Diabetes Awareness: Ill Wait til it Hurts
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
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How A Phony Persona Always Hurts You
How A Phony Persona Always Hurts You
'Be yourself', isn't that what you've always heard? It
certainly isn't ill advice considering what you are losing in
the long run when you adopt one of these fraudulent lives.You may ask, what's adding a little sizzle hurt any?It's not the extra energy that you bring to the table as long
as it's your true personality. It is the egregious
transformation from you knowing who you are, to a
personality that you may or may not realize is fraudulent.Whether you call it fake, phony, fraudulent, multiple
personalities or whatever, it pretty much adds up to the
same thing. It is not who you are. I know, I, not unlike
millions of others, had taken on the 'Mr. Hollywood'
whenever a situation called for it and my color changed like
a chameleon to suit my environment.Adolescents are always trying to one up each other in order
to cement themselves into an ever-changing social
structure. You may see it at the mall when a pack of
thirteen year old girls float through an area you are
shopping and their volume is much more accentuated than
that of 99% of everyone elses..It is almost as though, since everyone else is always trying
to put on their respective show to the world that if you
don't, you're afraid you won't stand out; you'll be bland
and boring. When you're not trying to impress the world
with your made up personality, you're just that regular Joe
that you or anyone else will see as unique.That mindset couldn't be farther from the truth! In fact,
when you change your fundamental persona to suit your
environment, you not only hurt yourself with a lie, but you
lie to everyone you put this on for. It may be your friends,
it may be your family or both.So what would happen if you didn't put on your plastic
face everyday? Wouldn't you be letting everyone down
who depends on that persona to entertain them, to make
their existence better? Wouldn't you be lying again by
being you because you've always been lying?This could not only ruin your social life, but possibly get
you fired because your boss may expect that outgoing
salesperson he first hired. All of a sudden, you want to be
you instead of the fantasy that's magnetic, appealing and
irresistible.I say change to be the real you, even if it does a lot of
damage. But what if you don't know who the real you is
because you're so stuck in this vacuum that breeds and
feeds fake? Then you need to do some serious "soul
searching".Ask yourself, what means most to you? Wasting precious
time being someone your not, or living your life true and
clean? To me, it's a no brainer, but to others who dislike
themselves so much, this can be one of the most daunting
tasks ever.Why is it so hard?When you're taking on this false persona, you feel more
secure because your natural persona, as you see it, is not
worthy. You've clipped its beautiful wings and kept it in a
cage so if it wanted to fly, it couldn't, due to your own
suppression.The most painful thought imaginable is that of the time
wasted. Most of the time, years can never be recouped. In
addition, if change towards your natural personality is never
achieved, your whole life just may be a lie.Not only will you gain more respect from your family and
peers, but more importantly, you will always respect
yourself no matter where life may bring you. So make the
change, and don't waste anymore life, it's definitely not
worth itHow would this look on your headstone? He lived his life
as a lie, but what a great guy.Don't be that person. It's never to late to make changes,
no matter how difficult change is. Because being true to
yourself as who you really are instead of what you think
everyone wants you to be, is absolutely the most self
empowering life you could possibly lead.Not only will you gain more respect from your family and
peers, but more importantly, you will always respect
yourself no matter where life may bring you. So make the
change, and don't waste anymore life, it's definitely not
worth it--by Brian Maloney-ValuePrep.com
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My Stomach Hurts – I Cant Go to School Today!
My Stomach Hurts - I Cant Go to School Today!
