Monday, July 27, 2015

The Diabetes Lie

The Diabetes Lie

The Diabetes Lie

Posted: 26 Jul 2015 11:50 PM PDT

Anyone who's ever lived with a Diabetic will be able to tell you, All Diabetics Lie! These were the words of my family doctor not long ago when my mother ended up in hospital with Diabetic complications of the foot. She managed to overcome that infection only to have the other foot affected 6 months later. It's been a trying time in and out of hospital mostly for my mum but also for the rest of the family and my siblings, worrying, fretting and generally organising every day around hospital runs.

The lie about Diabetes is 2-fold. One is that we think it's not that serious. Every other person you know has it, especially in the Indian community and they're managing fine with it so far, right? Wrong! It's not called the slow killer for nothing. My mum was diagnosed about 6 years ago but I suspect she may have had it for many years before that and not even known about it. The most difficult thing about being diagnosed late in life is making the changes you need to make to your diet and lifestyle to fight it. And that's where the second lie comes in.
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