Emotional Support Forum and Discussions

Like your very own online diabetes support group, our diabetes discussion forum connects you with others who understand the challenges of diabetes. Find emotional support for your daily challenges living with diabetes. Connect with real people and patients who know that mental and emotional health is also important to diabetes treatment.

• Need a Buddy

  I am in desperate need of a guide. My blood sugars are out of control and I believe I am sick a lot because of it. Even though after work I am always moving, I dont exercise. I need help making a food plan and getting past this depression that is causing me not to care...

  

  By splitpea922 1 Replies Latest Reply 2013-12-10 17:15:41 -0600

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• Event Closed! LIVE Event with Experts from Renowned Joslin Diabetes Center

  **Event Closed** Welcome to our first ever LIVE event! As this is our first event, we’re excited that you’re here to experience this adventure with us as we go! Our experts today are Melinda Maryniuk who is a Registered Dietitian and Director of Clinical Education Programs, and Nora Saul who is...

  

  By RachelChavez 58 Replies Latest Reply 2014-01-23 20:03:03 -0600

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• Sticky Social Situation

  My husband's best friend is a great guy and we really enjoy doing things with him. His wife, however, is another story. She's a type 2 diabetic (just like I am), but doesn't care about herself - doesn't watch her carbs, non-compliant with meds, blows off medical appointments, etc. Worse...

  

  By Gavia 14 Replies Latest Reply 2013-12-11 19:46:54 -0600

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• My job just told me to go home...

  I am newly diagnosed and I started my job two weeks ago. The second week, I had so many appointments with my diabetic counselor that I had no choice but to miss work. I could not get a doctor's note. I was told I could get it next appointment with my doctor (which will be on the 3rd of this...

  

  By dagger1234 36 Replies Latest Reply 2013-12-11 20:03:28 -0600

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• Type 2 diabetes, high BP and high Chol. and BMI in NORMAL range!!!

  Sometimes I feel a little overwhelmed by all that has happened in less then a month. I have been dx with type 2 when I got so sick I thought I was gonna barf and pass out. I'm on 2 meds for the high BG which was increased and I am, as of today, on an ACE inhibitor for high blood pressure and the...

  

  By LadyLouAnn 9 Replies Latest Reply 2013-12-06 15:29:22 -0600

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• My husband is Type 2 and I'm new here

  My husband is Type 2 since 1997. We've been married since 2006. He's never been one to control his diabetes, and I didn't want to be that newlywed wife that was a nag. Maybe I should have because this past June my husband suffered Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA). I had returned home from grocery...

  

  By Indiana_Julie 12 Replies Latest Reply 2013-12-06 12:40:05 -0600

  Tags: stress type 2 diabetes diabetes complications emotional support

• How do you get over all this and move forward?

  Hey I wasn't on here in awhile... I am doing really good physically but mentally I'm not n I need some advise .. I had a miscarriage that I'm not completely over. My father put me in the middle of him cheating on my mother after being married he leaves her for this woman that I thought was there...

  

  By melissa1987 4 Replies Latest Reply 2013-12-09 22:12:06 -0600

  Tags: stress type 1 diabetes emotional support

• I feel like I'm starving myself.... hungry all the time.

  I'm rather new at this diabetic diet, watching carbs and what not. I feel like I'm starving myself because I constantly feel hungry. I'm an emotional eater which caused me to have high blood sugars and out of control diabetes.... kind of frustrated. Any suggestions on foods that make you feel...

  

  By KimberRae72 6 Replies Latest Reply 2013-12-07 23:01:41 -0600

  Tags: type 2 diabetes emotional support

• Gotta Keep My head Up

  So I've been extremely stressed out since Saturday. I have a service dog i've had for a year who's helped me with alerting me when my sugars get too high and when their dropping too low. Well my landlord is wanting me to produce a paper where he was prescribed to me. He wasn't prescribed but...

  

  By Survivor7311 8 Replies Latest Reply 2013-12-06 18:55:05 -0600

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• Blood sugar fluctuations..... have no clue....

  Yesterday I had a great day of blood sugars, today I woke with a blood sugar of 147, by lunch time it was 189, all that I ate for breakfast was half a banana. This is very frustrating after such a great day yesterday. I'm new at this diabetes management, and I don't want to get burnt out when I'm...

  

  By KimberRae72 4 Replies Latest Reply 2013-12-02 21:43:49 -0600

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• Diabetes and Denial

  I have been in denial for a long time about my type 1 diabetes, hence, it has gone untreated until a trip to the ER and lab results were my wake up call. That was a week ago. I've been doing what the Dr. tells me, taking my insulin, checking my blood sugar, blood pressure (I have bad...

  

  By KimberRae72 6 Replies Latest Reply 2013-12-03 08:41:53 -0600

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• Joy

  Had waking blood sugar of 130 this morning. It was the lowest it's been in YEARS. Had a banana and 8 oz. of milk for breakfast. Last night we had BBQ'd burgers with whole wheat buns. It's a whole new life with dealing with my carb addiction. I'm so thankful for sites like this that I can come and...

  

  By KimberRae72 2 Replies Latest Reply 2014-12-30 17:21:45 -0600

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• BURNOUT.. I'm disgusted....

  I'm wondering, if anyone out there would care to discuss this a little, I have been trying to come to some kind of realistic term in my head for these emotions, basically, I'm tired of checking my blood 8-10 times a day, have not been working out, sticking with safe foods, and boy I'm angry..

  

  By Chrissy1982 12 Replies Latest Reply 2013-11-26 23:52:27 -0600

  Tags: emotional support type 1 diabetes burnout

• newly diagnosed and nervous

  ok, i just got diagnosed type 2 on the 18 of nov. they have me on a med, checking my blood once a day, and just watching my carbs until i see the dietitian on dec2. so does this mean i can eat normally since Thanksgiving is tomorrow? or should i stay away from certain things? just a side...

  

  By cupcake queen 9 Replies Latest Reply 2013-12-03 19:54:14 -0600

  Tags: newly diagnosed stress type 2 diabetes emotional support

• Happy Thanksgiving to y'all wonderful folks At DC!

  Go ahead, and enjoy a wonderful Thanksgiving!

  

  By jigsaw 7 Replies Latest Reply 2013-11-28 17:56:42 -0600

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• surviving

  Hi this is a true story my name is Belinda I was here a while back I had todearfriends hear maze and Harlem they have heard from me in a while because I was in the hospital and rehabilitation. You see I could breath so the first time I stayed in the hospital for a month they wanted to pull the...

  

  By lucia57 1 Replies Latest Reply 2013-11-28 17:52:16 -0600

  Tags: stress blood sugar type 2 diabetes diabetes diet emotional support