It's the third time this week that Sam has complained of a headache or Shaundra has an upset stomach. Daniel cries before leaving school and Tanya won't get out of the car upon arrival to the school parking lot. Most parents simply don't know what to do when this occurs. Does the parent insist the child go to school or allow the child to stay home and hope the problem goes away?Children often have very real reasons for not wanting to go to school. Maybe the child forgot to study for a test, had a fight with a friend, experienced an embarrassing moment, or fears a bully might be waiting on the playground. Children have not learned how to handle every situation that arises, so sometimes, avoidance seems like the best answer. Occasionally, the problems are at home: a sick parent, an impending divorce, or other stressful situations that might make a child reluctant to leave home. Even if no problem exists at home, some children continue to experience intense separation anxiety. Even though the fear is irrational, the fear is intense and very real.Stephen Garber, Ph.D., author of Good Behavior Made Easy, offers these strategies to promote school attendance:*Reassure your child.Parental support and reassurance may help a child who is overreacting or embarrassed by an awkward situation until the memory fades.*Set criteria for staying home from school.Schools set criteria for students staying home from school, for example, if a child has a temperature. If a child is sick enough to stay home, he or she should have reduced activity or no friends should visit for playtime.*Talk it up.Mark the school calendar with special events. Emphasize what your child likes about school and encourage school friendships.*Get your child to school.Define a morning routine and get through the routine quickly.*Ignore negative comments.Ignore your child's negative comments and praise positive comments he or she makes about school.*Praise and reinforce your child for attending school with a good attitude.Praise every move your child makes toward school.Disengagement StrategiesIf your child continues to experience difficulties saying good-bye, try the following suggestions.*Good-Bye PlanSeek advice from the teacher, who has had experience working through separation anxiety. Develop a good-bye plan. Parents feel less conflicted after leaving school after following what parent and teacher have both agreed as a smart good-bye plan.*RefusalIf your child refuses to get out of the car or walk into the building, talk to the teacher or other school personnel to further develop the good-bye plan. School personnel are available to meet your child at the "point of good-bye" and assist the child from the car. If no help is available, stand or sit for a few minutes. If your child is still unwilling to go after this brief time, escort your child to class. Stay calm, even if your child kicks or hits. Go through your good-bye plan as best as possible. Then leave. It is unlikely the behavior will continue for long. The audience is gone.*Emotional Button PushingChildren are masters at pushing parental emotional buttons! If your child tries to delay your departure and keep you at school by making a string of requests, "One more kiss. Come see the goldfish! Help me put up my backpack!"???.be firm! Say good-bye. Stick to your good-bye plan.*Switch GearsIf parent and child have entered an escalating cycle of anger, tears, and frustration over good-byes at school, try having someone else drop off the child. A spouse, familiar care giver, or any other adult the child knows well are all possibilities.Resist your very natural urge to overprotect your child. Parents who work with children through difficult good-byes, help children develop competence in themselves.Keep in mind most stressful good-bye behavior ends shortly after parent and child separate. Do communicate with your child's teacher regarding the length of time your child continues to cry or misbehave after your departure. The quicker your child settles down, the better the chance of changing the departure plan, if you stick the daily good-bye routine. If the teacher reports your child continues to demonstrate distress in ways that are disruptive to participation and enjoyment of the school day for themselves or other classmates, seek advice from the school on what you all, as a team, should do. In extreme cases, outside professionals might be consulted by the parents to explore any underlying medical issues or perhaps, the possibility of school phobia.Nancy Hall, author of Goodbyes, indicates some children who have never experienced good-bye problems are not immune to developing such behavior at some point. Stress can precipitate a good-bye crisis. Events such as a family change, birth of a sibling, marital difficulties, military deployment of a family member, a residential move, or an upcoming parent business trip may trigger a good-bye crisis. Such events can create anxiety in the child,Again, communicate with the teacher. When speaking with your child's teacher about home events that may affect school good-byes, you need not reveal private personal details. Share enough to provide insight to what could be causing the sudden good-bye difficulty. When a change is happening to the family, the importance of working with the school is of particular importance, should the child demonstrate sudden school-related
behavioral issues.No matter what the stress, a child's anxiety may be further reduced by a parent being more available during times when the child is not at school. Acknowledge your child's feelings. Reassure your child you will always be there for them.The majority of children feel at ease with predictable separations and confident in their own budding social and cognitive skills within the first few months of the school year. Although hard to imagine at this point, don't be surprised on some future Saturday, your now hesitant child says, "But I want to go to school today!"Sheree S. Marty has worked with elementary school children as a school counselor for the past nine years. A physical education teacher for thirteen years, Ms. Marty earned her Master degree in Counseling in 2000. Ms. Marty is the author and owner of "Chinese Jump Rope", a childrens games book and website. For more information, visit http://chinesejumprope.tripod.com