Actions to Take Once Diagnosed with Diabetes
You have diabetes; these can be one of the worst words that one can hear in their lives. They are a game changer to what you know life to be. Currently, there is no official documented cure for Diabetes. However, through control of one`s insulin, they can continue to live a happy life.
Upon being diagnosed with diabetes, your doctor could ask you so many tormenting questions. Some can even be very private and hard to answer. These could include your previous weights, proneness of heart diseases in your family and children, your life cycle among others.
How you answer these questions is very critical in this journey. These questions will assist the doctors to prescribe a medication that bests suits you. It could also lead to prevention measures being taken to your next of kin if the physician feels that they are also in danger.
Other things apart from giving the doctor enough information that one needs to do includes:
- Relax – One needs to take a deep breath and relax. Just know that you are not the first one to be diagnosed with diabetes. As much as this new development is stressing one needs to find ways to cool down. By doing so, you will be able to think well on the next actions to take.
- Take action – Once diagnosed with diabetes many things in your life will have to change. These include the activities you engage in and also your diet. Immediately being diagnosed with diabetes, you need to make two calls. One to a nutritionist and another to a body exercising specialist if you don’t have one yet.
These will guide you on what you need to eat and the activities to engage in so that you remain fit. Eating the right foods while exercising has been proven as a way of beating diabetes.
Speak with your family and next of kin – Some people stay for many days after being diagnosed with diabetes without telling anyone. They do not like being pitied by their friends. Sharing with your friends and relatives will soften your heart and could also lead to support either financially or morally.
One of your friends could also know something like society, diabetes institution or even a positive story. Sharing with friends will go a long way in assisting you to curb the strength of diabetes in you.
Join an association – There are various community associations where patients of diabetes meet or receive general information. Being a member will enable you to meet other people going through the same thing as you are. Feeling not alone allows your body to be stronger in fighting diabetes.
Being diagnosed with diabetes is not one of the experiences one would hope to hear. However, it could happen to anybody. How you react after being diagnosed is a game changer. One needs to be calm, consult the right people and make the expected life changes while taking his or her medication. Observing these actions will assist one to live happily with diabetes.
[ppmaccordion][ppmtoggle title=”About Author”]Aloise Ngari is a professional writer, Blogger, indicative trader and father from Kenya. He loves to write about health issues and healthy living.[/ppmtoggle][/ppmaccordion]
