In Sickness…or Just in Health?

By Jan Chait In October, reader Sheri asked, will I love when he's being cranky [because] his [blood glucose] is too high… will I serve him when his [blood glucose] is dropping and he needs to eat NOW… will I rearrange my own needs and desires to make sure that the meal I agreed to cook for him is ready at a reasonable time? Her post made me look at my circumstances from the other point of view: That of somebody with diabetes who is being cared for by a spouse. Will he love me when I'm cranky? Will he bring me something when my glucose is dropping? Will he arrange it so that I can eat on time? Especially when I'm sitting on the floor, crying because my blood glucose is low — which lows have been known to cause me to do — running through my mind sometimes is: "I shouldn't be doing this. It makes me look weak and needy. He'll think he needs to take care of me and he won't want to. Will he stay?" This is my second marriage. My first husband left after three years because, after giving birth to our daughter, I hadn't managed to lose all of my "baby fat." When I was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes, number two and I had been married for 11 years. It wasn't too bad at first, because I basically ignored the diabetes for the next nine years. Then, after diet and exercise and oral medications had all been tried, I went on insulin. That's when everything changed. Diabetes kind of had its own agenda. Back then, I took Regular and NPH. Regular peaked at this ti...
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