Prayers and good thoughts to you. My mom went on dialysis last week due to Diabetes but she was not taking very good care of herself. Please keep up the diet and exercise. It is sometimes possible to reverse the effects if you keep up on it and take care of yourself. ~Pete

Prayers coming your way Deb. Pete is right with his suggestions. My husband was on dialysis for 4 years but actively battled diabetes for 6. However we now suspect that he had it way longer than we realized as he was hell bent on NOT going to the doctors as a preventative measure. I truly believe in my heart that had he done that at least 15 years ago, he would still be with me. I live with that heartache, regret and guilt everyday as to why I didn't push harder for him to get check ups. I know he was an adult but he could be impossibly stubborn. And that in the end took his life and mine so to speak. It affected his eyes his heart his lungs his circulatory system and blood pressure. Ten years ago I would have thought diabetes nothing to worry about but now I realize ... left untreated, it is a silent killer. I don't mean to scare you but you must take care of yourself now that you're on meds. That way you'll live a long healthy active life. If there was one thing I would tell people is not to under estimate this disease. It's very much treatable but needs to faithfully be monitored. Good luck to you. You've done a great job for seven years. Now get back on the horse and take care of YOU! You deserve it!
Giant hugs to you
Darcie

Deb, I'm sending you all my healing powers filled with lots of love and super powers of the very best wishes for your good health.

The power of our living our best lives lies within us. I have been very reckless in taking care of myself because I've been feeling so sorry for myself and my loss of Morey. I know, my life is up to ME! I would hate my children to be left with the burden of caring for their ailing mother.

Deb, you must do the right thing for YOURSELF now.

Darcie, seriously, you don't have that much power to control someone else's life and the way in which they choose to live it. I know because it's exactly how I've been feeling about Morey. WHY didn't I do more, WHY didn't I stop him from the diet that he was on, WHY didn't I make him go to the doctor sooner? WHY, WHY, WHY?

I'm slowly, through much pain and heartache, learning that I MUST take care of me and what happened to Morey was his doing, not mine! It genuinely hurts my heart to think of him suffering, it's very painful to watch someone you adore go through hell. You all know that.

Deb, take care of yourself, with the help of your doctors you will rally and have your disease under control.

Warmly,
Roz

I am so sorry. I have uncontrolled diabetes. Nothing I have done has worked. It did go down after my husband died, but is staying up there now. I take 3 different pills. Insulin. diet and exercise. Stress is a big thing with diabetes, Take care of yourself... hugs... Sandee