A Year ago I found out that I was a diabetic it was very sad to hear, but im scared to tell my family about it

Question

I don't know how to tell my family I mean I want to tell them because I feel im hiding something and its been a year. But anyways can someone help me figure out how I would tell them about my health?
thanks

Answer 1

I'm glad that I'm a diabetic. It has taught me a whole new way of life. I'm healthier than I've been in twenty years. I feel great, I'm eating healthy, and, with all the weight I've lost, don't look too bad, either.

I tell everyone in hopes that I can find others and share the good news that it's not a death sentence and that there's plenty that can be done to control it.... outside the doctor's office!

Answer 2

Just flat out tell them that you are diabetic!! Quit being scared. Family and friends are necessary to good mental health and are a fantastic support group.

Diabetes is a progressive disease in the type 2 group!! No matter how good care you take of yourself, it will change and without notifying you that it is doing it. Totally unfair, but that is how it is.

Mine has caused some heart disease!! that has been the hardest to tell my family!! The daughters are upset and scared for me, but that is the way it is!

You might make the decision to explain to them at the Thanksgiving Feast!! Select the foods from the Buffet boards that are good for you and test your glucose level at the table! then change the point on your glucometer and offer it to the next person at the table. Have everyone check their level!!! Get a discussion going about good carbs and bad carbs. two hours after dinner, do the checking again! Yes, that will take up a whole bottle of test strips and a bunch of prick points, but you will have made everyone aware of what diabetes can do.

Remember type 2 is slightly genetic! You might be saving some other member of your family a lot of mental grief.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

Be prepare to explain your family what it means to be diagnosed with Diabetes.
Do you know how many people are diabetic in the USA?
Do you know what are the causes for Diabetes?
Do you know the different stages in Diabetes?
Do you know what Diabetics can do to have a normal life?
Do you know what sciences is doing?

One of the reason you should let your family know is because diabetes can be inherited through family. Is there some one else in the family that might develop diabetes within time?
The saying says "that you can chose you friends but you can't chose your family". If you see the truth about these words in a positive way, your family will always be there for you, and that's the most important reason that you should let your family know what your facing. They will understand if you explain to them in a medical way.
Breaking this fear will make you much happier in years to come.

Answer 5

You should inform your family. Diabetics need a support mechanism.

You also need to watch what you eat. You do probably eat, at least at times with your family.

There is nothing to be ashamed of in being a diabetic. There are about 21 million diabetics in the US today and the number is growing.

I do hope that you are taking proper care of your diabetes by seeing an endocrinologist, taking your medication faithfully, eating properly, getting exercise and taking a diabetic education course.

Diabetes if not treated properly get worse and leads to many serious medical complications. You do not need that.

At first when I became a diabetic I was reluctant to tell people.. As time went by I was not hesitant. You family will be supportive and they should know. You can decide whether to tell them individually or all at once and get it over with.

Answer 6

Diabetes is nothing to be ashamed of !. You need to inform your family for so many reasons. Diabetes is hereditary and family history in important for your doctor to know. Family can help if you keep a line of communication open and stay honest about how you feel. You also need to know you are not alone, many people have Diabetes some type 1 juvenile Diabetes and some type 2 on set Diabetes But you need to know it can be treated and if treated when first diagnosed a person may not immediately experience damage to the body's systems.
I hope you find help in your family, but if not ask you doctor for information about group meets to deal with your feelings. good luck

Answer 7

you must have your reasons for worrying about telling them; even if you simply are a very private person, the main reason to tell them is when you eat with them, you want them to support your keeping to your diabetic food plan. Some will be glad to help by cooking things with less fat and sugar. Others simply won't take offense when you pass over their cooking if it contains too much of what you can't have. When they get u a gift of chocolate, they will possibly make it sugar free. Sometimes it is lifesaving: if you ever pass out from low blood sugar or high ketones and you are with a family member, they will know some vital information to get paramedics to start with the right treatment immediately, instead of hunting for the cause, wasting valuable time. It is very important to wear a medic alert bracelet anyway.
As for approaches, sometimes writing a letter to them and reading it, you get it all out exactly how you want to say it.
Another approach and maybe more natural is pick the person in the family who is the easiest to tell and not a gossip, the one who is a good ally, and ask that person to help you tell the others. The problem you have with different family members, this person is going to know intimately. Sometimes you go 1 on 1 and talk to each person individually and ask them to not tell, to allow you to tell each person yourself. But some just have to run and tell someone. Only you know what works with tour family. But i would tell them, sooner the better. Give yourself by the holidays to get everyone told.

Answer 8

Agree with Kate my friend what is there to hide, how you have kept this quiet that long, best telling them then you will have their support, also if you ever became ill around your family this would scare them, if they know you are diabetic they will have some kind of insight to what is wrong with you.. Just tell them its not bad, diabetes nowadays as long as you look after yourself take your meds, you can live a perfectly normal life.. Good Luck..

Answer 9

They aren't going to be angry about the things that you think they will....

if anything, they are going to be angry that you deprived them of being able to worry about you....in what ever way they might have.......in fact, sometimes families feel like they have to catch up on how much to worry, ha ha.

You simply tell them sometime when eating or cooking comes up that you are watching what you eat because you are diabetic, and that you want to make sure that you stay healthy. If it is true, then assure them that you are not in danger right now - but that you have made some adjustments that are necessary.

Good Luck -

Answer 10

This is not a condition to be ashamed of or to even make your family ashamed. Tell them up front that you have diabetes and you require their support. Family support is wonderful when you have a chronic condition like diabetes. The can help you stay on the straight and narrow. Just be forthright and honest. Don't hide. There is nothing to be afraid of. It is something you can control.