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xyzzy said:orchidlady said:Someone has just said this to me "Diabetes2 is not the end of the world and you aren't going to die from it"
So am I being paranoid?
Tell them in a study of 55 year old Type 2 diabetics who did not control their sugars made over 13 years half were dead before the study ended and of the survivors many were blind and had lost limbs.
Is that "end of the world enough?"
Type 2 Diabetes is not the end of the world IF you learn to control it by what ever means you choose. Control means getting your blood levels low enough and making lifestyle changes to lose weight etc if you need to.
If they want to see the evidence tell them to read these.
After 8 years ..
http://www.steno.dk/documents/forskning/afd521/Steno-2.pdf
A follow up study was then done at 13 years. The slides for that can be found here http://www.stenodiabetescenter.com/documents/forskning/Oluf/Steno-2follow-upstudy.pdf
The above shows the two groups they used. In the standard group of 80 people who were badly controlled 40 died before 13 years was up. Even the intensive therapy group wasn't particularly well controlled hence a load of them snuffed it as well.
Oh and the source of that study? My GP
Whoever told you that is speaking out of their ar*e :shock:
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