and far and I can't figure out why. And her doctors aren't saying, if they know. I do the same thing for her every day, and I'm always with her.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

Hi, I am a T1 and was diagnosed over 35 years ago. For me the hardest thing is not the shots I had to take (I'm on the pump now)or the testing that I continue to do, but the actual fact that there is NO vacation from diabetes. It is a 24-7 365 day a year illness. Keeping a good outlook is really important, heck it would be hard to survive without it. Take care and keep smiling

Answer 7

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Whats the hardest part about living with diabetes...diabetics ONLY or people living with a diabetic?

I don't remember how it happened, but my English Professor and I got on the subject of my type 1 diabetes. She asked me how many shots I took, and when I took them. I told her usually I take 4-6 shots. Then after a few seconds she asked me "is that hard?" I told her the shots...

Answer 8

The balancing act!!!

Keeping a good level and not being afraid of staying at this level! Low's scare me so much, and because of this fear, I'm much happier keeping my levels high. A bit too high if you ask me!! The reason I have this fear of going low, is because there has been some instances where I have treated a low and nothing happens! If anything the level continues to go down!! And...that's scary!

Everyone keeps telling me I'll get better at maintaining good levels, but I've had type 1 diabetes for 2 years and 2 months now, isn't that long enough to get used to it all? If I could just let go of that fear, then maybe I'd be much healthier and much happier, but yeah, the balancing act is the hardest thing about having diabetes, for me!!

Hope this helps! :-)

Answer 9

My grandfather has been diabetic since before I was born, and for the 19 years that I have been around I've slowly began to understand it a bit more.



For him I would have to say the hardest part is living with a bunch of people who are not diabetic. 6 of us live in this house and he is the only diabetic one. The other 5 of us can eat what we want, when we want to and not have to worry about the sugar content, or the amount of carbs present that would turn into sugar in our systems, while he is supposed to be watching what he eats.



We all try to be supportive, but truthfully he's stubborn and would rather eat the candy and cookies and what not and pay for it later, than listen to us when we tell him he has to do it in moderation.



Everyday he takes his sugar readings twice... lunch and after dinner, and take 3 insulin shots.



So I guess the hardest part would be him living with 5 of us who don't experience it.

Answer 10

I am type 2 diabetic and have been for the past 30 years or so. I sounds like you have become accustomed to the necessary routines that are important for the maintenance of the disease. I feel I have also for the most part. Sometimes I am not as careful as I should be but then it shows when I do my blood sugars testing or my A1c. I feel it has made me a healthier person and more conscience of my health so in some ways I don't regret it. I am grateful to be able to deal with it and be aware.

Answer 11

A lot of my family is diabetic. It runs in our blood. My younger cousin, (who I am very close to) was only 5 when she got it. I am not diabetic, but I talked to her, and she said the hardest thing was knowing she had a double standard compared to her friends. They could have things she couldn't, and she was too young to take it seriously some of the time, so she couldn't have sleepovers if her parents thought she would eat sugar, or get hyper. This has made her a much stronger, more mature person. Which worries me sometimes. The truth is it depends on how old you are when you get it. If your older many say it's hardest to stop eating as much sugar as you used to, but if you get it when your younger, I think having to be rushed into maturity or adult-hood, is so much harder.

Answer 12

The hardest part is I can't eat what I want. I have to watch out what I eat all the time and make sure the food I ate doesn't elevate my blood sugar. I can't eat dessert like everybody else. I can't eat too much fruit which I love the most. It's so annoying that I have to check blook sugar 3 times a day and I can only eat nothing if my morning sugar is high skyroof. My weight is going nowhere. It's hard to lose weight when your blood sugar is high eventhough you don't eat much. I think the whole system in my body collapse. It's hard to control my stress level sometime but if i don't control it, my sugar will be uncontrollable too.

Answer 13

I am type 2 diabetic and have been for 10 years and have to take my sugar 4 times a day and then give myself an insulin shot accordingly as to what my numbers are.. Have been doing this for 6 years.



It isn't that hard for me but it is for others in my family that aren't diabetics and don't understand the strictness of everything I have to follow...i.e. when I take my blood sugar number and then give myself my shot I have to eat within a half hour of doing this or there can be trouble and I have some family members that think this isn't that important to as what time I eat.



