how can i convince my diabetic wife to take her insulin?!
Question: Beautiful overweight 38 year old woman, depressed, seeing therapist, smokes, drinks soda, doesn't eat right, what can i do to get her to do the right things?
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I would say- once she starts losing her toes due to gangrene onset by diabetic poor circuation- she will be convinced to do so. However, sadly, I watched just this very thing happen to a diabetic aunt. First one toe, then two, then half her foot, then her lower leg. She still refused to change her ways. Can you consult with your wife's therapist about this? It is a good thing she is seeing one. Perhaps she is lying to the therapist about her dangerous resistance to eating a diet apporpirate for a diabetic. I really like the Sugar-Buster's program. They have great cookbooks that reinterpret classic foods, in a more nutritious way.
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start looking into life insurance and grave plots. and ask her where she wants to get buried. when she asks why tell her that you are just preparing as she is killing herself and you just want to be prepared.
well tell her the truth about what will happen if she dosn't. which is she will slip into a comma and she may or may not come out of it.
You can't do anything -- unfortunately.
Self-destructive behavior (whether it's an addiction, or something like this) begins and ends with the individual.
Hopefully your wife will realize the terrible price she, and the people who love her, are going to pay for her behavior before it's too late.
She most likely knows the outcome of her ways, but maybe if she were to be around a diabetic support group it would help her see that she can control it rather than let it go. It's not the end of the world and she may just need some shock treatment to get her on track. The depression is probably the hardest thing for her to deal with, making her feel like not fighting. Either get her around diabetics that are doing great and dealing with it, or the opposite, the ones that didn't take care of themselves and are rotting away just because of it.
Ask her what kind of flowers she would like at her funeral! Tell her the damn truth.if she doesn't change her ways and FAST she will end up in the local cemetery a lot sooner than what she should! Get a doctor's help if needed but GET HER HELP!
tell her how much you love her despite of what she is by now. that she needs to do the right thing not for herself but for you, for your kids and the family. that it would be painful for you to see her not doing the right thing, that may led to killing herself. just show how you still valued her and how you loved her. she'd realize it soon. and pray.
1) Tell her the importance of life for the future of your
childrens
2) Make her happy(Don't make her Depressed)
All power is wihin you; you can do anything and everything. Believe in that, do not believe that you are weak. Standup and express the divinity within you.
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