Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Working full-time, taking care of your family and your home, and being a good spouse seem like a pretty full life, right? But throw in type 1 diabetes and you'll begin to wonder how on earth you can squeeze in such a finicky, not to mention dangerous, chronic illness. It seems there aren't possibly enough hours in the day to be on top of it all. In the past I've been extremely guilty of putting myself last when life got crazy.
I'd be willing to bet I'm not the only one.
For example, there were a good four years or so when my teenage son, who was addicted to drugs, lived with us and brought as much drama as a heart-wrenching daytime soap opera to our household. For those four years his father and I barely slept. We had constant worry as he would ignore our phone calls and go missing for hours, sometimes even days. He didn't attend his high school classes or help around the house, and the lies kept coming.
http://diabeteshealth.com/read/2013/03/02/7798/trying-to-put-ourselves-first/
I'd be willing to bet I'm not the only one.
For example, there were a good four years or so when my teenage son, who was addicted to drugs, lived with us and brought as much drama as a heart-wrenching daytime soap opera to our household. For those four years his father and I barely slept. We had constant worry as he would ignore our phone calls and go missing for hours, sometimes even days. He didn't attend his high school classes or help around the house, and the lies kept coming.
http://diabeteshealth.com/read/2013/03/02/7798/trying-to-put-ourselves-first/
