• How old were they when they were diagnosed with diabetes? How did they find out they had diabetes? I got it at 19 during a routine check up
• Describe the diet and activity they practice to manage their diabetes? I Avoid flours and sweet stuff and also do lots of walking and drink tons of water.
• What medication do they take (if any) to manage their diabetes? Metformin for sugar and 60cc of insulin 30/70 (30 fast acting 70 slow acting apparently)
• How often do they check their own blood sugar? Every other day (skipping 1 day)
• Describe any short-term or long-term health complications related to the diabetes that they have experienced. Loss of sight and swelling of feet (muscle/nerve system) mostly.
Discuss two things you already knew about diabetes?
Since my mom and grandparents had it my mom has checked me a couple times on my sugar level so I knew that diabetes had to do with how much sugar was …show more content…
Something we both learned is what type of diabetes she had, When I initially asked her she had told me type 2. However, when we got to the question about what medication she took, she told me she took insulin because her pancreas doesn’t produce enough insulin. Having read the end of chapter text about type 1 and type 2 diabetes. I realized she is actually a type 1 because she is more into late childhood than early adulthood and also because of the pancreas. I also learned of the genetic implication, I always thought that the reason she was worried about me getting diabetes was because we are family members in similar environments (and diets) not because genetically our family has had diabetes. Both my grandparents on my mother’s side had it and my grandma from my paternal side also had it. I however I’m not exactly sure what being a descendant from a diabetic parent means for my future (will I 100% get it or do I just need to be more careful)
What questions about diabetes do you still
• Describe the diet and activity they practice to manage their diabetes? I Avoid flours and sweet stuff and also do lots of walking and drink tons of water.
• What medication do they take (if any) to manage their diabetes? Metformin for sugar and 60cc of insulin 30/70 (30 fast acting 70 slow acting apparently)
• How often do they check their own blood sugar? Every other day (skipping 1 day)
• Describe any short-term or long-term health complications related to the diabetes that they have experienced. Loss of sight and swelling of feet (muscle/nerve system) mostly.
Discuss two things you already knew about diabetes?
Since my mom and grandparents had it my mom has checked me a couple times on my sugar level so I knew that diabetes had to do with how much sugar was …show more content…
Something we both learned is what type of diabetes she had, When I initially asked her she had told me type 2. However, when we got to the question about what medication she took, she told me she took insulin because her pancreas doesn’t produce enough insulin. Having read the end of chapter text about type 1 and type 2 diabetes. I realized she is actually a type 1 because she is more into late childhood than early adulthood and also because of the pancreas. I also learned of the genetic implication, I always thought that the reason she was worried about me getting diabetes was because we are family members in similar environments (and diets) not because genetically our family has had diabetes. Both my grandparents on my mother’s side had it and my grandma from my paternal side also had it. I however I’m not exactly sure what being a descendant from a diabetic parent means for my future (will I 100% get it or do I just need to be more careful)
What questions about diabetes do you still