But it does make a difference. My husband understands for he has lived with me for the duration time of being diagnosed with diabetes, but it has taken him some time to understand as to what I have to do. My children understand also that mommy has to do things a certain way and they accept this and my oldest even gets me my insulin bottles from the fridge if I need him to.



He also knows if mommy is not responding to his voice to go to the phone and call 9-1-1 and tell them I am diabetic and not responding to him. We have practiced this and he knows it is not a game and not to dial this number unless it is an emergency. I think he understands better then some of the adults in my family.



The hardest part I think is adjusting your eating habits and getting used to testing your sugars and giving yourself shots(if needed). Also getting people to understand what you have to do. But after you've done it for awhile it just seems to become second nature and you don't even think about it you just do it for you know it is for your health.

Answer 14

The hardest part for me is the diet modification. For years I ate a low fat high carb diet (heart healthy) then in my 50's became type 2. Had to give up most bread (I'm a bread lover), pasta sweets etc. The good news for me is that mine was caught in the borderline stage and by changing lifestyle ten years later I am still able to control with diet and exercise. still a pain in the but but I have seen to many horrible deaths from people who don;t control and suffer greatly with amputations, nerve pain, etc.

Answer 15

My 11 year old is Type 1. He had leukemia as a baby. He's on the pump now which makes things easier,but the hardest part for us is getting his blood sugars under control. Every time he gets sick at all-his blood sugars go haywire. He also has slow emptying from his stomach so he never feels good. It is very tough for him. I joined a web support group and they are very helpful.

Answer 16

As a parent of a diabetic the absolute hardest part is the constant worrying. You want so desprately for your child to have a "normal" life but it is hard when their friend's parent's won't invite them places because they don't want to learn how to deal with things. It is also hard when you child starts sneaking food. It is pure torture for me, when I had to go to work and his blood sugar was high or low...so much that I quit my job and he is now homeschooled. It is hard when I have to wonder how a forgetful kid that can't remember to put on socks, is going to remember and deal with his daily care when I'm not here or when he goes to college. It is hard because I have a hidden baby monitor in his room that I watch all night to make sure that he isn't going to drop so low to put him in a seizure. It is so hard because no one understands that this is a constant 24/7 thing for me. It is hard because I can't let him know how scared I am for him and for me. I hate this disease.

Answer 17

The hardest part for me is all the medicine + insulin shots. Your day is broken up with having to do these. You have to take meds & insulin with you if you go out. It really takes over your life. If you do not exercise, or eat right, or take your meds on time, you can develop other problems. It is constantly taking up your thoughts. It really sucks.

Answer 18

Taking shots in front of people is hard. Telling people what to do if you pass out, and checking blood sugars in public is hard. it sucks. i don't mind answering questians, but sometimes, i feel like i'm weak because of my diabetes. i don't want to make a big deal about it when it really is a big deal. it's the difference between life and DEATH.

Answer 19

i think for me the hardest part is remembering to test my blood sugar. i tend to forget. even tho i'm pretty good at guessing what it is (or about where it's at). i know the importance of testing, i just have a bad memory. the other hard part is getting my A1c down. it has been in the 7's recently, but i wish i could get it better.

Answer 20

People told me from the beginning that I'd get used to giving myself shots and that is NOT true. I have been doing it now for 8 years and I hate it. I was just about to go on inhaled insulin and then the manufacturer said they didn't have enough people using it for them to keep producing it. :(

Its also just hard to not be able to enjoy eating all the sweet stuff that I love. Oh well, you do what you gotta do, right?!

Answer 21

i think the hardest part, at least for me, is the fact that everyone that knows me worries about me to the point where it drives me nuts. i take just as many shots, and constantly check my sugar, and have to watch people eat all the yummy sweets im not supposed to eat. it doesnt stop me from eating them, cause honestly, if i sat here and watched people day after day eat sweets and say no to me, that would kill me. so its either people worrying, or watching other people enjoy things i cant...

Answer 22

I think when I was first diagnosed was the hardest and sometimes when im high i get really frustrated

Answer 23

my brother doesnt liek to test often, so its hard for him if hes driving. every once in a blue moon, he'll have to go to the side of the road and eat some candy or something. its hard knowing that if he wasnt careful, he could die

Answer 24

Getting those around me to understand that I have certain challenges which they do not face can be difficult. It's up to each one of us to TRY to educate these people.



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