RE: another ramble

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Unfortunately, too many young diabetics do that. It is also not that

unusual for young diabetics to become anorexic. I had a 23 year old client

who almost died from anorexia.. I had another client who was a tall, thin

beautiful young woman who let her sugars run real high. She would be in a

constant state of ketoacidosis, which would burn extra fat. She had a heart

attack and ended up on dialysis and died when she was 40 years old. Broke

my heart as she was a really lovely person.

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From: blind-diabetics

[mailto:blind-diabetics ] On Behalf Of Lora Leggett

Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2011 5:10 PM

To: blind-diabetics

Subject: Re: another ramble

I think the last thing I would want to do at a large public gathering of

friends would be to try to draw a lot of attention to myself, especially

negative attention. If I was really concerned about what they had to eat at

the place would I not make sure to either eat at home or bring something

that was acceptable?

and I never really go anywhere so I am not sure that situation would

come up. Also I think you would plan ahead and make sure I took my pill or

insulin on time. If I am going to eat things I shouldn;t it would be here

at home and not where everyone would be watching so I would not disrupt

everyone's good time at the get together.

It sounds like your friends had very deep seated sychological problems that

did not have much to do with diabetes as it did with a severe mental health

condition where diabetes was only one factor.

Sorry to hear they are both gone now but I guess they definitely did not

take care of themselves.

I guess you are trying to show me examples of people who do not take

responsibility and what can happen to them.

another ramble

> maybe this has something to do with something here, maybe not. at any

> rate, several years ago i had two friends, both blind, both diabetics,

> both dead now and both fairly young and both attention seekers and both

> had to take large amounts of insulin. she'd take her insulin and not eat;

> always when involved in a large gathering of some sort. got to the point

> people dreaded her presence because they knew 911 would have to be called

> at least once before the day was done or more if it was a weekend event.

> we'd notice first that she was talking out of her head and try to make her

> eat something, but most of the time she'd get aggressive and refuse.

> usually after the paramedics brought her round, she'd be angry at us for

> calling them.

>

> my other friend. it never failed that if invited out for a walk would take

> his shot, not eat or take snacks. he'd invariably start going down right

> outside an expensive restaurant. and never had money. only took a couple

> of times to see thru this and bring food along with us for him.

>

> i miss those two, but not their games.

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