The management of diabetes involves not only a lifetime of islet therapy, but also a permanent change in daily life. Diabetes care should be a combination of medical care and education so that young patients and their parents can take care of themselves and live the lives they want. You must control your diabetes and not be controlled by diabetes in turn. Once you are able to tame diabetes, you will be able to face other situations in life with ease.
In the first few days after being diagnosed with diabetes, many young patients (and their parents) will feel resentful, disappointed, and unfair: “Why me? Why my child?” This can make it impossible to truly understand. With diabetes, you need time to examine your feelings and slowly adjust to the strange situation you and your family face. During this stage, you'll find that your doctor and caregivers spend most of their time listening to how you're feeling and answering your questions before they teach you about diabetes. These are all brand new things, and you may find them very confusing. Slowly, these new knowledges will fall into place piece by piece like the pieces of a puzzle.
By the end of the second week, you should be able to understand the relationship between insulin and blood sugar. You will also find that blood sugar levels often go up and down. Even for diabetics who monitor themselves very strictly, perfect blood sugar levels are within reach. And unaskable. Parents of sick children may find that they communicate less with each other, especially if one of them has primary responsibility for caring for the sick child. The most ideal situation is that both parents should be involved in the care of their children. It is best to ask for a few days off from the company in the early stages of the illness so that there is sufficient time to concentrate on learning about child care.
Live the life you want Diabetes is a chronic disease that will affect you every day. Try to be friends with it (or at least not enemies with it) because you can't escape it and there is no cure for diabetes. If you have a simpler lifestyle, then managing diabetes may be easier. If you have become accustomed to a lifestyle that is neither regular nor predictable, it may be more difficult, although not absolutely impossible, to incorporate diabetes management.
No matter what, it's your choice how you want to live your life. Don't let diabetes dictate your lifestyle. Many people will think this way: "Now that I have diabetes, I can't do this or that, but before I got sick, I enjoyed engaging in these activities!" In fact, most activities are "allowed", as long as they are active You can continue to engage in these activities by thinking through possible scenarios beforehand. No activity is completely off-limits and we can learn by doing. Medical staff in society can develop treatment plans for your life, allowing you to live the life you want. However, it should be added that in some countries, diabetic patients are prohibited by law from engaging in certain professions, such as military personnel, police officers, or airplane pilots.
