do you find having diabetes harder the longer you have it?

Question

do you feel more stressed out with things is your a1c harder to control. do you find it harder to stick by your dirt at all times please help as i feel iam just loosing interest in having diabetes and i want to be able to control it like i use to.......any suggestions!!!

Answer 1

I have been a diabetic for 30+ years now, and yes, sometimes I just don't want it anymore, but there are other diseases that are much worse. things are much easier today then 30 + years ago.... we only had TAB s/f soda! not the menu options that are out there today.... and no blood sugar testing.... it was urine! No one understands how exhausting this is on a daily basis..... lunch meeting at 2 oc? i can't eat that late... i have to take my needle at 1 oc..... late dinner party? same issue..... weight gain after 40 for no reason but being a diabetic for so long really suck, but we have to do one day at a time and try to survive! Good Luck! You are not ALONE!

Answer 2

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Answer 3

I have been a diagnosed diabetic for 5 years now. I don't know if that's less or more time than you, so...

I find it easier to do the things I'm supposed to as time goes on, because they become habit. I don't even think about the blood testing, etc. anymore, I just do it...first thing a.m. and on thru the day as needed. I am having extreme difficulty in losing weight because of major arthritis in my legs, but the diet is becoming habit, too. I don't think much about the things I can't have. I've found keeping my mind occupied with something (a book, the computer, work, whatever) helps a lot with the diet thing. Keeping busy is good, and the house gets cleaner, too! I have always hated 'routines' but now I have to schedule everything and make the schedule a habit, or I get messed up.

Good luck, friend! Email me if you want to talk!

Answer 4

I'm in the same boat as you. I have been a type 1 diabetic for alomost six years. In the beginning, I had perfect control w/ an A1c of 5.7. Now almost six years later, my A1c is. . . well, higher than it should be. I wish I could be that "perfect diabetic" the one who always remembers to check their BS and who always wears their medical alert tag.

Try not to be so hard on yourself, I am slowly coming out of my "diabetic slump" and I'm sure that you will too.
Good Luck.

Answer 5

Diabetes is difficult at any age. Children find it hard to control their diabetes because they are growing, their eating habits change daily and they are always on the move. As you get older your lifestyles change and you have to adjust your management accordingly. Don't loose interest for your future health depends on your staying in control. Diabetes can cause serious health complications; heart diseases, blindness, kidney failure, nerve damage and lower extremity circulatory problems. Stress can cause your blood sugars to flucuate and fluctuating blood sugars can stress you out too. Getting enough exercise is very important in controlling diabetes along with frequent blood sugar checks and developing a working diet, you should allow yourself plenty of variation otherwise you won't stick to the diet. Talking to a dietician may help if you haven't already done so. Talk to your doctor if you are having problems handling your blood sugars he is your first resource. If you don't feel that he is helping you maybe you need a new doctor. Look in your area for diabetic support groups; they usually are very helpful. If nothing else you can talk to others who are in the same boat as you and relieving frustrations helps to relieve stress. Don't give up!!! Studies are being done on ways to prevent diabetes, cure diabetes and improve the quality of care for people with dabetes to prevent devastating complications by the US Department of Health and Human Services. For more information on sources for information on diabetes go to cdc.gov and search under diabetes.

Answer 6

Check out in your area if there are free diabetes support groups. It may sound silly but people who deal with this all the time have some really good ideas that work and may help you. You can call your local hospital to find out.

Answer 7

You go through cycles of easy and hard. Hang in there. Sometimes a good diabetic tune up is needed. Much like a car running for 50,000 or 60,000 miles needs a change of plugs, wires, air filter, oil, etc.

A tune up may consist of a new doctor, a job change, a new exercise regimen, a new insulin, a new diet, etc.

I myself am at a midpoint, sort of an easy-hard middleground. We all go through what you are experiencing. Just keep at it as best you can. Think about getting a tune up.

Answer 8

Because the longer you have it, the more damage is done to your body, therefore making it less receptive (in some cases) to treatment. Contact the Joslyn clinic in Boston, they are tops. Control it or it will control you.

Answer 9

I have no suggestons but I do feel like it can get harder to control at times because the longer you have it the more that can go wrong. you are in my prayers because i know how you feel. just remember we can never be young again no matter how we try. take as gooder care of yourself as you can and keep on trucking!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!