Diabetic Diabetes Health

celtic.piskie says:

Please, ignore Gary B.

He over-exagerates an awful lot, and is rather a downer in general, and usually doesn’t know what the hell he’s talking about.

"In women, diabetes increases the possibly of having a miscarriage, or having a baby with birth defects, IF she can get pregnant at all."
Totally wrong.

I’ve had one healthy, happy daughter. Pregnancy rates amongst diabetic women are no different to ‘normal’ women.
There is a tiiiiiny (>1%) increase in the risk of your kids getting diabetes, but that’s about it.
30Yrs ago a diabetic pregnancy was considered dangerous, not anymore.
Diabetics are usually induced at 36 weeks, and there is little, if any, difference in infant mortality and miscarriage rates.

Basically 30% of type 1’s will develop some form of kidney disease. Most will never need a transplant.

But, 20% of people that get a transplant will develop diabetes AFTER the transplant.

I’m sorry, but i couldn’t find the exact figure on how many type 1’s need a transplant.
But it’s nowhere near 30%, and most stabilize and are treated with drugs, and diet.

Your mum is over exaggerating, by a long shot.

But if you don’t get it under control, well you already know what’ll happen. She’s just scared for you.
You know how to take care of yourself, I’ve had diabetes since i was 9, i’m 24 now and have no health problems, apart from that lol.

Oh and GaryB… my sex life is absolutely fine, thanks. As are most diabetics i know.

A lot of these problems happen an awful lot later in life, and usually exacerbated by bad control.

Enjoy your life. Don;t let diabetes control it, it doesn’t have to at all.

Gary B says:

As a kidney transplant patient, I can tell you definitely that you will be VERY lucky to get a kidney transplanted! There are several thousand people waiting for kidney transplants, but only a very few kidneys are available. The AVERAGE wait to get a kidney transplant is 3 years, but many patients die before a new kidney is available.

it is MUCH more likely that you will have to have dialysis. This is where you are hooked up to a "Kidney Machine" for 4 hours on 3 days a week. Since this takes so much time, you will be automatically placed on Social Security Disability, and unable to have a job.

And Kidney Dialysis is VERY painful and sickening. First, you have to have surgery in your wrist to install a "fistula" and that fistula needs to grow for 6-12 months before they can use it. So you hope your doctor is smart enough to see the kidney failure EARLY and tell you to get the fistula BEFORE you need it.

If the fistula isn’t ready (or you don’t have one) they stick a HUGE needle in the veins in your neck. this is called a Central Line. Since you will have dialysis every other day, they must LEAVE the needles in place, Stuck in your neck under a bandage. because of this, your movements are a bit limited. NO sport, no swiming, and you have to be VERY careful when taking a shower.

And THEN, then they actually hook you to the machine (about the size of two microwave ovens) they need to take about a cup of blood from your veins and put it in the machine to "prime it". Because of the temporary blood loss, your blood pressure drop and you might get violently nauseous. Most people end up vomiting MANY times before the treatment is complete. And remember, you are in a room with several other people, ALL of them retching and vomiting. Talking about it makes me sick!

And there are special drugs needed to make sure that your blood doesn’t clot in the machine. Some people have reactions to those drugs, too. More vomiting . . . .

The worst part of this is that you will need this treatment for the REST OF YOUR LIFE. 4 hours a day, 3 days a week — attached to a machine, vomiting all over yourself, and praying that God will either find a new kidney or kill you where right here and right now.

but maybe God does answer prayers. Most patients who end up on "hemodialysis" (that is the full name) die in 5 to 7 years.

Dialysis is NOT perfect! It is FAR better to simply avoid the problem in the first place, by keeping yourself (and your kidneys) healthy.

Your mom is NOT being melodramatic. Reality is MUCH worse. You mom is actually over-optimistic. She thinks that you WILL get a transplant — but there is a better chance that you WON’T, and you’ll be wired to this machine for the rest of your life — as short as it might be.

AND . . . let’s not forget the OTHER problems you are likely to have. Fact is, most diabetics die from heart attacks or strokes, and usually before they are 50.

Diabetes affects EVERY organ in your body — heart, liver, kidneys, eyes, brain, stomach and intestines. Kidney failure is the third most common form of death in diabetics, Blindness is VERY common. And several recent studies show that diabetics are 3 times more likely to get Alzheimer’s Disease, AND to get it much earlier in life.

Diabetes causes you to heal slower, and wounds get infected more easily. When that happens there is the possibility of gangrene, and the "cure" for gangrene is amputation! Even a little paper cut can cause you to lose a finger or even your whole hand!

AND, diabetes affects you sex organs. Diabetes makes in difficult to enjoy sex, and in really bad cases diabetes make it IMPOSSIBLE to have sex. This is true for both men and women.

In women, diabetes increases the possibly of having a miscarriage, or having a baby with birth defects, IF she can get pregnant at all.

If YOU DO NOT control of the diabetes by eating correctly, exercising properly, controlling your weight, taking your shots, and following doctors orders, it is very likely that you will die from a heart attack or stroke LONG before you need new kidneys. and you might get hit by a "mini-stroke", blindness, or amputation which will leave you bound to a wheelchair for the rest of your life.

And the "rest of your life" will be shorter than expected. You will probably die before you are 50, and then after a long and painful life in a wheel chair nursing home, or hospital.

But if YOU control the diabetes through proper diet, exercise, weight control and medications INCLUDING INSULIN INJECTIONS then you an live a life as full and as happy as a normal person, including school, career, romance, marriage, and children of your own.

The choice is TOTALLY up to you! Follow doctors orders and live well, or fail to follow doctors orders and die young and in pain.

THE CHOICE IS YOURS.

2cute4words says:

As long as you diabetes is under control and you follow your diet and exercise and take your medicine or insulin as prescribed a kidney transplant will not be necessary. That only occurs when the diabetes is not taken care of as it should be.