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A new normal that's very difficult

My sister has had unstable diabetes for many years. Her body is so sensitive to insulin she can never fully take what her body needs. So her sugars stay high. After years of it, she's developed neuropathy in her feet. It's AWFUL. Numb, horrible pain too. She can barely walk..she's my best friend so to see her health decline is so hard. We occasionally go to a store together like we used to, but I now push her in a wheelchair.

My heart just hurts so much seeing a vibrant person like this. And the harrowing part? Neuropathy rarely improves, nerves die and the numbness is all encompassing. People on her forum say they want and hope to die, it's so debilitating.
All we can hope for is her doctor to admit her to the hospital to go on an insulin drip occasionally, to bring her sugars down...but we have not had the OK yet.
I just wish things could be as they were years ago when we did lots of things together. It's so unfair, she's such a wonderful person 😟
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Muthafukajones · 46-50, M
Not the same as diabetes but I had a gf I loved very much who was in a car accident. She developed nerve damage that made her angry and bitter and impossible to be around most of the time. It ended. I still feel badly for her. She messages me sometimes but she suffers still. It profoundly changed the person she was.
Baybreeze · 41-45, F
@Muthafukajones There's a woman on her Neuropathy forum that said she's had cancer, and neuropathy, and neuropathy is worse..😢 so it's a awful condition. I'm sorry she went through that,🌼
NocturnalTide · 46-50, M
@Muthafukajones A shame to hear how that ended for you and her. I have experienced firsthand that trauma and intense physical pain often do change one's personality. Living with a recurring condition or ailment day after day eats away at them and, sad to say, often makes them so unhappy they are difficult to be around. Such pain is hard to handle.
NocturnalTide · 46-50, M
My heart hurts at this news too. How unfortunate. I wish your sister could get relief or treatment that would help her overcome this diabetic neuropathy. To remember what she once did and enjoyed makes it hard for you both. Thoughts and prayers. Wish there were a solution.
Banksy83 · 41-45, M
Whats her name.

 
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