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Diabetes Awareness: Ill Wait til it Hurts
By the time many type 2 diabetics (and often their doctors)
realize action is necessary, the disease, with its destructive
high blood sugars, has been silently damaging their body for
years.
Complications to the blood vessels and tissues of your eyes,
feet, heart, kidneys, and other organs, are likely well
underway.
You visit the doctor because you feel bad, and you wish to
feel better. You react to the symptoms of perceived illness. This
is understandable, but does not allow much room for prevention or
early detection of diabetes.
Of course this idea, "Don't see the doctor 'til it hurts,"
comes from our "busier-then-ever" lifestyles. But to blame, to
point fingers after the damage has started is as pointless as is
the leaping bungee-jumper's complaint that his equipment has just
failed. It's a little late to talk about why. Some problems are
better prevented.
If you have type 2 diabetes, you know most of the time you
don't feel very bad. You might think that because you don't feel
very bad, it isn't very serious, and you don't have to do
anything about it just now. "I'll wait 'til it hurts" ...You
couldn't be more wrong.
Diabetes damages your body with high blood sugars. It doesn't
care whether your sugars are high from type 2, type 1, or some
other cause - if they're up, they're doing damage. Type 2
diabetics who let their sugars run "because they don't feel bad"
are doing serious damage to their eyes, kidneys, hearts, and
nervous systems.
Suppose you have diabetes, and don't want the complications.
Suppose you don't know you have diabetes, but you're from a
high-risk group (maybe someone in your family has or had
diabetes), and you want to cut the risks. Or, suppose you just
want to feel better.
It's all the same - Your early detection, education, and
prevention work best.
Don't wait 'til it hurts. Ask your doctor about diabetes and
have your blood sugar checked several times a year.
For more information about diabetes, including a Diabetes Quiz
and a Free booklet, visit our website at:
http://hope4diabetes.com/info
This 20 page FREE booklet will provide you with in-depth
information on comprehensive diabetes care. The 7 principles, or
steps, will help you to understand, manage and diagnose your
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It could help you live a longer and more active life. The
booklet is Yours absolutely FREE - No Risk! Share it NOW with the
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David Anderson Freelance healthwriter at Hope4Diabetes.com
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