AVOID disease is better than cure. One way is to apply a healthy lifestyle such as eating fruits and vegetables and regular exercise three times a week. In addition, you should not consume alcohol and cigarettes.
When a person sentenced to suffer an illness, it was certain that the person will feel sad and struggle against the disease.
That’s what made Bong Tjun Lay, 48, who was sentenced to suffer from diabetes for 38 years. Tjun say, a year before being diagnosed with diabetes, he admitted that he had experienced symptoms of diabetes, such as the addition of appetite, weight loss dramatically, frequent thirst, and frequent urination at night.
“My weight can go down as much as 3 pounds in a month,” the story while attending the World Diabetes Day celebrations were held in 2009 that Indonesia Diabetes Association (PERSADIA), sanofiaventis Indonesia, and Hospital Pantai Indah Kapuk, the Hotel Grand Sahid Jakarta last week.
Previously, Tjun said, he has a bad habit that is often used to consume coffee with sugar until it reaches three tablespoons. He also likes to eat any food with high calorie content. “Because that’s my habit, when checking his blood sugar, blood sugar content in Tjun reaching 300 and 400,” he explained.
Over time, Tjun too aware of the lifestyle that took him not in good health so he followed the educational program “Pandu Diabetes” which run Hospital Pantai Indah Kapuk. Thanks to the program, Tjun now no longer dependent on drugs.
Tjun decided to change the pattern of his life after attending a seminar about the complications of diabetes. Tjun started implementing a balanced diet, nutritional counseling, and sports such as gymnastics and walking regularly.
“Education had told the things that we do not know. For example, keep your diet and exercising regularly. Education also prevent me from stress because of the restrictions that come from people who do not understand the right of diabetes,” he said.
“Help and support those closest would make things much easier,” said the man who is now active as a scout diabetes.
How to change the pattern of life that, Tjun finally able to control blood sugar levels within normal limits and free of drugs since 2005.
“Education among patients with diabetes (peer to peer education) is very important, especially as a means to deliver information in order to prevent and treat diabetes. I tried to keep my family not to suffer from diabetes,” he said.
Chairman of the Consultation Diabetes Hospital Pantai Indah Kapuk (PIK) Dr Roy Panusunan SpPD-KEMD said that the intention was to live well be the key to a patient who lived in diseases, able to fight against the disease.
“Therefore, the question requires thinking long process and need support from within the patient and his family,” he said at the same event.
The event is also the launch of the Diabetes EduCenter by RS Pantai Indah Kapuk (RS PIK) is, is a series of events to commemorate World Diabetes Day today. PIK Hospital currently has a Diabetes Education Clinic Program includes foot care, exercise, lectures diabetes. and nutritional consultations.
Roy hoped that the EduCenter Diabetes in Hospital Pantai Indah Kapuk, can provide better information and more intensive education to patients and the public about the importance of known diabetes and prevention efforts.
President Director of Sanofi-Aventis said Julien Indonesia Gilbert, EduCenter Diabetes is one form of corporate social responsibility that aims to have knowledge about diabetes and how to control it so that the quality of life improved.
“In EduCenter diabetes, patients and the public can communicate with the doctors and educators about diabetes,” he said, who wants to build some EduCenter Diabetes in several major cities in Indonesia.
