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Can diabetes really kill a person in this way.

Thyroiddiabetic

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Type of diabetes
Type 2
My cousin passed away this evening age about 58/59.He was in a wheel chair had his leg amputated years ago from a foot ulcer on 2 blood pressure tablets,water tablets ,metformin and insulin obese and a Heavy smoker.Not too well controlled but not seriously out of control.Feet have been swelling on and off for years.He was admitted to hospital semi conscious this morning only 15%heart function kidney and organ failure.Type 2 diabetic about 30 or 25 years not sure.There was nothing they could do.He was also on asthma pumps
Can diabetes really do this or could some other causes be involved.
Really worried for myself now he was diagnosed a good few years before me.
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I'm terribly sorry for your loss.

Indeed diabetes can cause all of the issues that your cousin had, it can impact the entire cardiovascular system - which includes every organ, and everywhere that blood goes...

As to whether his death was entirely related to diabetes is for the coroner to decide. I'm sure smoking and obesity would have contributed just as much as diabetes.

Once again I'm sorry for your loss and I do hope that you and your family are okay at this tough time.

Our thoughts are with you.
 
Thank you.
 
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I'm sure smoking and obesity would have contributed just as much as diabetes.
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And the obesity too can be caused by T2 through insulin resistance and lack of exercise due to the limb loss (which was due to diabetes)

Yes I'm sorry to hear this news too.
 
@Thyroiddiabetic ,

I would also like to offer my condolences.

There seemed to have been a lot of "contributory factors" with your cousin's ill health.
But I'd hate to hazard any guesses. Other than to wish yourself best wishes...
 
@Thyroiddiabetic
I add my condolences.
I also suggest that you are in a better position to fight the disease as you are part of our community.
Hug.
 
If you don't look after yourself then years of high blood sugar levels can have a devastating effect on the body. Type 2 diabetes can reduce your life expectancy by 10 years. Being obese also reduces life expectancy as does heavy smoking. So dying at 59 is not so unexpected, considering all his health issues.

There was a BBC Panorama program called Diabetes The Hidden Killer which highlighted the severe effects of diabetes.
Of course, if you reduce your blood sugars and weight using a LCHF diet, the outcome is not so bleak.
 
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Sorry for your loss. Without doubt diabetes, coupled with heavy smoking and obesity is a fatal combination over the long term. Which factor was the most significant is very difficult to say, but I would hazard a guess that smoking may have been the root cause.
 
Diakat said:
@Thyroiddiabetic
I add my condolences.
I also suggest that you are in a better position to fight the disease as you are part of our community.
Hug.
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Absolutely I'm in the best shape of my life .,couldn't walk 30 km a week or 12 km a day( sometimes) even as a teenager Blood pressure 100%25kg weight loss.
I do get nasty spikes though which worry me and I'm sure it's the coffee(I have it strong as hell) but I am cutting it out as I promised the doctor.Also a sweet tooth problem which I'm sorting.
It's been 10 years so whatever I do must be soon.
Weigh 81 kg 173 m so trying to get to 74 kg but it's hard
 
Sorry to hear that your cousin has passed away, 59 is no age really.

Lots going on, smoking didn't help by a long shot.

Amputation and subsequent confinement to wheelchair didn't help either.

I'm not 100% positive but ulcers are worse the poorer BG control, so something else going against him.

In the future, if you hear of someone with ulcers being very slow to heal, look into Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy. You need to find a Multiple Sclerosis Centre, we have one in Wendover, Bucks, near RAF Halton. It's #20 a session (heavily subsidised).
 
Apparently he put his foot into some sewage when walking to the diabetic clinic.Ulcer got infected.Long story short went to the hospital in pain red line down the side of his leg .Doc said that night had to have a amputation. That was years ago.
 
@Thyroiddiabetic I too, am sorry that you have lost a relative. As others have said the coroner will weigh up the possibilities, but it seems your cousin had the dice loaded against him. My neighbour died two years ago, 64, and fit as a butchers dog, no underlying health problems. I post that only to illustrate that you don't have to be 'unhealthy' to die young. I am sure that the fact you also have T2D is preying on your mind. I am sure you have come across countless posts about us all being different, we are. Don't lose heart on your own behalf, you are doing incredibly well with controlling your T2. Stick at it, it will serve your cousins memory well
 
I am sorry, for him, for you, and for the rest of the family.

It is no consolation, but you are already fighting this hard. And I suspect this will (when the shock fades and you have time to grieve) make you even more determined.
 
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