Comments on: historic first http://www.diabetic.netslonguirado.com/2005/08/07/historic-first/ Blog for the diabetics who use an insulin pump to control diabetes Fri, 29 Aug 2008 06:03:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Carlos Kiara http://www.diabetic.netslonguirado.com/2005/08/07/historic-first/#comment-24472 Carlos Kiara Tue, 09 Aug 2005 20:09:24 +0000 http://www.diabetic.netslonguirado.com/2005/08/07/historic-first/#comment-24472 I remember my first complication clearly. It started at 30 retinopathy. I spent a terrible 2-3 yrs there. Depression, denial, anger and back again. I was miserable and made my family that way also. Gail I remember my first complication clearly. It started at 30 retinopathy. I
spent a terrible 2-3 yrs there. Depression, denial, anger and back again. I
was miserable and made my family that way also.
Gail

]]> By: Randolph Fawn http://www.diabetic.netslonguirado.com/2005/08/07/historic-first/#comment-24468 Randolph Fawn Sun, 07 Aug 2005 22:27:38 +0000 http://www.diabetic.netslonguirado.com/2005/08/07/historic-first/#comment-24468 Well, Laurie, I was lead to believe right off the bat that I'd die, so I mentally prepared myself for ANYTHING negative. At 32 yrs of DM I was told since I had no eye problems at that point, I wouldn't get any. It was EXTREMELY scary when at 47 yrs' DM my vision went from 20/40 with correction to 20/400 with/c in three weeks' time! I had retinopathy, then a vitrectomy was performed and I was without a semblance of good vision for 8 months. I now have 20/20 & 20/25 withOUT correction. I have had a total of 6 eye surgeries including DM cataracts, ptosis repairs, and laser. I also had/have thyroid dysfunction (since '62 - treatment started '78), high BP (trtmt strtd '78) endometriosis (hyst. in '79), frozen shoulder, neuropathy, kidney failure (18%) with accompanying anemia. I also had an egg-sized breast tumor in '58 and shingles (DM related? Joan??) in '56. I DON'T WANT NOTHIN' ELSE! But, it ain't my choice. 8^( I'm still very happy for those who say DM is the best thing that ever happened <!--more--> to them. They can have mine. ;-) Well, Laurie, I was lead to believe right off the bat that I’d die, so I
mentally prepared myself for ANYTHING negative. At 32 yrs of DM I was told
since I had no eye problems at that point, I wouldn’t get any. It was
EXTREMELY scary when at 47 yrs’ DM my vision went from 20/40 with correction
to 20/400 with/c in three weeks’ time! I had retinopathy, then a vitrectomy
was performed and I was without a semblance of good vision for 8 months. I now
have 20/20 & 20/25 withOUT correction. I have had a total of 6 eye surgeries
including DM cataracts, ptosis repairs, and laser. I also had/have thyroid
dysfunction (since ‘62 - treatment started ‘78), high BP (trtmt strtd ‘78)
endometriosis (hyst. in ‘79), frozen shoulder, neuropathy, kidney failure
(18%) with accompanying anemia. I also had an egg-sized breast tumor in ‘58
and shingles (DM related? Joan??) in ‘56. I DON’T WANT NOTHIN’ ELSE! But, it
ain’t my choice. 8^(

I’m still very happy for those who say DM is the best thing that ever happened

to them. They can have mine. ;-)

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