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Wife in hospital
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Hang in there Mike, diabetes introduces you to a host of diseases all related, each complicates the others. You get very familiar with a whole bunch of doctors. I have a family dr, a diabetes/thyroid specialist, a kidney specialist. Plus you need to throw in eyes and dentists too...fortunately the entire group is focused on helping a person be as healthy as possible with diabetes. I have a calendar just to keep all the appointments straight but as long as you give each one permission to share info with the others it's a good thing. They will all know what each one is prescribing which helps them all do what's best for Linda. The A1c is the magic number, keeping it in a normal range is the goal. Cholesterol, blood pressure are important too. She can have a multitude of prescriptions to keep everything in control. With all that said it is a disease you can live with, have to do a LOT of things you'd rather not and follow a reasonably healthy eating pattern. Hope she continues to improve, thinking of you both!!
Unfortunately, the doctors, who belong to the same group practice (University of Cincinnati) don't have good communication among themselves. But yeah, she has seen all types of specialists with a lot more on the horizon. Fortunately, for several years I did marketing for doctors and have learned my way around them, why they do, how they communicate. There are times to ask questions, other times one has to take a different tack!
In Linda's case, the docs need to understand as well as take into consideration that her diabetes is far more aggressive than normal. She went from very good vision to not being able to drive or even see a picture on a 36" TV screen unless she is a couple of feet away. Perfect teeth to toothless in three months - they simply started to fall out. No problems walking to being able to barely outrun a snail in the same time frame. A simple blister takes weeks to heal and requires daily applications of triple antibiotic salve to do it in that amount of time.
I don't like the prognosis, though the docs do not talk about it. But life is not a draw poker game where one can ask for other cards - we play the ones we are dealt. And pray!
Mike
In Linda's case, the docs need to understand as well as take into consideration that her diabetes is far more aggressive than normal. She went from very good vision to not being able to drive or even see a picture on a 36" TV screen unless she is a couple of feet away. Perfect teeth to toothless in three months - they simply started to fall out. No problems walking to being able to barely outrun a snail in the same time frame. A simple blister takes weeks to heal and requires daily applications of triple antibiotic salve to do it in that amount of time.
I don't like the prognosis, though the docs do not talk about it. But life is not a draw poker game where one can ask for other cards - we play the ones we are dealt. And pray!
Mike
My prayers are with your wife for her to get better and rid of herself from diabetes.