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My name is John.
It's my wife that is diabetic and as been for 44 years we have lost children because of it (ie) one soon after the baby was born my wife was in a diabetic coma the funeral had taken place before my wife came out of the coma.
So we have experienced some of the pit fall's of diabetes.
My wife as also suffered amputations first below the knee then above the knee same leg as had laser treatment for her eyes and recently a heart attack we have 4 grown up children and 10 grandchildren.
And as most of you know you can look after yourself and still get these complications as my wife as never smoked or been a drinker and always watched what we have eaten.
The diabetes came out soon after we got married which was in our teens and we are still together 47 years later so we have spent all our married life dealing with diabetes.
Hope to learn more from this site i have studied diabetes and it as helped me understand what my wife and other diabetic's have to put up with.
Kind regards John

Hi hanadr

HbA1c is always between (5)-(6.7)

And the diet is very good as i prepare all the meal's and have for many years i am also my wife's full time carer.
What we eat is a varied diet with vegetables and fresh fruit very little fat that we know of no added fat but certain food's have a little fat in them.
As i said i have studied diabetes and that was started in 1965 so have seen many changes (ie) boiling serynges testing urine with water and a tablet in a glass tube been told to eat very little carbohydrates to being told to increase them.
Being on pork insulin also bovine insulin and now man made human insulin.
So have really known what to look for.
But diabetes can still catch up with your body even when you know what you are looking for.
But having said that we can learn all the time which i try to.
Yes i agree that not all diets are suitable for diabetics but your own body in most case's will let you know if you are going wrong (ie) if you aren't eating enough then you get your Hypo's so yes make your diet according to your needs.

Kind regards John

Hi handadr

First and foremost my wife as been a Diabetic for 44years.
As soon as blood reading monitors were available we bought one in those days it cost us well over £40.
Yes my wife check's her blood about 8 times a day so is on top of any low or high reading's.
But that did not stop her losing her leg or poor eye sight and numerous other medical complications.
As for the fat not being her enemy it is because only 4 month's ago my wife had a near to major heart attack due to blocked arteries and suffers from peripheral heart disease so fat is a contributing factor.
I am not contradicting what you say but i know my wife very well and what she does to help herself and as been congratulate by many a consultant for the care she takes of herself but as i said before it depends on your body make up how your body reacts towards diabetes in some cases you can do every thing right and diabetes can still defy you and damage parts of your body my wife was a very fit person before she became a diabetic and as been after being diagnosed and brought 4 children so she as not done bad.
And still continues to do her best by looking after her self the best she can with my help.
And a reading of 5-6.7 is still pretty good after 44 years of having diabetes well our consultant said it's pretty remarkable after 44 years.
Thanks for your replies and please don't think i am being funny but i think my wife all that she as been through is a remarkable person.
Kind regards John

Hi
I do understand that some people are still very active after many years of being a diabetic.
And i only wish my wife was one of them but not all metabolisms work the the same ie a baby can be born with a malfunction that as nothing to do with how that mother as acted during her pregnancy so some people are not dealt a good hand of cards in life somtimes so it's beyond there control what happens to them.
As my wife's parent's were old when they had her by most standards my wife had no real evidence to tell if diabetes was in her family line as most of her relatives had died when she was young it's not till many years after my wife had diabetes that we found out that 3 of her family of past generations had to have amputation's of there leg's.
Since my wife's amputations we have found it was due to them having diabetes.
By tracing family member's we have found that the following generations have diabetes too.
And some well a least one as also lost a leg also none smokers and none drinkers.
So i think in my wife's case looking at her genetics she didnt stand much of a chance of not getting it and all it's complications her brother died of a heart attack at 60 he also had blocked arteries in his leg's her dad died of a heart attack at 55 her mum had a stroke at 45 so not a good pedigree.
We do all the right thing's but we have a hereditary problem so any fats we tried to avoid and all the bad contributors to diabetes but to keep bouncing back after losing children being coma's amputations poor eye sight ie laser treatment cataracts heart attack never says why me and bringing up 4 children and helping with 10 grandchildren my wife's not doing to bad well i think she's doing really well but then i am bius.
Kind regards John