Anthology 2

One of the fastest growing chronic conditions in Australia is diabetes. About 85% represents Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and is still rising in prevalence (Diabetes Australia, 2015). In managing this condition, the focus is to control the blood glucose levels to the normal range as possible in order to prevent further complications. Though, controlling this problem is immensely demanding for individuals with Down syndrome and an intellectual disability (ID). This essay will analyse the…

alarming rise in diabetes. Zimmet, Alberti, & Shaw (2001) states, “Most cases will be of type 2 diabetes, which is strongly associated with a sedentary lifestyle and obesity. This trend of increasing prevalence of diabetes and obesity has already imposed a huge burden on health-care systems and this will continue to increase in the future,” (p. 783). These implications have also led to the emergence of type 2 diabetes in…

When one goes to the doctor for a check-up and the doctor tells them he’s going to have to update them on their shots, how does one feel? Does one like getting shots? Imagine having to give oneself shots once a day, twice a day, up to or beyond ten times a day. For diabetics the shots, and pricks, it’s all real. For a diabetic they don’t have to imagine it because it’s what they do every day in order to live. For them it’s their way of life. Diabetes is a serious disease that affects other body…

Recently, I had a learning experience from my internship that will help me even more in my pursuit in the field of social work. The day that this event occurred it helped me be able to be the teacher rather than the student to my intern advisors. Being that Voyage house is a support program for clients, we help to provide them with the necessities of food and household items from those that have no income. Therefore, we take them to Walmart and give them a budget that they are able to work with…

dietary needs and my family history about diabetic. My uncle has been type 1 diabetes since 1985 and my mother has been type 2 diabetes since 2012. I don 't know exactly the cause of my mother because she always eats various vegetables such as capsicum, carrot, spinach, lettuce, onion, garlic, etc and has exercises every day over about 2 hours. I know the causes of type 2 diabetes which are insufficient exercise and excessive eating meats. She has no reason that she has been diabetes. Diabetes…

gone with him through all of the tough time in life. Instead of telling the reader its meaning obviously, the author makes the readers to keep thinking more and more about this interesting symbolism. Baca also uses repetition “ My loneliness” (line 2), and “My leathery loneliness” (line 3) to emphasize for the main symbolism, his old work boots. This pair of boots is the object that remains by his side and contains many happy memories. By the use of narration, Baca has vividly portrayed the…

up the lack of alternatives by stating, "Drive down any thoroughfare in America, and I guarantee you 'll see one of our country 's more than 13,000 McDonald 's restaurants. Now, drive back up the block and try to find someplace to buy a grapefruit" (2). There 's only two choices to pick; it 's either to search far and wide or go to the McDonald 's around the corner to get a cheap meal. Zinczenko addressed these rhetorical appeals to create a connection with the…

and complications that lead to dangerous infections and the need for amputation. Type-2 diabetes leads to adult blindness in many (citation). Increased blood glucose levels lead to complications and damage to vessels, veins and arteries throughout the body. Type-2 diabetes is frequently treated with oral medications such as metformin. Medicine however, is not the only treatment for diabetes. Mild cases of type-2 diabetes can be controlled, and at times even reversed, with changes in diet and…

Type 2 diabetes is a chronic disease, and happens to be the most popular type of diabetes. In fact, 95% of people with diabetes have type 2 (ADA). This specific type of diabetes is not one people tend to live with for their whole life. It was formally called adult-onset diabetes because it tends to start affecting people over the age of 40 (ADA). Unlike people with Type 1 diabetes, people with Type 2 do produce insulin. In a cell, there is a special protein, called a receptor, that binds to…

found out that he was diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes. He was in shock when he heard this news and could not believe it. The second stage is denial. This is the stage I feel like my dad is currently still in. He is trying to avoid the inevitable of being diabetic. The other five stages have yet to be experienced or expressed by my…