Diabetes - Don't Let It Control You

It is vital that you don't let Diabetes control you. You need to take control of how you are going to manage this disease so that you can achieve optimum health. When first diagnosed with diabetes you go through many emotions, the main one being shock and actually accepting the fact that you have to take action on how you live your life seriously otherwise you could develop serious complications or worse it can kill you.

Some of the other emotions that you will have are:

• Denial - Most people respond to the news of their diagnosis with shock, surprise and disbelief, this couldn't possibly be happening to me, there is no family history of diabetes in the family
• Depression - This is a major problem with many people; coming to terms with the idea of having diabetes can have a huge impact on your life. Will I be able to cope with this?
• Anger - This is also a normal reaction, but you need to remember that you must talk about it so that you can lift the burden and anger yourself otherwise it will harm you and those around you. You will undoubtedly be asking yourself why me? What have I done to deserve this?

One of the most important aspects of all this is the way you think, your mind is a very powerful tool; use it to your benefit. By keeping positive thoughts about you and your situation you will be able to control diabetes so that it does not control you. This is an extremely important part of managing your diabetes, the way you think is vital. Having negative thoughts will get you nowhere.

Remaining positive is not easy but it is essential that you make this your main objective for your diabetes management plan. You will now have to change your life, but it's not that bad, once you implement the new changes into your life you will be pleasantly surprised at how easy it is and how wonderful you look and feel for all your efforts.

Taking control of diabetes can be done through a healthy nutritious well-balanced diet and regular exercise. Take a look at the type of foods that you eat now; you will more than likely need to simply modify the ingredients slightly to accommodate your diabetes. It will be important for you to keep check of what foods affect your blood glucose levels to rise so that you can avoid these foods altogether.

It is imperative that you keep reminding yourself that you can control this terrible disease called diabetes and you will achieve good health once more.