Juvenile Diabetes Case Study

Every action of my day, every bite of food and every amount of exercise affects my health. I have had Juvenile Diabetes for thirteen years, and now I have decided to take on the task of not only managing my own health, but other’s as well. Managing my diabetes has not always been a huge struggle for me, but with the new stress of nursing school, it is becoming a balancing act between school and my own health.
My self care problems consist of trying to maintain a healthy blood sugar between 80-130 while I am under a significant amount of stress, sleep deprived, and rushed for time. The other problem I have been dealing with is how to properly manage my stress and how I let it affect my body.
Recently I have had a problem with stress induced insulin resistance. The resistance to my insulin has caused a lot of problems with my blood sugars and with my anxiety. When I

This consists of damage to my heart and blood vessels, eye damage, and foot and skin damage (Mayo, 2014). Diabetes leads to heart disease because high blood sugars over a long period of time are very damaging to the body’s cells and nerves (Mayo, 2014). Another complication of diabetes is neuropathy, which is a sensation of tingling, numbness, and burning in the fingers and toes. This damage occurs because excess sugar in the walls of blood vessels can injure the vessels and cause them to break down (Mayo, 2014).
My time bound goal relating to my stress is too continue using the new breathing techniques and journaling techniques I have learned and apply them to my every day life. By January when our next semester begins, I should have a control over my stress and know how to reduce it or avoid my anxiety. I think it is important to continue visiting my Psychologist once a month, until she feels that our meetings are no longer necessary. Reaching out to someone else about my anxiety seems like it has really helped me control the