Tuesday, November 27, 2007
It is the simple things in life that make me happy!
So my hubby will be the BIG 30 in one week. Now I have been planning a surprise party for him since his last birthday. Ok, maybe not planning but it has always been my intent to throw him a big bash for this special occasion. Everything was going along so smoothly until we found out about the diabetes. Like I said before he loves to drink. I was planning on having a surprise party with lots of beer and pizza, wings, soda. As part of the party I am planning a poker tournament because he loves to play texas hold em. Now I have been questioning everything about the party. As it is I am not buying ANY beer. If people feel they need it, they were told to bring there own. So I have found that the Carvel's near my house is very accommodating and willing to make a sheet cake that is 1/4 no sugar added and the other 3/4 a regular cake. I am so excited about this. I also just found out that Wegman's has a wheat dough for the pizza! I was so happy that I had to share this news with my best friend. She emailed me back with a "it doesn't take much these days, does it!" How right is she? It does not take much to make me happy anymore, just the simple things in life, like living a long happy life with the love of my life!
A whole new world to us
Diabetes is a whole new world to me and my husband. My husband was just diagnosed with diabetes two weeks ago. I am already feeling the roller coaster ride of emotions and this is just the beginning. I wanted to start this blog so that I would have someplace to put down my feelings about this awful disease.
My husband is 29 and I am 26, we have been married for only 2 1/2 years and we have two beautiful children, a girl that is 8 who is my daughter from a previous relationship and we have a son together that is 3. Like I said already he was just diagnosed with diabetes. At this point we have NO clue what is going on. There are lots of theories but no answers! They believe that his diabetes is the result of a cold, but we do not know yet. Because of his age and that he does not fit the "normal" profile of a type 2 they will not call it type 2 and because he does not fit the "normal" profile of a type 1 they (they being the doctors) will not call it type 1. So we really have no idea what is in store for us yet!
Right now they are trying pills to get his sugar down, but it is still high, mostly in the 200's with some over 300 and some just under 200(rare) The doctors give you this diagnosis and send you home with a meter and "don't eat too much carbs" order and think that you can just figure this stuff out on your own. We still have another week to go until we see the dietitian. I am trying my best to make healthy foods for him and I have rid my house of "junk food" He seems to be handling it ok! But he is always hungry!
This came to us as such a surprise. He had gotten a cold about two months ago and started drinking a lot of water. We thought it was just because he was sick. Then when it continued and he was using the bathroom ALL the time I started to get concerned. Then he started getting muscle cramps in the middle of night. That is when I made an appointment for him to see the doctor. I thought he might have diabetes, but I didn't REALLY think it. I guess I was hoping he would just come home and say it was nothing! Denial I guess!
What an adjustment, and I feel like "mother hen"! LOL!! He will not test his sugar so I get up with him every morning at 3:30 to test his fasting sugar before he goes to work and make him breakfast, otherwise he wont eat! I come home at night and cook dinner and make lunches for the next day and test his sugar again before bed. Everything I do is centered around this disease! It is awful! I hate to see the man I love going through this! I just hope that we can get things under control soon and maybe I am being naive but I hope that things will get easier for us. It is hard for me to think that the man I just married is not going to be the same again and that I am caring for him already!
The one good thing that is coming from this, NO MORE BEER!!! :) He loves to drink, too much! And that was a source of problems in our relationship. I just hope he can stay away from the beer. That and watching his carbs are going to be the hardest adjustments for him to make right now.
My husband is 29 and I am 26, we have been married for only 2 1/2 years and we have two beautiful children, a girl that is 8 who is my daughter from a previous relationship and we have a son together that is 3. Like I said already he was just diagnosed with diabetes. At this point we have NO clue what is going on. There are lots of theories but no answers! They believe that his diabetes is the result of a cold, but we do not know yet. Because of his age and that he does not fit the "normal" profile of a type 2 they will not call it type 2 and because he does not fit the "normal" profile of a type 1 they (they being the doctors) will not call it type 1. So we really have no idea what is in store for us yet!
Right now they are trying pills to get his sugar down, but it is still high, mostly in the 200's with some over 300 and some just under 200(rare) The doctors give you this diagnosis and send you home with a meter and "don't eat too much carbs" order and think that you can just figure this stuff out on your own. We still have another week to go until we see the dietitian. I am trying my best to make healthy foods for him and I have rid my house of "junk food" He seems to be handling it ok! But he is always hungry!
This came to us as such a surprise. He had gotten a cold about two months ago and started drinking a lot of water. We thought it was just because he was sick. Then when it continued and he was using the bathroom ALL the time I started to get concerned. Then he started getting muscle cramps in the middle of night. That is when I made an appointment for him to see the doctor. I thought he might have diabetes, but I didn't REALLY think it. I guess I was hoping he would just come home and say it was nothing! Denial I guess!
What an adjustment, and I feel like "mother hen"! LOL!! He will not test his sugar so I get up with him every morning at 3:30 to test his fasting sugar before he goes to work and make him breakfast, otherwise he wont eat! I come home at night and cook dinner and make lunches for the next day and test his sugar again before bed. Everything I do is centered around this disease! It is awful! I hate to see the man I love going through this! I just hope that we can get things under control soon and maybe I am being naive but I hope that things will get easier for us. It is hard for me to think that the man I just married is not going to be the same again and that I am caring for him already!
The one good thing that is coming from this, NO MORE BEER!!! :) He loves to drink, too much! And that was a source of problems in our relationship. I just hope he can stay away from the beer. That and watching his carbs are going to be the hardest adjustments for him to make right now.
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