What does a Monday,Wednesday and Friday means to my mum? It is dialysis day when she has to endure the routine of dialysis process at the Normah Hospital for this what befalls most diabetics..a strict routine.
Diabetics is aptly viewed as a silent killer,it's not like cancer or a heart attack.
Diabetics eats into you, you noticed that you are a diabetic when suddenly the frequency of visits to the toilet has increased, ants seemed to be in abundance at the toilet boil.
I admired her endurance in facing this demoralising but life saving routine, a routine that can left one's in depressive mood as sometimes the body just cant take it.
For a diabetic the early signs sometimes is not easily detected and this spells more why we must have routine check ups. Once you are diagnosed as one, it will start with the usual dosage of pills and later insulin and finally as the ravages of diabetics take its toll, one will then be confined to a dialysis machine on a routine basis.
I wrote earlier in this blog, "my mum and her important nothings" and it did surprise me when the local paper ,the Borneo Post published it..it's not a publicity stunt but it is my honest rendition of my feelings and views as i see my mum slowly ailing and fading away as the ravages of diabetic takes its toll.
The eyes slowly failing, the minor wounds becoming life threatening even and the "yo yo" blood pressure and sugar levels makes her one moment happy and one moment sad and depressed.
Her sufferings is a constant reminder to me that diabetics is indeed a silent killer and one must do one's calling in having the self discipline to control the body's sugar level and adopt a healthy life style.
Why did i say that?
Because i am also a diabetic(even at early stage ..) but this will be another story to tell.
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