How can I help my boyfriend manage his diabetes?
Friday, December 4th, 2009 at
4:14 am
jenny l asked:
My boyfriend has Type I Diabetes and he had renal failure earlier this year but fought through it, but it seems like his sugar is always off. It is either way too high or way too low, and I don’t really know if this is normal for it to fluctuate that much during 24 hours. I want to be helpful and keep him healthy, but I just don’t know what to do.
My boyfriend has Type I Diabetes and he had renal failure earlier this year but fought through it, but it seems like his sugar is always off. It is either way too high or way too low, and I don’t really know if this is normal for it to fluctuate that much during 24 hours. I want to be helpful and keep him healthy, but I just don’t know what to do.
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i have diabetes i just make sure i eat tiny but quite a few healthy meals daily
Make sure he sees the doctor !
Learn his type and search online for help…
MAKE SURE HE CHEXKS IT EVERYDAY
eat right and let him kno your there for him every step of the way
Only eat food that he can also eat around him so he doesn’t feel left out.
Massage his feet (that’s the first to go in Diabetic people).
No soda pop! Hardly anu juices – stick mostly to water….
Watch the carb intake (bread, pasta, etc) If he has to have bread/carbs – make them wheat or as natural as can be
Don’t go over 45 carbs per meal
And as always – make sure he is in regular touch with his Dr especially with it fluctuating
ps…make sure he walks a lot and gets exercise…
Although not familiar with loved ones with Diabetes, I have had loved ones not manage other critical ailments. Does he care about his own life? Does he understand the disease? Maybe you should bring this to his doctor so he can be educated about what could happen. See if he is depressed or just apathetic.
diabites is a hard to manage diese sufferers get the eurge to eat sugary foods . yoou need to see a diatitian and get professional advice
HOW HEAVY IS HE? i HAD A FRIEND THAT USE TO TAKE 4 INSUKIN SHOTS PER DAY, HE WEIGHED 380 LBS, HE THEN HAD THE GASTROL BYPASS SURGERY, SIX MONTHS LATER HE WEIGHS 165 LBS AND HAS NOT HAD TO GIVE HIMSELF SHOTS SINCE.
The best thing you can do is encourage HIM to communicate with his healthcare provider and ***participate*** in his health care. Docs and nurses can only do so much, we can guide you and tell you what we feel you should do based on evidence but it is ultimately up to the individual to do most of the work. He may want to change his meds if there are some that are compatible with his other health issues.
The best thing you can do is PLEASE realize it is ultimately up to him, its his body and his decision….don’t forget that.
Make sure he takes his insulin shots and to help him, when you go eat, find a place where you both will be satisfied and he can eat safely.
By having him get in touch with this gentleman who has fought and is winning the battle against diabetes with knowledge:
I am diabetic also, so I know something about it. He has to watch his diet every day and if he has not been instructed by his Dr. he should see a dietitian ASAP. If he has had renal failure already he is on thin ice. He may need a therapist as well. You can’t do it for him, he has to do this himself.
I have Diabetes and I know first hand what it is like for something you think you have control over controls you. YOU can control this disease. Stress is my main problem it will make my sugars rise in a heart beat. Diet and medications will also play a big part on your readings. I have found out that being here on Answers have help me alot.Make sure your boyfriend is doing everything right taking his insulin to eating the right portions of food make sure he is not eating too much of the wrong things and enough of the right things.Always keep a log of everything and show it to your DR.
i completly understand your frustration. My dad has type one diabetes, and NOTHING seems to make him care about his health.
Keep encouraging him as much as possible. Hopefully he will one day understand what you are doing is for his benefit.
Continue to eat healthy together (very limited high calorie, sugary crap), and do low impact excersises just about once a day.
I also have type 1 diabetes. I have had partners who have very much wanted to help me to control my uncontrollable diabetes. It is not possible to help him to do it. He has to do it for himself. You can facilitate this by making sure he is educated about the ways to manage diabetes, if he doesn’t know. You can make good choices it the diet and exercises you get, therefore making it more desirable for him to make good choices too. But you can not make him do it if he will not do it. Over 20 years, I have had many disagreements with boyfriends about the management of my diabetes. They all wanted so badly to help me, but in the end, I had to help myself. That was, and is the only way to do it.
In the end, it was an insulin pump that finally brought my diabetes under control. I highly recommend one to any type 1 diabetic, but especially to the ones with real problems with control.
Good luck to you, and to your boyfriend. I hope that he can get this thing under control.
Avoid sugar, lose weight. Eat balanced meals at regular times.
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The real answer for your boyfriend is to give up PROCESSED foods, not just what you perceive as sweet or junk. The highly refined flour in pizza, the high fructose corn syrup in soda, these things completely confuse your body’s metabolism. The solution is simple: no processed foods, nothing in a box or bag or can. Eat all you like of veggies, fruit, fish, etc. A little herb tea and organic brown rice later might also be added in. Nothing processed, that’s the ticket. You’ll never read a label again! Signed, diabetic 2, recovering. IMPORTANT P.S. About 4 days on this, and ALL physical cravings will be gone. Do this though for life! My best friend does it, he has not even had one bite of his own birthday cake in 8 years! Isn’t that great?