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<blockquote data-quote="marie-frances" data-source="post: 343946" data-attributes="member: 55791"><p><strong>Re: Anyone else the same?</strong></p><p></p><p>I am a 4th generation diabetic.</p><p>My great grandmother was one,no treatment available then</p><p>My grand-mother( her daughter) had late onset and developed diabetic ulcers that never healed</p><p>Her 2 sons,my father and his brother both died of complications of diabetes</p><p>My father became blind and died of heart disease</p><p>He refused to follow any treatment or any diet</p><p>His brother followed a strict diet,was quite thin and on insulin</p><p>He had to have a leg amputation following a bedsore acquired in hospital and he died of a heart attack</p><p>I was diagnosed in my 40's</p><p>I have now retinopathy and glaucoma.Also had a beginning of Charcot now settled</p><p>Two sisters have also been recently diagnosed,one is quite thin ,the other is obese</p><p>I do not have any children so will not pass on the genes</p><p></p><p>What does the future holds?</p><p></p><p>m-f</p><p></p><p>Both my sisters were late onset diabetes Type 2 in their early fifties</p><p></p><p>The thin one follows her treatment and diet</p><p>The obese one unfortunately is behaving like my father:in total denial and thinks medication will solve it all without any effort</p><p></p><p>m-f</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="marie-frances, post: 343946, member: 55791"] [b]Re: Anyone else the same?[/b] I am a 4th generation diabetic. My great grandmother was one,no treatment available then My grand-mother( her daughter) had late onset and developed diabetic ulcers that never healed Her 2 sons,my father and his brother both died of complications of diabetes My father became blind and died of heart disease He refused to follow any treatment or any diet His brother followed a strict diet,was quite thin and on insulin He had to have a leg amputation following a bedsore acquired in hospital and he died of a heart attack I was diagnosed in my 40's I have now retinopathy and glaucoma.Also had a beginning of Charcot now settled Two sisters have also been recently diagnosed,one is quite thin ,the other is obese I do not have any children so will not pass on the genes What does the future holds? m-f Both my sisters were late onset diabetes Type 2 in their early fifties The thin one follows her treatment and diet The obese one unfortunately is behaving like my father:in total denial and thinks medication will solve it all without any effort m-f [/QUOTE]
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