I recently did a post asking why type 2 is routinely listed as a cause of death when it's really other things.
I lost a relative to brain tumour. They also had blood cancer, heart failure and high blood pressure. All serious and life threatening, yet the second cause was listed as T2 which they'd only had a couple of years and with not too bad bg numbers.
Reading the responses my conclusion is T2 is listed if we've ever been diagnosed, irrespective whether it was an actual cause of the death.
What "complications" does your friend have?
Readers of my other posts will know that a close relative died at Christmas I have today received their death certificate which shows 1 brain tumour 2 Type 2 and hypothyroidism I know the person had at least 3 other serious conditions, blood cancer (for over 30 years) , very high blood...
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