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<blockquote data-quote="JoKalsbeek" data-source="post: 2451354" data-attributes="member: 401801"><p>My gran had it, and I haven't been on speaking terms with dad for well over 12 years, so... I do remember that his new wife put him on a<em> rice-crackers-only</em> diet because he was developing a gut back then. (And we all know how great a pancreas does when swimming in abdominal fats. Rice was fuel to the fire, most likely.). So, I'm guessing he's headed down the same path as gran and I. </p><p></p><p>I do remember how gran dealt with it: she let her one little pill a day do all the work. She did have a meter, and so did the lady across the street, who was diagnosed around the same time. They'd sit and have coffee together, with very sweet whipped cream on and with pastries, every single day, and take measurements. It was some sort of competition between them, but they didn't seem to know what the numbers actually meant. It was just a game they played while stuffing themselves. (They didn't eat, they stuffed. Eat till you feel sick, you know?). It ended with complications and death, and that was before the times of Dr. Google, so there was no other information available than what she was told by the medical pro's... And it's not likely she listened to them if they said anything she didn't like anyway. She never took it seriously, and I don't think she ever linked her rapidly failing heart to her out-of-control blood sugars.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JoKalsbeek, post: 2451354, member: 401801"] My gran had it, and I haven't been on speaking terms with dad for well over 12 years, so... I do remember that his new wife put him on a[I] rice-crackers-only[/I] diet because he was developing a gut back then. (And we all know how great a pancreas does when swimming in abdominal fats. Rice was fuel to the fire, most likely.). So, I'm guessing he's headed down the same path as gran and I. I do remember how gran dealt with it: she let her one little pill a day do all the work. She did have a meter, and so did the lady across the street, who was diagnosed around the same time. They'd sit and have coffee together, with very sweet whipped cream on and with pastries, every single day, and take measurements. It was some sort of competition between them, but they didn't seem to know what the numbers actually meant. It was just a game they played while stuffing themselves. (They didn't eat, they stuffed. Eat till you feel sick, you know?). It ended with complications and death, and that was before the times of Dr. Google, so there was no other information available than what she was told by the medical pro's... And it's not likely she listened to them if they said anything she didn't like anyway. She never took it seriously, and I don't think she ever linked her rapidly failing heart to her out-of-control blood sugars. [/QUOTE]
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