Grandma Judy Disease

She had feelings of confusion, fear, guilt, anger, and fatigue. She also had a low energy level, which made her ability to think clearly and make decisions difficult. My mother had become disengaged; she was depressed and often isolated herself in her bedroom only coming out to use the bathroom. She had no appetite, did not want to see anyone and wanted to be left alone. Consequently, her eldest daughter took on the responsibility of caring for her youngest brother, which was very difficult for Dawn. Additionally, my mother could not return to work due to severe depression and subsequently went on disability.

that influenced her life such as having Graves’ Disease and other health issues, but not having health

illness due to her husband insensitivity and lack of belief of her illness. During this time

My mother’s side of the family has a history of cancer. My maternal grandmother and great aunt and uncle all died of some form of cancer. My mother, as well as her siblings are at risk for cancer.

I have been naïve to an epidemic that has been plaguing America for quite some time now. It wasn’t talked about or taught much when I was younger. I thought that this disease was for the geriatric population. In 2012, 29.1 million Americans were diagnosed with diabetes. 8.1 million went undiagnosed. (diabetes.org) Diabetes is a dilemma and the statistics for this disease is rising steadily. Per the diabetes association there are 1.4 million of new cases of diabetes a year. Diabetes is the 7th leading cause of death in the united states of America. Diabetes is not affecting only one group of people. Diabetes.org states that 208,000 Americans under the age of 20 have been diagnosed with diabetes. In 2014 I started a new job at a call center. Prior to this occupation I had never personally, that I knew of interacted closely with anyone suffering from this disease. I had never heard of the younger population developing this illness and I certainly never heard any first-hand accounts on how diabetes affected the body. I discovered just how prevalent diabetes were in young adults. I watched people between the ages of 20-27 be afflicted by this disease. They had to constantly watch their diet to ensure that their blood glucose wasn’t either too high or too low. I watched a 20-year-old female be in and out of the hospital because of this disease. I hope to inform this reader of the dangers of this disease and what to do to prevent it.

Through the months of September and October I had three meetings with a local woman, AA and her two sons, CG and HG. When we first spoke to arrange our meetings, we had decided to look into her asthma and how that affected her life and her family. As our first visit progressed, I realized that her struggles with mental health seem to have a much bigger effect on her life and family. AA has lived with depression, anxiety, and low self-esteem for her entire life. She never lived with her father and was mistreated by her mother until moving in full time with her grandmother at the age of twelve. As shown in the Genogram, AA’s mother has an undiagnosed mental illness; this is speculation on AA’s part because she always assumed that her mother was suffering from something, which would have lead to the harsh treatment of her daughter.

NyL has no earlier history of depression and she does not know anybody in her family that has experienced it so it may not be hereditary qualities but rather there are numerous other causes, for

There are many individuals who are diagnosed with type two diabetes who do not truly know what it is, or chooses not to take it seriously. My grandmother is someone who has suffered with this for over twenty years, and still fails to realize how important it is to maintain good habits to stay healthy and alive. The cause of this disease is from being obese, and for my Nanny that was a hard thing to accept. Although she was married and seemed to be happy to others, that was far from the truth. She suffered from many years due to an emotionally abusive relationship. When she was diagnosed with diabetes the struggles and abuse seemed to grow worse. She found out that my grandfather had been cheating on her with various women and divorced him immediately. A few years after she was diagnosed with diabetes, she allowed her blood sugar to get dangerously high and ended up in the hospital. Since then she has been obsessive with keeping it low, and sometimes too low. She also became obsessive with losing extra weight she had, but did not handle it in the proper way. Instead of problems with high blood sugar she now has problems with low blood sugar, and we have almost lost her several times. This is an example of someone who is not properly educated on the many factors that come along with type two diabetes and how to cope with it appropriately. It is our job to inform those who suffer from this life changing disease on proper ways to deal with type two diabetes before

her disorder. My mom has been in treatment for over a year now, and along with her treatment

Americans today are faced with a number of health issues, mainly as a result of poor diet, lack of exercise, and lifestyle choices; but, of course, genetics does play a part. My family, for example, has a history of several issues. My father suffers from diabetes and asthma, which my children have as well. My older sister and I both suffer from stress, which is most likely causing our chronic heartburn and my headaches; and, both my husband and I are borderline obese, which is a gateway disease to many others. While some of these issues are linked genetically, many of them are due to lifestyle, which can be viewed as both negative and positive. Negative because we brought these ailments onto ourselves, but positive because we can

When I first was asked if I knew about my family's health history, I was very confident, I knew almost to all of it. I knew that a lot of heart diseases run in my family. We have had some cancer incidents and at least one

Health Risks-genetics and personal behavior coping skills are linked to chronic diseases that effects proper health. Preexisting conditions s should not hinder the availability to obtain less than ideal health services

She would have symptoms of everything. Cancer, heart disease, pulmonary deficiency, and many more. She would not sleep or leave the house as she had several physical symptoms that would make her feel very sick and unable to work or complete daily routines. As my dad, she was also diagnosed and treated for depression.

The reason for “My grandmother lived to be 90 years old and never thought about a healthy lifestyle. So I won’t either.” is a bad idea is because if you are unaware of the hereditary problem or the developing problem you cannot fix or change their outcomes. If you never seek an experts helps and really grasp the ideas behind your overall health you will never be able to make change. Over and over again when people are diagnoses with a sickness or disorder that is controllable factor they say “oh I wish I would have known, I would have taken precautions to try and lessen my chances of getting this disease”. This quote is sating the total opposite, back in the day going to the doctors was not common, and they did have as many illnesses that

Diabetes is a major problem in our society today. Many people have heard about the disease; however, they do not know too much about its complications. Diabetes is a chronic, progressive and lifelong condition that affects the body’s ability to use the energy found in food (WebMD, 2016). Many new cases are confirmed every year and unfortunately, many go undiagnosed for years. Diabetes is a serious disease and need to be taking seriously. The disease can lead to many other health problems such as blindness, nerve damage and kidney diseases. The more the community understand and made aware of the seriousness of the disease, the better it can be control and or prevented.