What are the chances of a type 2 diabetic man dying?!
Question: my father just found out he has type 2 diabeties and were afraid he might die or something,could this be true or am i afraid
Answers: my father just found out he has type 2 diabeties and were afraid he might die or something,could this be true or am i afraid
I am also a type 2 diabetic and have known about it for several years.
Yes, diabetes sucks! I am just now getting my blood sugar down to a good level because I lost about 20 pounds after my surgery. I had prostate cancer and had my prostate removed. I could hardly eat anything while I was in the hospital, so I lost a lot of weight.
My blood sugar was averaging about 200 even with all the diabetes meds I was taking and my doctor said that I was at about the max level for them. He said that if I couldn't get it under control soon, I would end up on insulin. Then I found out I had prostate cancer. I certainly don't recommend having one's prostate removed to loose weight, but it does show that loosing weight can certainly help with controlling diabetes.
Tell your dad good luck and to exercise and try to loose weight. Hopefully, he will be able to get control of it without many or even any medications, and hopefully he will never end up on insulin. However, if he does, it beats the alternative of having kidney, heart, or eye problems.
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Edit - I hate to say it, but the reason I found out that I was diabetic was when I went to my doctor to see about the posibility of getting some Viagra.
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as long as he follows his doctors advice, along with the help of a nutritionist, and keeps his blood sugars down with diet and exercise (or even medication if need be) he should be around for awhile
I'm a T2D as well. Diabetes can lead to heart problems, loss of limbs, kidney failure, and death. Mostly, diabetes can clog the arteries, so make sure you take this seriously! Test blood sugars often, and do NOT skip taking meds.
Tell your dad to listen to his Dr.
It all depends on many factors, however, most people who develop type II diabetes do just fine with changes in diet. Some start out on pills and just stay on pills. Others get on the pills to stabilize their sugar until diet and exercise have brought the sugar undercontrol. You should only be worried if he doesn't change his diet and exercise. Diabetes is usually a slow killer. It affects the heart, kidneys, eyes and nerves in the legs mostly. Most people don't die from diabetes, only the side effects cause by diabetes. In cases where the blood sugar is very high, and the person doesn't watch their diet can go into a diabetic coma or die. But that is rare and worst case scenerio. Good luck and talk to the Doctors. They will alleviate your fears. Also there are lots of pamphlets at the phamacy.
Chances of him dying are 100%, but so are mine and yours.
Everyone dies some day. Its natural to fear the unknown. The best thing you and your family can do is to educate yourselves about this disease.
Your Dad will have to make some serious changes in his diet and amount of exercise if he wants to avoid complications and an early death from heart disease. Heart disease kills about 75% of diabetics and it stems from bad control of blood sugar. If he gets it under good control and maintains good control, and loses some weight he can have a full life and possibly a long one.
Encourage him to see a diabetes nurse to learn more and also a dietician who specializes in diabetes care. Your mom will need to go too to learn more about cooking for him, (if she does most of the cooking).
Check out the diabetes links on this blog, and the books too. They will be very helpful.
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Well, sweetie, we're all gonna die at some point. But if he takes care of himself by eating healthy, taking his meds and exercising, he can lead a relatively long, full life. There are a lot of complications that come from having diabetes, like heart attacks and kidney failure, but with good care those things won't happen until he's much older. Don't be afraid, just support him when he has bad days, and don't nag him about stuff. Enjoy each other every day!