Type 2 and age.....

[Steff]

My mother in law is president of her local WI and one of the ladies that attends is type 2 i know this cause mil tells me she talks to her about me lol, she was at there annual xmas party on Tuesday and noticed the lady was eating everything everyone else was, so MIL said to her are you allowed to eat all this as my daughter in law is really careful with what she eats the lady quickly replied and said yes im fine im only on pills my BS is always at 10 or there abouts so i eat what i like, now the lady is 72 roughly, but god if i did what she did id be surprised if i would get readings below 15 lol,it just surprised me the diffirent ways in which people treat there diabetes and I wondered if it was the age thing

 

[Northerner]

I've read in the past that doctors don't try and get elderly people to go for such tight control as younger people since it may have a greater effect on their quality of life than the risk of complications, although that may not be true of all or even many of them nowadays. A lot does depend on the doctor and the person/patient involved I think.

 

[tracey w]

In my experience it depends on the individual and their knowledge of this disease. I know a few type 2s and lets just say they are quite ignorant to the effects etc.

One im thinking of in particular only thinks its "mild" because its not type one and they are on meds not insulin, have never tested and eat/drink what they feel like. Unfortunately some peole do not take it seriously and this i think stems from some gps who tell people not to test etc.

 

[Dizzydi]

I think it can sometimes be an age thing, my granny is terrible she is now 83 and been diabetic 20 years, she refuses point blank to behave with what she eats and I have to say that her reading on her meter are generally 'HI' not a number but 'Hi' I've given up trying to help her, sad really as she has now got so many problems it is unbelieveable.

At least I can say I tried.

 

[RachelT]

My mum's mum and my dad's dad are both really naughty about what they eat. My gran is diet controlled (allegidly....) but has a problem with crisps...She knows she should be good, but i don't think her doctor is very hard on her about having an especially low hba1c. She tried Metformin and insulin but couldn't tollerate metformin and doesn't require insulin. My Grandad thinks that donuts and crunchie bars are ok...He tests once a week when he remembers and pricks his finger with a needle coz he doesn't like the prickers. I don't know what his nursing home have him do. My grandma swears he's diet controlled but i know he takes gliclazide... I've been in the wierd situation where my Grandma would offer me a desert (which she'd made with little or now sugar specially, bless her) and then dish up the full sugar version (usually with added sugar) to herself and my granddad.. Oh and the donuts are ok because they scrape some of the sugar off....But then my dad's parents are crazy...we know this.
I don't think that doctors give the elderly too much grief about blood sugar levels.
Also, my dad's mother is living proof that you can't get diabetes by eating too much sugar, she's got the sweetest tooth in my family and she's the grandparent without the diabetes!

Rachel

 

[Steff]

thanks all for your thoughts and replies x

 

[alisonz]

Both my parents were diagnosed in their "older" years mum T1 dad T2 they are both so different. Dad is well clued up on his and has mostly altered his lifestyle and as he has a dog gets plenty of exercise, but mum whoa she says she doesn't eat much but so far no weightloss and she drinks lucozade like its going out of fashion, also she just sits in her chair all day no exercise at all. Oh and mum and dad do not live together just as well methinks lol

 

[shiv]

Reminds me of a birthday party I went to, wasn't anyone I knew very well (ex's friend) but the birthday boy's T2 mum was there, she declined sugary fizzy drinks as she had brought her own drink "because I'm diabetic" - it was Appletiser, which has the same amount of sugar per 100ml as those fizzy drinks she was avoiding! I pointed it out to her but she basically ignored me and told me it was fine because it was natural sugar.

 

[Northerner]

Reminds me of a birthday party I went to, wasn't anyone I knew very well (ex's friend) but the birthday boy's T2 mum was there, she declined sugary fizzy drinks as she had brought her own drink "because I'm diabetic" - it was Appletiser, which has the same amount of sugar per 100ml as those fizzy drinks she was avoiding! I pointed it out to her but she basically ignored me and told me it was fine because it was natural sugar.

And we wonder why the non-D piublic get confused! 😱 I suppose the logic is that if it is natural then it is healthy, and if it's healthy them how can it be harmful to your health? 😱

 

[shiv]

And we wonder why the non-D piublic get confused! 😱 I suppose the logic is that if it is natural then it is healthy, and if it's healthy them how can it be harmful to your health? 😱

That and also just the stubborness of some people! Some people just literally do not want to hear something if it disagrees with what they think, especially regarding their health.