Diabetic Diabetes Health

I (28 yr. old male) was chatting online with through match.com a couple evenings ago with a lady, 29 years old. We were getting along nicely and began sharing more personal things. For instance, I lost both of my parents on separate occasions in 2003 and 2005. My father to complications of diabetes and he was in the hospital for 4.5 months (which felt like a year) and my mother was with him every single day from 8 in the morning until she was told visiting hours were over. So, it was very stressful on us. Then, she was suddenly (and I do mean suddenly) diagnosed in Dec. 2004 with Liver Cancer; she passed away in Feb. 2005. So, when I spoke with this girl the other night, she shared with me that she lost her father as well a couple years ago to cancer and that it was terribly gross and horrible. I expressed my condolences and she said "yeah, so you kind of get it." KIND OF GET IT? It’s horrible to lose one parent but I lost both. And she’s saying I kind of get it? What did she mean by that? She did also say that it’s unusual of us to lose parents at a young age. But, I think she was trying to cover up her initial response that I kind of get it. I get that it’s horrible and nothing can ever take away the loss. How can I kind of get it when I lost both parents and she lost one (which is bad enough)?

My mother in law broke her leg during a stint in the ICU – The hospital has offered 5K for us to go away. Should we pursue this further? She died in July due to complications of diabetes (which the broken leg did not help) They did have rails in place, and she was listed as a "high risk" for falling due to having no toes on either foot, and one foot being about 1/2 amputated.
The main idea here is that she was in the Intensive Care Unit – how the heck did she manage to break her leg in there? She was hooked up to all kinds of monitors and how Intensive can the care be if an 80 year old woman has time to climb over the bed rails and fall?
Another detail – although I cannot prove that her leg contribute to her death, I can prove that she had to endure 4 months of physical therapy at a nursing home, which some 11k was beyond what medicare would pay for. She ended up on dialysis due to her immobility, wracking up more $$ in ambulance fees. We could no longer transport her due to her leg.

I’ve had diabetes for about twenty years with no complications.However,two years ago my feet & lower legs swelled bad enough that I couldn’t wear my shoes.I wore men’s slippers.My doctor had test done on my heart & kidneys…they were ok. He then took me off my Actos because swelling he said was one of the side affects from the drug…I was given fluid pills… but after two years I still can’t wear my own shoes & I’m getting scared that it could be my diabetes. Has anyone with diabetes experienced anything like this

I don’t normally remember dreams, so when I do, I try to interpret them. Early this week I dream about my mom. She died 3 years ago from a complications of diabetes. Well, my dad was there and he called me over. He then asked me if I knew about this and then he pulled a rope that was near him and this piece of board came down and my mom’s dead body was laid on it. In my dream it seems everyone thought she killed herself, that’s what I got. The thing is, my dad is sick and some people have told me it is referring to him, that he will get sick or maybe die. He was sick before I had this dream.

The other dream I had was last night. I was in the bathroom and my mouth started bleeding profusely but I didn’t know why. I thought of calling the doctor but I think I woke up because that’s all I remember.

I never had a bad dream about my mom before this one. They have all been good in that she was alive and happy in them.

Thanks for all your thoughts.

which is a direct complication of pcod….i dont get my periods until i take medication…and since last 6 months though i take medication i m nt getting my period….i want to get pregnant wht should i do…this is making me really really depressed…….
my sugar levels are normal…..

I attended the 62nd birthday celebration of one of my teacher in high school yesterday (whom i got so much attached with), she was sitting in a wheelchair, she suffers from a lot of complications of diabetes.

She’s a nun, and most of her relatives were living in other countries, so basically she doesnt have her ‘own’ family. But her party, was full of people, mostly her former students and their families, and others were former out-of-school-youths whose education she had sponsored.

I had to leave early that day, as i bid her goodbye and told her that I’ll be visiting her again, she reached for me and whispered "I am ready" I looked at her and I knew what she was saying, so I told her that she shouldnt speak that way, then she added "I’ve lived my life well and I am ready" I could feel the overwhelming fulfillment in her voice that I know she meant it.

She has lived in pain I know, she was an architect by profession, but chose to do parttime teaching, and did volunteer works most of the time. Some of her emails with me before were full of sadness and loneliness.

She told us before that a life well spent, is a life spent in service: to others, to country, to God. And i kinda look up to her in a way. But there are things that really puzzles me, how could such fulfillment be founded in pain and loneliness? Is it possible for a man to selfishly spent his life and claim that he has also lived his life well?