What then change
I grew, I grew older and wiser and I began to read and understand. Firstly, I got to understand it’s wasn’t my fault and life could happen to anyone, I began to stop living in denial and start accepting and appreciating life.
How to manage your condition as a diabetic patient
Being diabetic can be depressing, most especially as a Nigerian, it could be buying of your insulin, to worrying about how to plan your meal, to the nature of your job etc. However, one thing you should do is accept your condition, it is very difficult for people to accept an ill health condition or whatsoever, but the truth is, we start to get better and live happily when we accept the reality of our lives, healing starts from you, from your mind.
All, i need do as a diabetic patient is to take my insulin and live a healthy live, that’s eating healthy, exercising and resting. Yes, there are times I would wish I can break the rules of eating anything I wanted, or times when I break the rules, but then I discovered i am actually being wicked to my own self and nobody else. You see, there is actually no cure right now to what causes the increase of blood sugar level, but there is way to control it, please as a Nigerian, it is better for your mental health, if you ignore the practice of traditional and native cure, it’s going to save you from a lot pains, trauma, wasting money and time, even worsening your health condition and even your faith.
As a diabetic patient, all you need is a balance of your medication, your diet, exercise and self- care.
You should take your required dose of insulin as stated by your doctor, eat as early as possible and in portions, as a diabetic patient, it is mandatory your meals should be in portions and in required nutrition, you can see a dietician to help with a meal plan. There are days, I do take rice,a cup of ice-cream and even a bottle of coke and it doesn’t affect my blood sugar, because it how well planned and I strictly follow my diet.
You should know that, in as much as too much of high blood sugar (hyperglycemia) is bad for the body, low sugar (hypoglycemia) is very terrible and dangerous too to you.
Exercise, should be part of your routine as a diabetic patient, it keeps you fit, flexible and sane. You don’t have visit the gym for this, you can get a skipping rope for skipping or decided to walk a certain distance. However, be careful as too much of exercise can drain the glucose in your blood, as exercise is done with energy, and that can lead to low blood sugar (hypoglycemia).
Then, make sure you visit or see your endocrinologist to access your body at least once in every four months. Also, you should see a therapist too, if you find yourself struggling with being diabetic, I think this is were a lot of hospital in Nigeria are getting it wrong. Therapy should be part of the healing process for every patient in Nigeria, it could be a certified therapist, or even a survivor of similar health condition, it gives patient the hope of life, not leaving the therapy job for their pastor.
Therapy should be included in the healing process for patients in Nigeria… A lot of people feel better and not alone when the talk with people who can relate with them. They trust the words of people who have gone through that phase before more than their doctors….. Please, we should know that our pastors are not therapist.
Life has so many, alternative we could choose from. It’s left for us to make our choices, we have the option of choosing life, health and happiness. At the initial years of my experience, I made the wrong choices of not accepting my reality and I was miserable, unhealthy and unhappy, but the since I accepted my reality, I have been happy and healthy. I find motivation in the fact that, death is certain for everyone, it is how or when nobody knows. Once we are born, we race against the time of death, so while we all await death, we should live our lives, smile and be happy
Cherise and appreciate every moment of your live, be happy with the few people who love and support you. Chase the dreams you can chase after and the ones you can’t, let them go, for as long as we live dreams are born everyday
