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Hi Christina, its great that you have the confidence to write and share with others how you feel - very brave. Any disease we suffer, especially at a young age, seems unfair and I don't blame how you feel but I have a dear cousin who was diagnosed...
Join this group if have diabetes and you live somewhere in Australia, New Zealand or elsewhere in the Pacific (Administrator: Trunkles).
Profile Information
- Hometown (where you come from):
- Queensland, Australia
- Do you have diabetes?
- I have a relative/friend with diabetes
- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
- Type of treatment you use
- Oral, Diet and Exercise
- What do you expect from TuDiabetes?
- I would like to be able to learn and to ask - support is what I need. I would like to find ways of helping my husband (60) who has type 2 deal with changes in his life. Sometimes he gives up - other times he takes 100% responsibility. I dont want to see him slide. I treasure our life and time together and want him around for many years to come.
- How did you find out about us? What were you searching for?
- By searching Ning. To understand how NIng works and what it offers.
- Who referred you? (if anyone)
- Nobody
- What do you do for a living?
- Part time administration work and part time mature-aged uni student.
A little bit about us
My husband and I live in the state of Queensland, Australia close to our families. Unfortunately we do not have children of our own but treat our nieces and nephews as if they were to the point they forget and call us 'mum' or 'dad'. We have worked together since the day we met (1983) and have been married since 1985.
Our priorities are our families and spending quality time with them as well as with each other - you see working together and living together and holidaying together can be overwhelming (for some) but we seem to cope (so far).
We took up sailing and finally saved up enough to buy our own little sailing boat (our pride and joy - our escape where nobody can catch us - except for the mobile, email and dicussion boards...thanks to my husband having rigged the boat to be totally in communications with the outside world.
We work all over Australia as and when projects are thrown our way but as we get older we tend to want to stay closer to our nieces and nephews for fear of missing out on their lives and experiences as they grow.
After 26 fun-filled, food-filled years we are starting to show signs of our excessive lifestyle (i.e. too many family dinners; get togethers and reuionons with friends and not a lot of exercise for one reason or another -- there has always been a reason in there somewhere).
Now, at 50 and 60 we hope it is not too late to get our act together or at least learn to live and treat our bodies with a little more kindness and respect. We still love our food and socialising of course, but things are starting to change for the better.
I am thankful for an online community such as this one where I can immerse myself in so much information, support and new ways of dealing with Type 2 diabetes. Thank you to those of you who have chosen (or accepted) to be my friend or have welcomed me here. :) Liz
Our priorities are our families and spending quality time with them as well as with each other - you see working together and living together and holidaying together can be overwhelming (for some) but we seem to cope (so far).
We took up sailing and finally saved up enough to buy our own little sailing boat (our pride and joy - our escape where nobody can catch us - except for the mobile, email and dicussion boards...thanks to my husband having rigged the boat to be totally in communications with the outside world.
We work all over Australia as and when projects are thrown our way but as we get older we tend to want to stay closer to our nieces and nephews for fear of missing out on their lives and experiences as they grow.
After 26 fun-filled, food-filled years we are starting to show signs of our excessive lifestyle (i.e. too many family dinners; get togethers and reuionons with friends and not a lot of exercise for one reason or another -- there has always been a reason in there somewhere).
Now, at 50 and 60 we hope it is not too late to get our act together or at least learn to live and treat our bodies with a little more kindness and respect. We still love our food and socialising of course, but things are starting to change for the better.
I am thankful for an online community such as this one where I can immerse myself in so much information, support and new ways of dealing with Type 2 diabetes. Thank you to those of you who have chosen (or accepted) to be my friend or have welcomed me here. :) Liz
Comment Wall (8 comments)
- At 5:18pm on June 18, 2009,
Christina said…
- At 7:02pm on June 10, 2009,
Christina said…
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- At 4:24pm on May 27, 2009,
Christina said…
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- At 4:23am on May 25, 2009,
Sohair Abdel-Rahman said… - Thanks my dear for adding me as a friend,honoured to be..
- At 9:40am on May 24, 2009,
Christina said…
- Hello Liz
Welcome to tudiabetes =]
Glad to have you with us
- At 7:43am on May 24, 2009,
clarence haynes said… - Greetings from TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA, where INSULIN was discovered by BANTING & BEST, JULY 30 1921. I am going to be your friend to help you let your husband know that he is SPECIAL and GOD has a purpose for him. I was clinically dead, in 1977, with a BG of 880,with my 'second chance" have been a ROLE MODEL to over 40.000 and as a 91 computer rookie, have found a way to mentor to diabetics,worldwide, and as a LION CLUB member since 1972 is using this organization to help diabetics deal properly with their 'silent killer'. Have agood diabetes team( diabetic specialist,dietitan, podiatrist, social worker, pharmacist), Listen to your BODY, it tells you when to eat, what to eat, snack EXERCISE, rest, sleep. Wear a MEDIC-ALERT bracelet, it can SPEAK for you when you cannot speak in case of emergency, Have a DIABETIC BUDDY, someone your in contact with EVERYDAY, they could save your LIFE. Why dont you start up a diabetes support group with your local LIONS CLUB? By taking care of diabetes, your husband can be a ROLEMODEL, ashing example to prove taking care of yourself is the ONLY WAY. I am asking insulin-users,worldwide to call 5 DIABETICS, and join me, in silence, JULY 30 INSULIN APPRECIATION DAY, to give THANKS FOR INSULIN, giving hundreds of millions of US a chance to live healthy lifestyle and productive lives TODAY. Check out www.restorethebantinghomestead.com and see why AMIGOS will be selling BLUE ROSES,on JULY 30. The AMIGOS use this flower for its meaning,'ATTAINING THE IMPOSSIBLE' our mission and motto. . I am sending both of you an AMIGOHUG, and if you look back,you are going in the WRONG DIRECTION. clarence.haynes@sympatico.ca
- At 10:40pm on May 23, 2009,
Sohair Abdel-Rahman said…
Wish you & your husband a long happy healthy life together
- At 9:22pm on May 23, 2009,
tracy said… - Liz - welcome to Tudiabetes - it's great to have you join us!
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