My friend has symptoms of Diabetes. She won't go to the doctor cause she's afraid of what they may tell her. She has increased urination and thirst. Her stomach hurts especially when she lays on it. Her hunger has increased also. Even her vision is messing up. I tried to get her to go the doctor. She won't listen to me. I don't know what to do anymore. I don't want anything to happen to her.
2007-05-26 18:23:06 · 9 answers · asked by babyTy 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Diabetes
Maybe tell her some of the bad things that could happen to her if she doesn't find out. Diabetes is a very bad thing to mess with, if she's diabetic she should get it under control as soon as possible. She could lose a foot or leg, or both legs, could go blind, could have heart problems, could loose her kidney's, one or both. Could die at a early age, not see her kid's or grandkid's grow up. If she's not a mother, could miss seeing niece's and nephew's grow up. Please tell her its nothing to play around with, please go and get checked out! ! ! !
2007-05-26 20:23:47 · answer #1 · answered by muttface 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am not trying to be harsh about this. If your friend has type 2 diabetes then she will adventually get so sick that she will either want to see a doctor (or emergency room) or she will adventually get so weak that she will not have a choice about the matter. If your friend is a child or teen she will adventually, and real soon, start to develop ketones. She will become so sick that she will go into a coma and can possible die, or she will be glad to see someone for help.
I have lived with type 1, insulin dependent diabetes for over 36 years. Yes,, there has been lots of tears and anger but I thank God daily for the good health that I have due to good doctors and parents that changed my life so that I could have a life.
I was blessed enough 16 years ago to give birth to a wonder and healthy baby girl. I had to start seeing a diabetic pregnancy endriconologist, an obgyn that specialized in diabetic pregnancies, a diabetic educator, and a dietition a whole year before I could get pregnent for the sake of my baby and myself. This was to get my glucose to the best that I could before she was concieved. It is possible to get along well with diabetes but you can't have the idea that it will go away.
May God bless your friend and I hope she knows what a good friend she has to be caring about her.
2007-05-27 18:40:46 · answer #2 · answered by Emerald 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A slightly different tactic might be to tell her that, even if she is diagnosed with diabetes, there are millions of diabetics who live pretty much completely normal lives. My husband is one of them. It's not always an easy road, and there's a learning and lifestyle change curve that will cause stress. But that can be said for a lot of things in life. If she does have diabetes and doesn't get diagnosed, others are correct when they say things will only continue to get worse. However, the sooner she is diagnosed, the sooner she can begin to feel better.
There are a lot of different treatment options out there right now. Daily injections are not the only way to control diabetes. There are pills for Type 2 Diabetes, and for insulin-dependent diabetics, the best treatment out there is the insulin pump. There are a ton of support groups out there where she can turn for advice.
Diabetes is hardly a death sentence or even a severely life-altering sentence these days. It's important for her to know that her life quality can only improve from diagnosing her illness. Good luck!
2007-05-26 19:35:21 · answer #3 · answered by Sarah H 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Try speaking to her again and offer to go with her for morale support. She needs to understand if this is diabetes or something else it's better to find out now when it's treatable, then before it's too late. If you can't convince her maybe you could speak to her family and they can help you convince her. You might have to do an intervention, she may be angry at first but if you do it with love hopefully she will realize it's in her best interest. Good luck, your a good friend, I hope she listens to you.
2007-05-30 11:34:48 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have to warn her that she will go in to a coma if she doesnt get help quick. You could call emergency and have them come because the more symptoms she's developing, the more serious it is.
Why is it that she doesn't want help?
Tell her she'll feel a LOT better after she gets help, but if she doesnt then sadly it results in death. [This is if she does indeed have diabetes].
Call her doctor and alarm her family also. They need to know!
2007-05-26 18:29:52 · answer #5 · answered by lilbit 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
She needs to go, its not just going to "go away". There are many many people in this world with diabetes and doing just fine. Good luck and I hope you can convince her to go to the doctor, if not the er.
2007-05-27 05:01:13 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you have a blood sugar tester? You might be able to borrow one. Help her see just how high her sugar is? It is very scary at first.
2007-05-26 18:38:25 · answer #7 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe you could to talk to someone in her family? Her parents might have a little more influence.
2007-05-26 18:56:42 · answer #8 · answered by formerly_bob 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tell her it will only get worse, and if she doesn't do something about it she could and probably will go blind. (and some other not so good things might happen...)
2007-05-26 18:30:16 · answer #9 · answered by Caitlin 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