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What Does it Mean to Be Diabetic?
(Part four of four)
By
Don Mario Ramos, C.ht.**
Jeanine Austin, Ph.d.
© 2009

When someone is diagnosed with diabetes it certainly means that there will be a change in the diabetic’s life and this change will also impact those around them.

Diabetes certainly is a way of life. A diabetic will need to become vigilant about their health and any vicissitudes that occur in their health.

“Diabetics can strongly benefit from being very organized” says Don Mario Ramos. “Their life is dependant on it. They need to be very structured in terms of the food they eat, when they eat and the provision and management of insulin.”

Because diabetes is a chronic condition, it will be important for the diabetic to be surrounded by people who understand the demands of diabetes.

“Rather than focusing on disease and limitation, it has been most helpful for me to be surrounded by those who share my enthusiasm for healthy eating and healthy living” says Don Mario Ramos. “As a child, it was pivotal for me to attend a diabetic camp where others had an emphasis on optimal living for those with diabetes.”

Initially when first diagnosed, a diabetic may feel depressed and hopeless. It is important to know that there are many people who have diabetes who live optimally such as the television and film actress Mary Tyler Moore and wise Latina U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor.

Don Mario Ramos observes “It is fundamentally important to offer hope to the diabetic and their family".

**When I, Jeanine Austin, was asked to write a four part series on diabetes, I knew I would contact Don Mario Ramos, the well respected and talented hypnotherapist and life coach for men and who happens also to have Diabetes 1. The following article is based on a dialogue we had about what it means to be diabetic.
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(c) 2009 Jeanine Marie Austin, Ph.D. and Don Mario Ramos, C.ht. (562) 686-4927
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