Personal Narrative: Diabetes

It is hard to control diabetes because it deals with the making of insulin from the pancreas and how it regulates to the liver to pass sugars in the blood stream, when one organ does not work the process is slow down, and in some instances one may not be able produce much insulin to control the blood sugar levels. Stress can be an issue because sugars level can go up and down out of whack do not know where it can lead but it will not end up being good for the person. A person name Chuck served almost thirteen years in the military services has formed type 2

My paternal grandmother, Lucille, has many chronic conditions, yet we decided to focus on her diabetes for the majority of questions concerning her health and wellness. When asked, Lucille could not remember when she was first diagnosed with diabetes, but does remember when she “switched from taking pills to taking insulin.” She began taking insulin the spring of 2009 after her doctor decided it was time to switch. She has had two incidences where her blood sugar was so low that she could not even call out for help. Both times were in the night and thankfully at that time her husband (my grandfather) found her and was able to get the necessary help. After these incidences, she switched to taking her insulin in the morning instead of before bed.

My cousins are not the only ones in my family that have type 2 diabetes. I have a closed family member with the disease this is my mother. Since I was a child my mother used to tell me her own stories about her bad eating habits and how she did not pay attention to my grandmother advices. I was growing up with that in my mind, she used to drink soda instead of water during the day. She used eat a lot pastries, bread, pasta all kind of food with high content of carbohydrates. She was overweight; her was around two hundred pounds. It was ironic because she did not have diabetes until she got

Type 1 diabetes is difficult to live with, which can cause emotional ramifications to be heightened. Younger children may not understand why blood samples and insulin injections are essential to their well being. In turn, they may become scared, angry, and uncooperative. Teens on the other hand may feel different from everyone else and want to live a more carefree lifestyle than their diabetes allows them to have. Even while being dedicated to their treatment routine, teens can get very frustrated and even depressed, especially when going through puberty since their diabetes gets harder to control. Often people who have just been diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes ask themselves,

Imagine you wake up in the morning to go to school, but before you can eat breakfast you have to check your blood sugar. It’s almost lunch time, you have to leave class early and go to the bathroom because you have to check your blood sugar. This time you have to give yourself insulin because that waffle you had at breakfast skyrocketed your number. Before you go on your dinner date, you have to check your blood sugar. This is a typical day for someone living with diabetes, constantly checking your blood sugar before every meal and sometimes giving yourself a shot of insulin when needed. There are multiple types of diabetes an individual could have which changes how it is treated. Life with Type 1 Diabetes is easier to adjust to than life

Diabetes mellitus is commonly seen in the field of physical therapy. It is a disease that occurs over a long period of time, and happens when the body cannot use sugar naturally. Our bodies have to have sugar to function correctly, so if there is an inability to break down or make sugar, the body will suffer. This sugar comes from a hormone called insulin, which comes from an organ in our body known as the pancreas. Insulin’s job is keeping our blood sugar levels at a normal rate. If someone has diabetes, there blood sugar can either be too high, or too low.

September 3rd, 2010. Quite an utterly unassuming day for most. On this day, I am eleven years old and I have a doctor’s appointment. I heaved myself out of my restful bed, and my stomach grumbled and protested along with me. The doctors previously informed me not to eat following midnight, and my absolute favorite meal is breakfast, so I was not too fond of this advice. Ravenous was the only word to describe how I was feeling. After proceeding through the motions of readying myself for the day ahead, I loaded into the car with my mother, and off we went. My mother’s face was haggard with perturbation, and her fingers gripped the steering wheel with a ferocity I had never distinguished before. She was petrified. I was too, but the

In my family, diabetes plagues multiple people. For example, my late great-grandparents. Whenever I visited them, I remember them always pricking their fingers just to check on their glucose levels. Before they slept, they stuck a needle inside their abdominal area. For my great grandmother, the treatment halted the diabetes from taking her, but, unfortunately, my great grandfather was the opposite. He suffered from a massive, diabetic stroke. Despite this tragedy, my understanding of a diabetic person doesn’t stop there. Every day, for the past fourteen years, I have witnessed my father experiencing the horrid effects of diabetes. He wakes up to pain’s vicious voice. He limps around with his legs feeling as if they are on its last string, his back feeling as if someone placed an elephant on it, his hands feeling as if they aren’t

November 17th, 2008. A day that lives on infamously in my life. I can close my eyes now and remember it crystal clear in my mind. A little nine-year-old girl sits in a hospital bed, oblivious to what’s going on around her. Needles and IVs are stuck into her tiny frame as she sits motionless, surrounded by parents showing great concern. Despite being weak, she flashes a wide smile, bright brown eyes holding so much youth and innocence. And then the doctor walks in and says the three words that none of them expected. “You have diabetes.”

I am a loyal customer of your store at 9 mile rd and Van Dyke in Warren, MI for many years now. Buying my household needs as well as my pharmaceuticals at your store. I am a diabetic without insurance and never had a problem buying my needs at your locations before. Last week that changed.

What is Diabetes? Diabetes is a disease which is in the body when it is not function correctly, it doesn’t use insulin. Insulin is a pancreatic hormone in the body that secreted by the beta cells of the islets of Langerhans. Diabetes can be very silent and you won’t know that you, yourself can be at risk at having diabetes. Diabetes can occur at any age possible you don’t have to be old in order to get it you can be young. The reason why I said diabetes can be silent is because there will be no show of any kind of symptom. Diabetes can be silent for a long time till it starts to catch up. When it comes to other people diabetes may not be as silent you might get symptoms right away when you first get it. Different people become aware when the

My first day as a diabetic is coming to an end. I feel tired, but I do not know if it is related to the time that I had to wake up or the lack of food I consumed. I have friends who are diabetic and just by watching their daily routines I thought this experiment would be simple because they make it look so easy. Even though it is my first day I am beginning to realize that is not the case. As I am about to go to bed I am realizing I am hungry, fatigued, and my finger hurts from being poked multiple times throughout the day. The thing I have come to realize, besides the fact that I am overly lost on carbohydrate counting and exchanges, is that eating a sugar-free, low-carb diet is slightly expensive and complex. Being a college student, nursing student,

“About one-third of all people with diabetes do not know they have the disease. Diabetes was the seventh leading cause of death in the United States in 2010 based on the 69,071 death certificates in which diabetes was listed as the underlying cause of death. In 2010, diabetes was mentioned as a cause of death in a total of 234,051 certificates.”(American Diabetes Association. American Diabetes Association, 6 Mar. 2013.) Why would Diabetes affect a family and why is it an important disease to learn about? Diabetes is a group of diseases that results in too much sugar in the blood (high blood glucose). Type 1 Diabetes is a chronic condition that causes the pancreas to produce little to no insulin at all. Type 1 Diabetes is more commonly found

Watching my youngest sister go downhill was one of the hardest challenges I came across because I went down with her. My sister was diagnosed with an eating disorder and food paranoia. It was just as difficult to our family as it was on her. I realized that her pains became mine. Hours that were dedicated to my education soon were spent at hospitals, anorexia centers, and always being by her side. This challenge indeed affected my academic achievements because although I was not the one psychically sick, I still took on the sufferings because my sister is a part of me. When she did not eat, I did not eat, when her happiness was drained, so was mine and when she started academically doing poorly so did I. Her misery was a mirror reflection

As part of my PTA Forum class, I attended a lecture given by a registered nurse who is also a certified diabetic educator. Several people in my family have diabetes, so I really thought I understood diabetes well and that I wouldn’t learn much from this particular speaker. However, that was not the case. While, some things I know to be true were merely affirmed, I was also presented with new information.