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<blockquote data-quote="hearts and roses" data-source="post: 323241" data-attributes="member: 2211"><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: teal">M is a nut and in her zeal to prove to us all that she can help my mom by putting her on a strict diet to lose weight and control her sugar, she nearly killed her instead. I don't know how M got so stupid because following my mom's heart surgery several years ago, she came equipped with some fabulous diabetic cookbooks and information. </span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: teal">So here is what I know right now: The Dr is taking her off the medications that he recently introduced to reduce her blood sugar levels. He's doing this because he is confident that my sister (M) can adjust mom's levels through diet. The Dr also commended my sister's efforts through diet, but did tell her that Mom needs her 3 meals a day plus 2-3 healthy snacks as well. He also upped the script for test strips so M can test mom's sugar 4x a day. He is also going to see about referring Mom to a dietician so that M can get better information. If M will follow through on that, I don't know. M is in agreement that we need to get mom into a nursing home, but I know she will drag her feet on it because deep down she feels like a devil doing such a thing. My entire family has such a problem with separating their personal feelings from what is best for everyone, especially my Mom in this case! They all think that I lack emotion. Not true - I just control it better. </span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: teal">Anyway, I am calling M every single night for updates and to keep prodding her to get the appointment with the dietician at least while we are arranging the papers for mom to go into the home of our choosing. It's so difficult to do all any of this from so far away! </span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hearts and roses, post: 323241, member: 2211"] [SIZE=4][COLOR=teal]M is a nut and in her zeal to prove to us all that she can help my mom by putting her on a strict diet to lose weight and control her sugar, she nearly killed her instead. I don't know how M got so stupid because following my mom's heart surgery several years ago, she came equipped with some fabulous diabetic cookbooks and information. [/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][COLOR=teal]So here is what I know right now: The Dr is taking her off the medications that he recently introduced to reduce her blood sugar levels. He's doing this because he is confident that my sister (M) can adjust mom's levels through diet. The Dr also commended my sister's efforts through diet, but did tell her that Mom needs her 3 meals a day plus 2-3 healthy snacks as well. He also upped the script for test strips so M can test mom's sugar 4x a day. He is also going to see about referring Mom to a dietician so that M can get better information. If M will follow through on that, I don't know. M is in agreement that we need to get mom into a nursing home, but I know she will drag her feet on it because deep down she feels like a devil doing such a thing. My entire family has such a problem with separating their personal feelings from what is best for everyone, especially my Mom in this case! They all think that I lack emotion. Not true - I just control it better. [/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][COLOR=teal]Anyway, I am calling M every single night for updates and to keep prodding her to get the appointment with the dietician at least while we are arranging the papers for mom to go into the home of our choosing. It's so difficult to do all any of this from so far away! [/COLOR][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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