My husband was just diagnosed with diabetes on Monday.... You can say we were both shocked.....but Why?? I had seen the early signs showing, had even told him about the signs I was noticing, and we both knew with hereditary it was almost a given.
It was almost as if we had the" It will never happen to us!" syndrome. As a nurse I feel like a failure. As if I could have stopped the inevitable. I know that isn't true.....but I could have slowed its onslaught.
I.....well in truth "WE".. fell off the proverbial wagon as it were. I was working crazy amounts of hours and getting off late every night...So tired and who wants to start cooking at 8 or 9pm at night.....it was just so much simpler to just pick something quick. I could substantiate this unhealthy deed in my head by believing my long hours and hard work would counteract it.
Well in hopes that we can at least prevent any further damage to his body.....(and prevent the same thing from happening to me).....We are again returning to eating healthy...we went and completed a much needed trip to the grocery. It was definitely a learning experience and a bit of a shock to the system for James since he was not used to counting carbs. Now he is picking up things and automatically scouring the labels. Spent way too much, but definitely got some great food options. I have been getting out of work earlier and we have again been taking turns cooking and are enjoying eating home cooked meals.
We also bought an accuchek meter so that we can keep an eye daily on his blood sugars. Our doctor also placed him on an oral medicine called Metformin to help lower his blood sugars. They still aren't perfect but are improving.
