I just got home from my orthopedist and as of right now no surgery, but surgery is still a possiblity. I do not have a tore rotator cuff but I do have bone spurs. He is putting me in physical therapy 3 times a week for 6 weeks. I am wondering how the hell I am going to have time to do things. I work 6 days a week, physical therapy 3 days a week, many doctor’s appointments along with 12 hours of class. Right now I feel like I am running on empty and it is about to get worse starting next week. I am not sure how much I can be on here, but I will try to get on here. I love reading everyone elses blog so I will try to make time for here. Right now I just feel like giving up and not fighting the D or physical therapy. Some days I wonder if it would be better not to fight it anymore, but then I think of my nephew and my parents and I know I have to fight to get what I want and to be able to live long enough to see my little guy grow up. I would like to join the Diabetes 365, but to be honest with you I have no clue if I would actually have the time to do it.
I know how you feel, I can relate to that, because since I have diabetes I felt so useless, I think about it all the time… I cannot function well and other people think that you’re a less person if you have disease such as this. And since poverty is one of my problem (I cannot even see a doctor if I wanted to, because it’s kinda expensive, I don’t even have a dietitian or endo), the doctor that I’ve been seeing is our pedia (she’s the family doctor of my husband since they were kids, whose also a diabetic)… my only gadget here is blood glucose meter (it’s a gift from my brother in law), I can’t even buy a glucagon tablet or glucose gel if ever I have hypo episodes, I even havn’t check my A1C… and to add, I don’t have a job… still searching…
that’s why I got lots of questions here, I’m just getting tips from you guys that’s why I love reading your blogs as I’ve said it’s educational…
You’re luckier, you can contact your doctors anytime you want… Yes, we have to fight and be strong despite having D, for our love-ones and also for our dreams, God is good and HE wll never leave us, just hang on, we can do it…
yda1027,
sorry to hear about not being able to see a doctor and you not having a job. Give me a few days and I will see if I can find you some links of places that help diabetics with supplies and will send you and email on tudiabetes. I used to have a bunch of them saved, but I lost them in a great hard drive crash.