Probably more than I would want to know.

Her conditions are due to smoking, which she denies, and being diabetic, and how she has eaten for years and the fact that she does not get out of her recliner for even an hour a day. I have been monitoring my blood sugars occasionally for about a year and a half. I can definitely see a correlation in how they read when I exercise regularly. I have never smoked and I eat pretty healthily, just too large a portion.Whenever I give platelets or blood they check my iron, blood pressure, pulse. Of course the condition of my platelets is good and that would be something to worry about otherwise.

According to one diabetic educator I have been trained by in my jobs, the best thing you can do is build muscle. . . as in weight training. That is so that the excess sugar you might have has a place to go besides your pancreas. Good luck. Of course the definitive test is an A1C that they do with a physical only if there is reason to believe you may be diabetic. It shows a three month cumulative picture of your sugars. I do not understand it completely, and I have never had one.

I smoked for 22 years, but quit for good about 4 or 5 years ago. The last time I had my blood sugar tested in 2010, I was borderline diabetic. Having diabetes AND multiple sclerosis was too much-I've been watching what I eat, and doing my best to get some sort of exercise each day. I do know that the last time I had my blood drawn for something else, I did ask about my blood sugar level; the doctor said it was fine. But I know that I have to be more conscious about it-diabetes type 2 runs in our family (my maternal great-grandfather, my mother AND my sister were all diagnosed with it).

It's not always avoidable. My younger sister was diagnosed around 32 years of age, but Type 2 runs in our family. She'll be 40 this year, but she was never excessively overweight. I do agree-we all need to eat better and get some exercise. I have multiple sclerosis, and have been much more conscious of my health since I was about 35 or 36.

You are describing my mom to a T.

I know diabetes isn't always avoidable but I'm doing my best to avoid it! Luckily, there is no history of it in our family. I have a sister in law who has COPD which she denies she has. She won't take care of herself and I don't know how she's lived as long as she has. She's a sweet lady and I love her, she just sees things however she wants to see them.

Why do you think I hang around, it ain't for my father's benefit, that's for sure, I am here solely for my mum, incidentally she is 70 on March 11th!

You and she can have a big celebration.

You do a lot of positive things in your life and I know that it helps you manage your diabetes successfully. I like to think I would be that determined myself. I am glad you can get the vision problems corrected.

My sis also has a cataract that is not ready yet for surgery. I am glad your hubby's surgery went well.

Me too. I am probably the only one that would go to an eye doctor hoping he would tell me I needed to have surgery. When I first got the cataract he told me it was not serious enough to have surgery, and I was like, " But it is serious enough that I can't see very well." I mean it is bad that it progressed, but now I can get it fixed and I am told it will make a huge difference.

My sister lives with one daughter, but she has some other things that she has to do that make it better for me to do a lot of this. Her other daughter lives far away. I did get on for some of the quadruple earnings. Yes, this can be caused in part by diabetes and also by a sedentary life style and poor food choices.

Yes,getting plenty of exercise and changing our eating habit help us prevent some diseases.

I know it is about self care. At this point my brother, sister, dad, and two nieces are being treated for diabetes. I am working on keeping it away. Exercise certainly helps along with healthy diet.

Type II diabetes is a lifestyle disease. You may have a tendency toward it, but it comes from various stresses we put on our body and bad foods as well. There is a lot of evidence that diet pop causes it. Being overweight just a little can cause it, and I am majorly overweight. Being active is one way to keep it in check though.

It's very popular now a days, they say it's linked to your lifestyle. I can see obese, even overweight, and no exercising. But some say it's not linked to what you eat either.

Some of the damage is permanent, but a lot of it can be undone by a healthy lifestyle. I know you are particular about what you eat and that goes a long way to help. Stress however can cause a problem.

Ah, but I am taking a stress management class this semester, though I really am not much of a stressful person, until I read my Sociology assignments... No, really, that sociology really does stress me out, but you know what I did on my spring break this week, don't you? I did next week's assignment already for that class.. So I am one HAPPY student...

Somewhere in all of this also comes work. I already have forty hours in, and when I clock out in less than an hour I will have almost fifty, then I am working sixteen hours tomorrow and nine again on Sunday. Monday I am off, but have a meeting at work and a Dr. appointment with my husband.

Well no Mylot in there anywhere. You are too busy.

I am fortunate to be in a family where we will all do what we can for one another.

This is something to feel blessed! I have a good family and wonderful friends. I don`t know what I would have done in some moments without them. We all need each other.

I think she believes that as well. But if they clear out this artery and/or do a bypass, smoking will cause it to block up again. I do hope that some of these procedures help with her pain.

This comment is aimed at jugsjugs. If you do quit smoking your lungs will start clearing up almost immediately. If you KEEP QUIT you can actually reverse the damage that you have already started. Check it out if you don't believe me.

I guess we do not really want to know how mortal we are.

She has been going to a free clinic an hour away. This has got to be better. This doctor is the one that got her in to see a cardiologist in less than a month. The clinic had been trying since August. I really like the new doctor.

I am glad that is it working out, being and sick and not knowing what is going on is something I know about, but I am just a hard case because of other health issues they tread carefully.

If your family cannot or will not help you out, who will? I know they would help me as well.

exactly. ... I also feel the same with my family

You know, she would do the same for me, and that is what family is about.

it is great that you have each other it is to bad that more people in the world that would do the same thing we would all be much happy people in the world

Thank you, Tina, yes, you needed to be certain because of family history. I had a friend have to have a catheter procedure and an ablation due to a rapid heart rhythm and she was quite young at the time. I hope you continue to improve.

Oh, I will be here, but my mind may go on different tracks. Hubby has some health issues as well. All of this would not be so bad, but work is chronically short staffed.

I am trying to take healthier steps and I sure eat better than she does. Our family is pretty well known for taking care of people.

Your description of your mother matches my sister. I wish I could choose better for her, but I cannot. My brother has never smoked, but due to stress and a sedentary job has the blood pressure, weight and diabetes issues as well. I need to get serious about losing weight and exercising more.

Yes, I try to do healthy things, but sometimes it is hard.