Diabetes-Support -- A support forum for people living with diabetes.
About Diabetes-Support	English (USA)
Diabetes Support has been set up to provide support, information and a discussion forum for people and families living with diabetes in the UK, to help them to manage and lead a normal active life. Support groups turn life around wonderfully. They take diabetes, or other illnesses, or trying experiences that usually leave people feeling frustrated, depressed, and isolated--and turn them into the only criteria for membership. In this powerful way, people can come together with dignity, compassion, and co-operation to lighten the burdens of disease, disability, bereavement--whatever. The results are better information about surviving the situation, and healing--not just of the mind--but of the body as well. Diabetes is also a tricky disease. Even after people have lived with it for years, there are ups and downs. It's easy to feel cheated when you've done everything you should - test, exercise, and eat well - but blood glucose still veers out of control. And the disease is an unforgiving taskmaster. You can do everything right for years, then slip up just momentarily and suffer severe hypoglycaemia, a potentially life-threatening complication. Support groups help diabetics take the many challenges they face in strike. They enhance self-awareness and help pinpoint your danger zones. Members may ask how you take care of yourself when stressed. Do you overeat, drink extra alcohol or zone out in front of the TV? Best of all, support groups can provide important information and self-care tips to help you create your own individualised diabetes management plan. Are you better off with a flexible or structured lifestyle? Do you have the fortitude to ask your friends to wait while you test? The camaraderie, laughter, and back-and-forth bantering support groups encourage help banishes feelings of isolation. When you ask, "Has anyone every felt--?" Or, "Has this ever happened to you?" The answer is almost invariable "Yes." Support groups legitimise members' feelings and experiences. They provide a welcome framework for coping. Since the helper and beneficiary are peers, everyone can be both. This exchange of support has a special meaning, and some believe it's therapeutic in itself. To see the collection of prior postings to the list, visit the Diabetes-Support Archives. (The current archive is only available to the list members.)
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