Comments on: How Can I Help My Boyfriend Manage His Diabetes?

By: DEB

DEB — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 01:15:07 +0000

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?

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By: Tim Br

Tim Br — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 23:14:10 +0000

Avoid sugar, lose weight. Eat balanced meals at regular times.

By: Tamarak

Tamarak — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 13:31:35 +0000

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.

By: Rory281

Rory281 — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 22:08:59 +0000

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.

By: suzyq5033

suzyq5033 — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 16:37:54 +0000

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.

By: bigleybill

bigleybill — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 11:34:10 +0000

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.

By: Mr. Peachy®

Mr. Peachy® — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 23:45:14 +0000

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By: di12381

di12381 — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 21:43:23 +0000

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: RNinProgress

RNinProgress — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 16:15:10 +0000

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.