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- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
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- Diet only
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Hi all,
My Dad has diabetes T2 and uses metformin and the little insulin pen, but as far as I can see he's not controlling his condition. He eats what he wants, and continues to eat cakes, sweets, general bad stuff etc. He thinks that he can do this because 'the metformin will take care of it' and thus thinks, the metformin allows him to eat whatever he wants, still. He does hold back on a few things, but recently there's been oodles of sugary food he's had.
The issue, his memory seems to be getting so much worse of late, forgetting the most obvious of things that he's done - taking the car for its MOT, even forgetting the ice cream he's eaten. He is 76.
Now this might be normal and due to age, but my question is this - if he doesn't get his condition under control and manage it properly, could that make his memory worse, or even worse, push him to m towards alzheimers or dementia? I don't know if there's a link...?
All experience or advice much appreciated as he's just completely unwilling to stop eating the junk and honestly doesn't believe that the metformin isn't there just so he can continue eating whatever he wants.
My Dad has diabetes T2 and uses metformin and the little insulin pen, but as far as I can see he's not controlling his condition. He eats what he wants, and continues to eat cakes, sweets, general bad stuff etc. He thinks that he can do this because 'the metformin will take care of it' and thus thinks, the metformin allows him to eat whatever he wants, still. He does hold back on a few things, but recently there's been oodles of sugary food he's had.
The issue, his memory seems to be getting so much worse of late, forgetting the most obvious of things that he's done - taking the car for its MOT, even forgetting the ice cream he's eaten. He is 76.
Now this might be normal and due to age, but my question is this - if he doesn't get his condition under control and manage it properly, could that make his memory worse, or even worse, push him to m towards alzheimers or dementia? I don't know if there's a link...?
All experience or advice much appreciated as he's just completely unwilling to stop eating the junk and honestly doesn't believe that the metformin isn't there just so he can continue eating whatever he wants.