A friend in distress

maskedangel SG

Peeps, tell me what i should do. ..
my best buddy's gal had diabetes. . she's only 17.
dunno exactly wads her condition, but i heard tad she inherit it through the genes.

My friens has been emotionally stress, and being a friend, i wanna help him alot, but im afraid the issue maybe too sensitive for him.

wad can i do?

ani1 noes about diabetes?

early stage/late stage, anyone got info?

JerryYan SG

My hubby got diabetes & we also can't be bother *treat it like normal flu* Embarassed
Don't have to get so anxious over that *it's common nowaday* Laughing

twiggies SG

to love and be loved

Arena SG

i think the condition can be reversed 1 right?
eat healthy, live healthy, exercise more

dumbdumb! SG

there're 2 types of diabeties i think.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diabeties#Signs_and_symptoms

caleb_chiang SG

if wanna help... go financially lor... Rolling Eyes

but is it a he or she?

Jezmeister SG

no. but that said I know more people with it than I could shake a stick at and i couldn't say it really bothers any of them. it's usually a pretty easily managable condition (type 2, being the most common) it just requires getting into the habit of checking blood sugar levels regularly and having some insulin (and often something sugarry) around at all times just in case. but you can't 'cure' diabetes. (not yet anyway, I think there's a few clinical tests going on re using gene therapy to treat type 1 though but that's at least 20 or 30 years away from being in general use)

anyway if it's getting to your friend a lot I think the key is to make sure she/he really knows about it, usually it's not that scary it just requires a few changes to daily life to manage it but if you leave the words 'chronic disease' hanging in the air it'll probably seem a lot nastier than it has to Smile

seotiblizzard SG

u say leh? Laughing

BeautifulBetty SG

We are doctors ah? Rolling Eyes

maskedangel SG

Rolling Eyes
dunno how to read?
i said my best buddy's girl.

wad do u tink?

maskedangel SG

There's people with knowledge here, and u're definitely not one of them.

if u got nothing better to say, den F off la.

Go get ur post count somewhere else. Rolling Eyes

maskedangel SG

I wanna thank the others who shared their knowledge/experience regarding the topic of discussion. .

It certainly made me feel better, and i roughly know what to say to him liao.

Guess the only thing now is for him to accept it den. .

Cool-gal SG

TS, just ignore those insensitive replies la..
i think u cant reli help much, except to lend a listening ear and advicing lips.
may god bless her..
too young to contract such illness.
haiz...
just take extremely care on her diet ba..

maskedangel SG

yeah, guess so. .

thnks aniwae for taking ur time Smile

aiglosicicle SG

although diabetes is one of the most common and fatal dieseases around it is actually the easiest to cure. the only problem is most diabetics dont bother. a healthy diet and regular exercise is enough to fight diabetes. both my parents are diabetic, its only a matter of time before i become one myself but i’m not taking any chances.

Jezmeister SG

minimising it's effects and symptoms is not curing it.