Diabetes’ unpleasant side-effects can show up unexpectedly and ruin a perfectly good occasion. While the bulk of the burden of diabetes falls on the patient, it does impact others – spouse or family members. A high blood sugar, a low blood sugar, fatigue and irritability can all require everyone to changing up meal times, activities and plans.
Diabetes Health recently ran a great column about how some spouses approach their partners when it comes to diabetes. For many spouses of diabetics, finding the right balance between helping and being overbearing is a tough one to strike.
Aiding when blood sugars are low by getting a glass of juice or glucose tablets are givens. Being the wife or husband of a diabetic surely requires a certain amount of sacrifice and service, especially during low blood sugar levels. For most, simply being supportive and listening is the key, they say. Help when help is needed but try not to overdo it.
People with diabetes often keep many aspects of the disease to ourselves as not to burden the people around us. However, spouses of people with diabetes, often feel helpless because they do not know what to do except to wait. Understanding the sacrifices and struggles that the wives and husbands of diabetic partners make is important because when one partner has the disease, both have to live with it.
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