Help

Hi everyone. I have missed being on the computer lately. I haven’t had a chance to talk to anyone. I was doing so well with my diet and taking my meds on time, and a few things have come up that threw me for a loop, and all of my efforts seem to have fallen by the wayside.
Family situations have called me from home a lot lately, and the stress level around here is awful. My hubby and I have so much going on with our own kids and we want to enjoy that. I have the habit of saying yes every time someone wants my help, and how can I change that and make people understand that I can’t do everything. Between MS and Diabetes and all of my meds, life is a little frantic anyway.
Now, I need to start at square one with my diet and everything, and that really doesn’t feel good at all.

Hi Joan,

It is such a struggle as I am going through a lot right now as well, but I keep testing my bloodsugar and keep up fairly well with my diet, but the one thing for me with stress is I don’t feel like eating, so that is good for my diabetes as moderation is key, oooo how ironic is that.

If your bloodsugar is in check, that will help all your other stresses.

I cannot imagine handling the double whamie of MS as well.

Hope things improve for all of us and remember this, you cannot fix everything, you cannot take on the world. Focus right now on you and your kids and husband.

I know how hard that is to do as I am being pulled by elderly parents, and siblings that are struggling.

Hi Karen,

I went to the Dr. on Wednesday and had my a1c checked because I thought I was doing so poorly. Yesterday she called and said mine was at 6.0, which is not bad for me.
That made me feel a lot better. The stress, however, is another story. I have a sister who is a little mentally disabled. She married a man who is a little worse than she is. They just had a baby boy. He’s a cutie, but they need a lot of help with the every day care of him. The rest of my family has nothing to do with her, and my Mom died 2 years ago, and I think she always expected me to take care of her. It’s hard because we have so much going on with our own kids. I’ll have to figure something out that works for all of us.
So, I guess I better stay on track, and keep me healthy. Thanks for your wisdom!
Joan