StephieAck
I know Ive changed!
...is having it rough right now.
He has been depressed about his weight for quite some time now and I do my best to support him in every way that I can, but he does very long and very irregular shifts and struggles to make good decisions etc about his weight, diet etc
Anyway, he was being monitored because of his blood pressure, the nurse today said that whilst its higher than it could be, its not sufficiently high often enough to truly worry about it, so she will check it again in a months time. When we were there he mentioned whether or not they wanted to do a health check blood screening and she said no but offered to do a finger stick blood check for his sugar levels, he was about to say no and I talked him into it. Im kind of glad I did now as it came out as 8.5.
That isnt mega high but its higher than it should be for a non diabetic and so this has prompted her to request a full blood screen to check his health out, which will include a fasting blood level. He looked truly horrified at the thought that he may be starting to develop diabetes or a tendancy towards it, he said he isnt very suprised but I think he is, he has been down all afternoon since we left the nurse.
He's in work now and sent me a message by text apologising for...in his words..."letting myself become a great big fatty"...breaks my heart it really does, I have assured him that there is nothing to apologise for and that I am going to support and help him in every way possible.
It is a very strange situation because over the last few years I was the one that needed help, I was diabetic, huge and he enjoyed good health (except sleep apnoea and arthritis in his knees..the latter being genetic) and now it is all reversed, I enjoy good health and he is in the shoes that I was in...or he might be if further tests prove him to be diabetic...which I truly hope that they dont.
Due to his shift patterns he cant actually have his tests for another two weeks or so, I will be doing my utmost to support him and help him to make big changes in that time.
He has seen what surgery has given to me and I think he would consider it to, but he said earlier "I love food"...meaning that if he had surgery that relationship would have to change and he also said "so much can go wrong"...no matter how well it went for me it still scares me. I do truly think its an option for him, he is the classic weight loss surgery candidate, but if he doesnt want it then I wont press it on him, I will do everything in my power to get him eating better (he sorts himself out mostly) and if I have to get up extra early or stay up extra late to get him out exercising then I will. Its hard though as he works lonnnng hours and deserves to rest.
I wish he wasnt going through this.
So, its my turn to pay it forward...its just much closer to home than I expected it to be.
Steph xx
He has been depressed about his weight for quite some time now and I do my best to support him in every way that I can, but he does very long and very irregular shifts and struggles to make good decisions etc about his weight, diet etc
Anyway, he was being monitored because of his blood pressure, the nurse today said that whilst its higher than it could be, its not sufficiently high often enough to truly worry about it, so she will check it again in a months time. When we were there he mentioned whether or not they wanted to do a health check blood screening and she said no but offered to do a finger stick blood check for his sugar levels, he was about to say no and I talked him into it. Im kind of glad I did now as it came out as 8.5.
That isnt mega high but its higher than it should be for a non diabetic and so this has prompted her to request a full blood screen to check his health out, which will include a fasting blood level. He looked truly horrified at the thought that he may be starting to develop diabetes or a tendancy towards it, he said he isnt very suprised but I think he is, he has been down all afternoon since we left the nurse.
He's in work now and sent me a message by text apologising for...in his words..."letting myself become a great big fatty"...breaks my heart it really does, I have assured him that there is nothing to apologise for and that I am going to support and help him in every way possible.
It is a very strange situation because over the last few years I was the one that needed help, I was diabetic, huge and he enjoyed good health (except sleep apnoea and arthritis in his knees..the latter being genetic) and now it is all reversed, I enjoy good health and he is in the shoes that I was in...or he might be if further tests prove him to be diabetic...which I truly hope that they dont.
Due to his shift patterns he cant actually have his tests for another two weeks or so, I will be doing my utmost to support him and help him to make big changes in that time.
He has seen what surgery has given to me and I think he would consider it to, but he said earlier "I love food"...meaning that if he had surgery that relationship would have to change and he also said "so much can go wrong"...no matter how well it went for me it still scares me. I do truly think its an option for him, he is the classic weight loss surgery candidate, but if he doesnt want it then I wont press it on him, I will do everything in my power to get him eating better (he sorts himself out mostly) and if I have to get up extra early or stay up extra late to get him out exercising then I will. Its hard though as he works lonnnng hours and deserves to rest.
I wish he wasnt going through this.
So, its my turn to pay it forward...its just much closer to home than I expected it to be.
Steph xx
