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<blockquote data-quote="Xan2cv" data-source="post: 943378" data-attributes="member: 172718"><p>Stress is a big part of this for me, I am disabled myself because of multiple blood clots in my legs 27 in 25 years and multiple blood clots in my lungs 5 in all I got type 2 about 10 years ago but I believe it could have been avoided by a GP that said BS of 7.0 wasn't anything to worry about, a year in a wheelchair and it signed my contract with type 2 and I had massive weight gain I went from 17 stone to 27 stone in that year. back down now to 19 stone out of the wheelchair and on sticks and crutches and holding my weight down my Hb1ac's are never as low as the health professionals would like and in all this time I have had about five hypos one last winter was so serious I thought I was going to die it felt awful and living alone it can be terrifying my sugars dropped to 1.0 yes and I was still conscious just about.</p><p>I will never let this happen again. It was very hard to breathe when it happened. remaining on my feet and taking very deep controlled breaths kept me from passing out just.</p><p></p><p>I also cook and wash up and clean house for my parents as I am the only child my Mother has Alzheimer's</p><p>and my Father has Cancer and he is very ill vomiting at least three times a week with the treatments.</p><p></p><p>I do my best by them both but I do sometimes get so stressed that I just break down in the end fortunately tomorrow is another day and I carry on, it is horrible old age (Don't Get old) and when it comes to a point that you have to undress your parents to put them to bed at night it starts to grind you down. I used to thrive on stress it was in my job description but it is harder and harder to deal with every day.</p><p></p><p>People keep saying oh but you can get some rest bite care No you cant if have a family that don't want outside interference</p><p>from others or are to proud to ask for that help, so I'm plodding along and it is affecting my health slowly but surely and people keep saying look after yourself because they depend on you ha that's the most difficult thing to do of all, especially if your the type of person that likes to put other people first.. I come home at about 7 to 8pm absolutely knackered and people say that people out of work are lazy they should think again. I think if I did have a full time Job my Parents would be dead by now. and as for my Diabetes well I am just about coping with it. even if my Hb1ac's are to high I will know at the end of each day that My parents are safe in bed fed and as clean and comfortable as they can be.</p><p>That is the very least they deserve for bringing me up. I am aware that all this will come to an end at some point so I am prepared and if I still have some health ive got a bucket list of things to do one being to drive or ride route 66.another is to see Scotland because they say it is beautiful and I have never been there. it is so hard to realise how nice it is at the end of a typical day to drink coffee and sit outside in peace and quiet, I think I will like the tranquillity of the countryside very much.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Xan2cv, post: 943378, member: 172718"] Stress is a big part of this for me, I am disabled myself because of multiple blood clots in my legs 27 in 25 years and multiple blood clots in my lungs 5 in all I got type 2 about 10 years ago but I believe it could have been avoided by a GP that said BS of 7.0 wasn't anything to worry about, a year in a wheelchair and it signed my contract with type 2 and I had massive weight gain I went from 17 stone to 27 stone in that year. back down now to 19 stone out of the wheelchair and on sticks and crutches and holding my weight down my Hb1ac's are never as low as the health professionals would like and in all this time I have had about five hypos one last winter was so serious I thought I was going to die it felt awful and living alone it can be terrifying my sugars dropped to 1.0 yes and I was still conscious just about. I will never let this happen again. It was very hard to breathe when it happened. remaining on my feet and taking very deep controlled breaths kept me from passing out just. I also cook and wash up and clean house for my parents as I am the only child my Mother has Alzheimer's and my Father has Cancer and he is very ill vomiting at least three times a week with the treatments. I do my best by them both but I do sometimes get so stressed that I just break down in the end fortunately tomorrow is another day and I carry on, it is horrible old age (Don't Get old) and when it comes to a point that you have to undress your parents to put them to bed at night it starts to grind you down. I used to thrive on stress it was in my job description but it is harder and harder to deal with every day. People keep saying oh but you can get some rest bite care No you cant if have a family that don't want outside interference from others or are to proud to ask for that help, so I'm plodding along and it is affecting my health slowly but surely and people keep saying look after yourself because they depend on you ha that's the most difficult thing to do of all, especially if your the type of person that likes to put other people first.. I come home at about 7 to 8pm absolutely knackered and people say that people out of work are lazy they should think again. I think if I did have a full time Job my Parents would be dead by now. and as for my Diabetes well I am just about coping with it. even if my Hb1ac's are to high I will know at the end of each day that My parents are safe in bed fed and as clean and comfortable as they can be. That is the very least they deserve for bringing me up. I am aware that all this will come to an end at some point so I am prepared and if I still have some health ive got a bucket list of things to do one being to drive or ride route 66.another is to see Scotland because they say it is beautiful and I have never been there. it is so hard to realise how nice it is at the end of a typical day to drink coffee and sit outside in peace and quiet, I think I will like the tranquillity of the countryside very much. [/QUOTE]
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