Personal Narrative: Type 2 Diabetes

When I was five years old, I was diagnosed with type one diabetes. It was 11 years ago on New Year’s Eve, and I was celebrating the holiday by consuming an immense amount of sugar. My mother, who already had two other young children with diabetes, immediately recognized that I was suffering from the symptoms of hyperglycemia. After I was diagnosed, I was given a book and a bear. The book was about how the other kids would react to my diagnosis, and the bear was covered in colourful patches that corresponded to the areas on my own body that I could give my insulin injections.

Type 2 Diabetes is a disease that is found in a variety of age groups around the world. This disease is growing at a rapid rate and it is impacting the health of this generation and future generations to come. Diabetes is a disease that impairs the body’s ability to produce or respond to the insulin hormone produced by the pancreas. The insulin allows for the glucose to be effectively used as energy throughout the body. Diabetes causes carbohydrates to be abnormally digested, which can raise blood glucose levels. This means that the glucose is not being taken up by the cells that need it. The cells cannot take up the excess glucose that has accumulated in the blood, so it is excreted through the urine. This can lead to problems with the kidneys, central nervous system, heart, and eyes because high blood glucose can damage the blood vessels of these organs. This diseased is managed by adopting a diet low in fat and high in fiber, increasing physical activity, losing excess weight, and not smoking. If this

According to (Diabetes UK 2008) Type 2 diabetes can remain undetected for ten years or more and 50 per cent of people show signs of complications when diagnosed. It is therefore the responsibility of the individuals and the government to prevent the disease from developing. A lot of people do not realise that their weight and lifestyle could put them at risk of developing Type 2 diabetes, ‘Physical inactivity and obesity are strongly associated with the development of type 2 diabetes (National Diabetes Information Clearing House 2013) . People who are genetically

Scientifically known as Diabetes Mellitus, is a disease in which there are high blood sugar levels over an extended period of time. There are different types of this virus which have varied long term and short term complications ranging from eye damage to being at risk of having a stroke. It can also have other negative effects in relation to health such as high blood pressure and elevated cholesterol levels. As noted by the World Health Organization if an immediate relative has Diabetes, one’s risk of developing it is 20 times than the risk of the general population.

On July 14th 2010, when I was twelve years old, I was rushed to the hospital because my blood sugar levels were 407. Before my mom had observed that I was rapidly losing weight, drinking a great amount of water, and was continuously tired. My mom was worried that I had type one diabetes because others in my family has diabetes.

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

In this paper, I chose to do a how to on something that I hold dearest to my heart. Which is how to be a diabetic. I’m 18 and I’ve had to come to terms with a lot of things that I never in a million years thought I’d have to deal with. It’s nice to share this information others any chance I get to just spread awareness. Some people may think that this couldn’t happen to them, but if your careless about your health. It could happen to anyone.

When this happens, it is called insulin resistance (“Insulin”). Immediately the pancreas tries harder to produce more insulin to compensate for the lacking insulin. After a while, the hard working pancreas wears out and cannot keep up anymore (“Insulin”). This type is also known as adult-onset diabetes because it is more commonly found in adults. However, it is now being found more in teens, children, and young adults due to high rates of obesity (D’Adamo). So how exactly did James get type two diabetes? There are two main ways that this could have happened. The first way is that James could have inherited it. Parents who were diagnosed before the age of 50 have a one in seven chance of passing it on to their kids (“Genetics”). Parents who were diagnosed after the age of 50 have a one in thirteen chance of passing it onto their child (“Genetics”). A child’s risk of getting the disease is increased when it is the mother who has it (“Genetics”). If both parents have type two diabetes, then there is a one in two chance of passing it on to their child (“Genetics”). The second way that James could have been diagnosed is by living an unhealthy lifestyle. A total of

My cousin with type 2 diabetes. A few moths ago my cousin and I were at a lake and we were swimming and he had told me that the water felt "thick" and i just figured that he was tired. A few days later we went to the store and I noticed he had to use the restroom a lot almost every 10 minutes I was slightly concerned and shortly after someone had checked his blood sugar level and it was extremely high at this point he went to the emergency room and he stayed for almost a week and once they finally released him it took a very long time for him to adjust to not being able to do the things he used to do like miss breakfast or play sports for long periods of time. its been a while now and hes getting used to it but I see now how hard it is and

My score is 239, which means I am at a moderate life crisis. According to Holmes-Rahe scale, I have a 50% chance of illness such as a headache, diabetes, fatigue, hypertension, chest, back pain, ulcer and infectious disease. I happen to have frequent headaches that appear to be stress headaches, and I was diagnosed with diabetes six months ago. Currently, having increased fatigue, maybe due to the lack of sleep. Additionally, started taking omeprazole six months ago due to a right mid-abdominal pain that my doctor believe could be an ulcer. I made changes in my eating habits and lifestyle when diagnosed with diabetes; however, I have long ways to achieving wellness.

My mother has made herself a victim of diabetes II due to her sixty six pound overweight. She became overweight due to lack of exercise and poor eating habits. However, this is not the worst part of the story. My mother is the youngest of out five siblings, which inherited different or the same types of diabetes. Unfortunately, she was not the luckiest one of them. My mother also lost sight from one of her eyes.

P. Bissel et al (2004) conducted a qualitative study to evaluate the health care interactions and consultation model for chronic illness specifically diabetes type 2. The data sampling were carried out initially in two primary practices and one secondary care diabetes centre in England with additional participants recruited later through snowballing process. The total participants were 21, met the inclusion criteria; Pakistani origin with type 2 diabetes and able to communicate in English. A grounded theory approach was applied to analyse the data collected from the audio-taped interview. The topic discussed in the interview covers the individual experiences living with diabetes, challenges encountered to manage the illness and their feedbacks

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,

In my family I could say all of my grandparents have diabetes.My grand father diagnosed by diabetes when he was in his early 50’s age . My grandmother was diagnosed this year. My parents was aware of my grandmothers symptoms when she start showing being thirsty, pie a lot and, she used to get hungry a lot; we took her to hospital as possible. Having family with diabetes is very hard, my grandfather always complains of being tired and thirsty. My grandparents have different meal than as always so it hard to look for them to not eat a lot of sugary food and drinks. We always follow the right meal plan when we give them both take the insulin and once a week they test their blood sugar level to make sure the glucose level is on the right path.

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.