My husband has diabetes... type 2... is just now emerging from denial, three years later... I can't seem to do anything right, I can't cook the right things, suggest the right things or ask the right questions. This is the hardest thing we've been through in our five year marriage... i'm so distra...
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Type 2
yb
Wednesday, June 18, 2008 at 01:11 PMre: Type 2
jmcclung
Friday, June 20, 2008 at 07:21 PMThank you for your recent response to my concerns. You'll be happy to know that we recently switched doctors and in doing so was told that my husband was misdiagnosed. His previous doctor had been treating him as a Type 2 diabetic for almost three years when this whole time he was a Type 1 that should have been on insulin. It wouldn't have matter how much he followed the diet or the meds routine, his pancreas had surpassed it's "honeymoon" phase over a year ago thus causing his body to require daily insulin does that he was not getting because he doctore kept blowing him off as a disobedient patient. While my husband wouldn't eat perfectly, there was no reason why he couldn't enjoy a hamburger and fries, or pizza, had he been on the insulin his body required.
I'm thankful that we took a different approach... going to the ER every time his sugar shot up hasn't helped and cause more than just aggravation and defeated attitudes, it's also cost us enormous amounts of money that we really don't have and wouldn't have to pay if his doc would have taken the time to say, "even if you are misbehaving, let's do some test to be sure it's not all your fault". But that's not what happended and here we are wondering if the medical centers will work with us on the money we owe them.
With all that being said, I'm so very grateful that I have my husband and that the new doctor was able to provide him with a renewed sense of life (as a diabetic). He's restored his faith in himself and given him the confidence he needs to live with diabetes!
Have a blessed day!
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jmcclung
Friday, June 20, 2008 at 07:21 PMThank you for your recent response to my concerns. You'll be happy to know that we recently switched doctors and in doing so was told that my husband was misdiagnosed. His previous doctor had been treating him as a Type 2 diabetic for almost three years when this whole time he was a Type 1 that should have been on insulin. It wouldn't have matter how much he followed the diet or the meds routine, his pancreas had surpassed it's "honeymoon" phase over a year ago thus causing his body to require daily insulin does that he was not getting because he doctore kept blowing him off as a disobedient patient. While my husband wouldn't eat perfectly, there was no reason why he couldn't enjoy a hamburger and fries, or pizza, had he been on the insulin his body required.
I'm thankful that we took a different approach... going to the ER every time his sugar shot up hasn't helped and cause more than just aggravation and defeated attitudes, it's also cost us enormous amounts of money that we really don't have and wouldn't have to pay if his doc would have taken the time to say, "even if you are misbehaving, let's do some test to be sure it's not all your fault". But that's not what happended and here we are wondering if the medical centers will work with us on the money we owe them.
With all that being said, I'm so very grateful that I have my husband and that the new doctor was able to provide him with a renewed sense of life (as a diabetic). He's restored his faith in himself and given him the confidence he needs to live with diabetes!
Have a blessed day!
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jmcclung
Friday, June 20, 2008 at 07:21 PMThank you for your recent response to my concerns. You'll be happy to know that we recently switched doctors and in doing so was told that my husband was misdiagnosed. His previous doctor had been treating him as a Type 2 diabetic for almost three years when this whole time he was a Type 1 that should have been on insulin. It wouldn't have matter how much he followed the diet or the meds routine, his pancreas had surpassed it's "honeymoon" phase over a year ago thus causing his body to require daily insulin does that he was not getting because he doctore kept blowing him off as a disobedient patient. While my husband wouldn't eat perfectly, there was no reason why he couldn't enjoy a hamburger and fries, or pizza, had he been on the insulin his body required.
I'm thankful that we took a different approach... going to the ER every time his sugar shot up hasn't helped and cause more than just aggravation and defeated attitudes, it's also cost us enormous amounts of money that we really don't have and wouldn't have to pay if his doc would have taken the time to say, "even if you are misbehaving, let's do some test to be sure it's not all your fault". But that's not what happended and here we are wondering if the medical centers will work with us on the money we owe them.
With all that being said, I'm so very grateful that I have my husband and that the new doctor was able to provide him with a renewed sense of life (as a diabetic). He's restored his faith in himself and given him the confidence he needs to live with diabetes!
Have a blessed day!
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Am surprised no responses show on your query. As long as your husband is uncooperative in his diet you are limited in what you can do. That said, there is plenty you can do--just don't tell him about it. Reduce the amount of snacks in the house, and improve their nutritional quality. Adjust your husband's favorite foods to fit as closely as possible the nutritional guidelines. If he is overweight, include lots of "free" foods to fill him up. You know how he snacks, so incorporate an estimate of his snacking in the food exchange record you keep. When he loses weight tell him what a gorgeous stud he is becoming.
Many people still associate diabetes with removing all desirable food from their mouths, and a future of blindness, amputations etc. If you gradually introduce better food choices in your home without consulting your reluctant husband he may like the results enough to involve himself in his care. Make some of these changes for your own well-being--he can't argue with that.
If a dietician is available through your health plan take advantage of the service. A gazillion great and easy recipes are available on line at diabetic/heart sites. The food exchange system is a nuisance to learn, but once learned you will love it. The Mayo Clinic has a helpful site for diabetic diets. Good luck! I hope more people respond to your question--it's a common problem.
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