HOW HAS DIABETES AFFECTED YOUR LIFE?
66HOW HAS DIABETES AFFECTED YOUR LIFE?
OK. SO A GOT A CALL RECENTLY FROM MY SUPERVISOR WHO'S MOM HAS HAD DIABETES FOR MANY YEARS. SHE CALLED AND SAID THAT SHE WANTED TO LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT HER MOTHER HAD JUST HAD HER LEG AMPUTATED. I'M LIKE WHOA!!! SHE SAID THAT HER MOTHER HAD FALLEN AND BROKEN HER LEG A LITTLE WHILE BACK AND ANYONE WHO KNOWS ABOUT DIABETICS KNOWS THAT IT TAKES MUCH LONGER FOR THEM TO HEAL THAN NON-DIABETICS.
HER LEG HAD GOTTEN INFECTED AND IT HAD TO BE AMPUTATED. AT THAT MOMENT I FELT SO SORRY FOR HER AS WELL AS HER MOTHER AND FAMILY. SHE STATED THAT HER MOTHER SEEMED TO HAVE GIVEN UP ON LIFE UPON LEARNING THAT SHE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE LEG AMPUTATED. SHE SAID HER MOM SAID SHE WAS TIRED AND WAS READY TO GO HOME (TO GOD). I TOLD HER THAT SHE HAS TO PUT HERSELF IN THE POSITION OF HER MOTHER AND CONSIDER HER AGE AND ALL THAT SHE HAS TO AND HAVE HAD TO LIVE WITH. SHE MAY NOT EVEN BE CONSIDERING ANYONE ELSE. THROUGH ALL OF THE PAIN AND MENTAL STRESS ALL THESE YEARS HOW CAN SHE THINK OF MUCH MORE.
THIS WAS A VERY HARD CONVERSATION TO SIT THRU BECAUSE I COULD ONLY IMAGINE HOW I WOULD FEEL IF IT WERE MY MOTHER. SO MY QUESTION TO YOU ALL IS, DO YOU KNOW ANYONE WITH DIABETES AND IF SO HOW HAS IT AFFECTED YOUR LIFE OR THEIRS?
I LOOK FORWARD TO MANY COMMENTS SEEING AS THOUGH IT SEEMS THERE IS A DRASTIC INCREASE RECENTLY IN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE BEING DIAGNOSED FOR THIS DISEASE.
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chicamom85 2 years ago
My husband is a diabetic and is on kidney dialysis as he in End Stages Renal Disease. His kidneys no longer work, he is on 2 different transplant lists, but right now we are told the waiting list for his blood type is about 7 years. It affects everything that we do because of his treatments 3 times a week for 4 hours each. He is still able to work and we are greatful for that. He has had many eye surgeries as a result of the diabetes. It is a sad disease.