93-year-old diabetes patient lives a healthy and long life after 50 years of diabetes

In early summer in Beijing, we were fortunate enough to interview a 93-year-old sugar lover, Grandma Wen. I have had type 2 diabetes for 50 years, and I still insist on self-management of my blood sugar.

Recalling the reason why she got diabetes, Grandma Wen couldn't help but sigh, "It's so tiring. I didn't understand it at that time. When I was working at the May 7th Cadre School, I was responsible for feeding fourteen large animals in the breeding room, cutting grass, grinding materials, and digging earth washers. In order to In order not to let the animals suffer, one person would dig the soil with a cart every day, and then replace the 100-square-meter circle with new soil... The diet and nutrition could not keep up, only steamed buns, and I was hungry. Later, when I returned to Beijing, I was diagnosed with diabetes. ." Heavy physical labor, coupled with malnutrition, caused Grandma Wen to develop diabetes in her thirties.

When talking about her own experience in sugar control, Grandma Wen laughed, "Mao Zedong Thought, strategically despise, tactically attach importance to, don't be afraid. In terms of medication, I took some hypoglycemic drugs at first, and then took insulin until Now." Injection of insulin has become a daily necessity for Grandma Wen. She injects it on time and in the right amount, with very skillful and easy movements.

In the notebook that records blood sugar, we see that Grandma Wen’s glycated blood sugar has remained below 7% over the years, and her blood sugar is very stable. What's even more valuable is that in the years since Grandma Wen suffered from diabetes, her quality of life has not deteriorated at all. After retiring for 30 years, she has insisted on going to the University for the Elderly every week, and she is good at painting. “What I am best at is painting figures,” Grandma Wen said while showing us her paintings. “This is a picture of a lady with a hairpin. It's a character from Dream of Red Mansions, and this one is the freehand Budai monk. Now his eyesight is not that good and he can't draw fine brushwork anymore, so he started painting landscapes..." A smile was written on his face, full of love for life.

The diet is mainly light. On the day we came, we happened to catch up with Grandma Wen for lunch. Home-made hand-rolled noodles, marinated with eggs, day lilies, fungus, and a few pieces of braised pork ribs. She emphasized that she should eat meat every day.

In fact, in addition to insisting on monitoring blood sugar, taking medicines, eating, etc. according to the plan that suits her, Grandma Wen’s most rare magic weapon for controlling sugar is her mentality. She is confident, positive and tenacious, insisting on her hobbies, elegantly and healthily. Life.