{"id":74195,"date":"2009-12-10T02:39:20","date_gmt":"2009-12-10T07:39:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.diabetesforums.com\/forum\/dieting-and-nutrition-diabetes\/46541-advice-my-father-dealing.html"},"modified":"2009-12-10T02:39:20","modified_gmt":"2009-12-10T07:39:20","slug":"advice-for-my-father-dealing-with-type-2-please-help-me-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/74195","title":{"rendered":"Advice For My Father Dealing With Type 2 (Please Help Me Out?)"},"content":{"rendered":"
Hello there everyone! I am writing out a big first post here on behalf of my father in order to help him out with some things. I am 19 myself, and he is in his 50’s.<\/p>\n

All when I was growing up I used to be in awe along with my friends at how my dad could eat a nice big serving at dinner of mashed potatoes with roast beef and a bunch of vegetables and still sometimes be hungry… it truly was a great site haha. Recently though he was diagnosed (about a couple years ago) with Type 2 Diabetes and was exercising and making sure that his blood sugar levels were in the good ranges which meant giving up some of his old eating habits, but hey, he is keeping his diabetes under control and our family is proud of him!<\/p>\n

I guess some background info on my father, he is 6’4, maybe was about 200 pounds or so around the time he was diagnosed with Diabetes, but ever since then has been losing weight and now he is down to 160 or so… definitely not good for his build and he knows it; he at the point where he really doesn’t like how skinny he is… he has never been "skinny" in his life, was always well built and never overweight.<\/p>\n

At the time he was diagnosed, he changed his eating habits and began to workout a bit more than he originally was, but it took another turn. It turns out that he was working out a bit too hard and developed reactive arthritis which affects mainly his lower body joints, mainly his hips and arms. This really makes it tough since he needs to exercise in order to keep his blood sugar levels in order.<\/p>\n

\n(Well, if you have read this far I truly thank you because this really means a lot to me and I am devoting myself as his son to try and figure out a plan for him and do some research so thanks again and I will carry on here!)<\/i><\/p>\n

\nAlright, so anyways, now my father is taking tylenol arthritis pain to relieve himself of the arthritis, and is taking some sort of medication for his diabetes so that he can eat afford to eat some decent food to try to keep some weight on his bones!<\/p>\n

The thing that I am wondering, is if there is a certain type of Weight-Gainer, or Protein Supplement he can take like a Whey, which won’t cause a disruption in his BG levels, and will help promote him to gain some weight back along with muscle mass. The second part of this is if anyone has any suggestions that will be able to help him ease joint pain so he can attempt to slowly get into working out again, which with a weight gainer\/whey would be optimal!<\/p>\n

\nMy main goal is to help him get over some symptoms of Diabetes and his Arthritis instead of mask them with painkillers and medication. If he is able to get working out again via some sort of stepping stone to get to that step, I believe it will help his overall joint health, and by taking in more nutritious foods and protein shakes put on the weight he has lost and re-develop some if not most of his muscle back.<\/p>\n

\nI love my dad so much and I have brought it upon myself to do whatever I can in my power to find some solutions to his aches and pains and finally get passed and hopefully ween off of the medications he is on!<\/p>\n

Please provide any feedback that you may have and thank you all so much ahead of time if you have read this, it means the world to me!!!!<\/p>\n

Sincerely,
\nJon J<\/p>\n

\nPS: If his medication allows him to ingest slightly more sugars and carbs, this is why I was thinking it would be possible to get away with protein shakes to start his muscle building process again!<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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