Diabetes health check: Victim Or Boss – The Choice Is Yours

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Diabetes Do You Own It, Or Does It Own You?
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• We all go through stages in diabetes, when first
  diagnosed it comes as a shock, then there is the
  its not fair and the this disease reminds me
  of a dentist painful. Inevitably we come to
  the stage the some of us stop at and others make
  it past. This article by diabetic pharma company
  is to help in getting past the dreaded This
  disease is impossible why wont someone do
  something about it stage.

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Diabetes Victim Or Boss The Choice Is Yours

• Now before everyone gets on me for daring to
  write about a disease that is hard to control,
  this isnt about aiding the myriad of excuses.
  This is an article about what it takes to be
  successful in life as well.
• Answer this question
• Who is responsible for the way your life and
  diabetes has gone until now?
• For those of you who answered the government,
  close but no cigar (although they can definitely
  provide challenges)
• Anyone who said it is me, I am 100 responsible
  gets our 5 star award.

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• The good news is that you control your own
  destiny in life and in diabetes. If you have
  high glucose, you can choose to correct or not
  correct it. If you dont know enough about it
  and feel that you are a rudderless ship, guess
  what, you can change that as well. Reading and
  asking questions can get you a long way.
  Wallowing in the muck of poor control and asking
  people to feel sorry for you, does nothing to
  help your outcomes. Naturally I am probably
  offending some people by now, the point isnt to
  dismiss the challenges that each and everyone one
  of us goes through on a daily basis, but more to
  say -
• Hey we get it. Diabetes is tough. What
  solutions are you looking for to your current
  challenges? I would spend 4 hours talking non
  stop to a diabetic wanting to try another way,
  and not 5 minutes listening to someone
  complaining about how the disease is impossible
  and how their diabetes is different than the next
  person. Its okay to complain provided it comes
  with a solutions focus to the problem.

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• The take home on this and what should get you
  inspired is this No matter who your parents
  were, the schooling you had, the job you do, you
  and only you, have the ability to change this,
  through changing how you respond to lifes
  circumstances.
• Going to a party? Make sure you take your
  insulin with you. If you forgot it, go back and
  get it. If you eat cake, take the insulin that
  corresponds to the amount. If you are not at
  target on your current meds, see your doctor and
  ask for additional meds to help. You get the
  idea.
• I cannot tell you the amount of times through my
  involvement in diabetes, that I hear patients
  canceling their urgent appointment with an
  endocrinologist despite the fact their A1cs are
  out of whack and their glucose control is
  dangerously high. These same people have the
  nerve to complain that they lost their eyesight
  and have severe nerve pain 10 years later. For
  the record I am not insinuating that everyone
  with these problems didnt take control, but I
  will say, that if you dont do everything within
  your power to take control, then the person to
  blame is staring you in the mirror.

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• Remember, if it is one thing that you remember
  from reading this article, its this Life always
  will provide you with challenges. How YOU
  respond to them, is the life you end up living.
• You dont need diabetes to control your life, but
  you cannot ignore it either.
• Take responsibility in everything you do in life
  and the consequences of your actions and not only
  will your control be better, but so will your
  enjoyment and success in life.
• On that note, go forth and test. You can be
  responsible starting today )

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