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<blockquote data-quote="BooJewels" data-source="post: 1087244" data-attributes="member: 181094"><p>I don't have any statistics or data to base it on, but I've always felt that it is mis-managed T2s that suffer more consequences, due, as you say, to the insidious nature of it - and as I said earlier, there aren't always obvious manifestations of it being badly managed, until problems are well established. T1s know within hours if things are awry and usually have the tools at hand to sort it. It's much easier for a T2 to be complacent and turn a bind eye over a prolonged period.</p><p></p><p>My grandmother went blind (not entirely due to diabetes, but it probably didn't help) and lost her leg at the end, but that was when the only readily available testing was urine dips. When she gave up her flat to go into a nursing home and we cleared it, we filled a large box with all the hidden biscuits and sweets we found, there was an absolute hoard between her mattresses, in carrier bags hidden under coats on coat-hangers, at the back of drawers. She <em>appeared </em>on the surface to be doing things right, but was clearly a closet sweetie eater and sadly, the only person that harmed was herself.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BooJewels, post: 1087244, member: 181094"] I don't have any statistics or data to base it on, but I've always felt that it is mis-managed T2s that suffer more consequences, due, as you say, to the insidious nature of it - and as I said earlier, there aren't always obvious manifestations of it being badly managed, until problems are well established. T1s know within hours if things are awry and usually have the tools at hand to sort it. It's much easier for a T2 to be complacent and turn a bind eye over a prolonged period. My grandmother went blind (not entirely due to diabetes, but it probably didn't help) and lost her leg at the end, but that was when the only readily available testing was urine dips. When she gave up her flat to go into a nursing home and we cleared it, we filled a large box with all the hidden biscuits and sweets we found, there was an absolute hoard between her mattresses, in carrier bags hidden under coats on coat-hangers, at the back of drawers. She [I]appeared [/I]on the surface to be doing things right, but was clearly a closet sweetie eater and sadly, the only person that harmed was herself. [/QUOTE]
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