Yes, partners live with diabetes too. We often have to pick up the pieces when things don't go so well. But we love 'em.
I'm Teresa, My partner Chris is T2, diagnosed following a heart attack in 1991 at the age of 34. Until then,he had no idea he was even possibly diabetic, in fact had just completed a charity cycle ride from John O'Groats to Lands End, and the medical prior to that, did not show diabetes.(or they missed it).
Anyway since then he's been like a cat with nine lives, having had a second heart attack, a minor stroke, a left leg amputation, the discovery of only one kidney, and a severe reaction to a drug recently prescribed that cause not only severe hypo (1.3) due to being unable to eat, but stage 2 acute kidney injury because of dehydration. We nearly lost him, and I never want to go through that again. Paramedics were brilliant and I thank God they decided to take him in even when they got his levels back up after two hours. They saved his life that day.
So we are still in recovery, he was discharged from hospital three weeks ago. He has had good control of his diabetes since we discovered he's lactose intolerant, back in 2011 after he lost his left leg, but we now know he has only one kidney, which had a little wobble last year, with proteins in his urine, but was discharged by the renal unit to be reviewed annually. Now this recent episode.
That's about it. Typical of some, he spent many years in denial, calling it 'fighting' it. but he wasn't, he was ignoring it, refusing to make the changes needed saying he wasn't going to let this dominate his life. This time, with the AKI, the wake-up call has really shaken him up, and he is happy to be almost meat free in his diet now, just eating a little chicken now and then, no more than twice a week. Lots more cooking for me, but he's doing well on it and actually enjoying it.
I'm Teresa, My partner Chris is T2, diagnosed following a heart attack in 1991 at the age of 34. Until then,he had no idea he was even possibly diabetic, in fact had just completed a charity cycle ride from John O'Groats to Lands End, and the medical prior to that, did not show diabetes.(or they missed it).
Anyway since then he's been like a cat with nine lives, having had a second heart attack, a minor stroke, a left leg amputation, the discovery of only one kidney, and a severe reaction to a drug recently prescribed that cause not only severe hypo (1.3) due to being unable to eat, but stage 2 acute kidney injury because of dehydration. We nearly lost him, and I never want to go through that again. Paramedics were brilliant and I thank God they decided to take him in even when they got his levels back up after two hours. They saved his life that day.
So we are still in recovery, he was discharged from hospital three weeks ago. He has had good control of his diabetes since we discovered he's lactose intolerant, back in 2011 after he lost his left leg, but we now know he has only one kidney, which had a little wobble last year, with proteins in his urine, but was discharged by the renal unit to be reviewed annually. Now this recent episode.
That's about it. Typical of some, he spent many years in denial, calling it 'fighting' it. but he wasn't, he was ignoring it, refusing to make the changes needed saying he wasn't going to let this dominate his life. This time, with the AKI, the wake-up call has really shaken him up, and he is happy to be almost meat free in his diet now, just eating a little chicken now and then, no more than twice a week. Lots more cooking for me, but he's doing well on it and actually enjoying it.
