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My Mom has Type 2 Diabetes, I'm scared.?
My mom was just diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes and I'm reading all this stuff online and its really scaring me. Am I going to lose my mom early, or is she gonna be okay... I feel so sad, I just want some information please. Thanks.
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- Jackie MLv 710 years agoFavorite Answer
All the things you have read that could happen to a diabetic is only things that will happen if she doesn't take care of herself but even then it would be a long time from now before this happens. If mum eats all the healthy food she is advised to eat and does exercise, she doesn't need to go to the gym all she needs to do is 30 minutes walking a few days a week and if she keeps her sugar levels down she will probably live longer than you as she wont be eating junk food, I am type 2 diabetic and I am 54 years old, Good Luck
- 5 years ago
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What you eat is not actually the cause of diabetes, but how you live can be. If you sit on the couch all day, your chances of developing diabetes goes up greatly.
Just do the best you can to not gain weight and to maintain an active life style and that will greatly help reduce some of your risks.
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My Mom has Type 2 Diabetes, I'm scared.?
My mom was just diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes and I'm reading all this stuff online and its really scaring me. Am I going to lose my mom early, or is she gonna be okay... I feel so sad, I just want some information please. Thanks.
Source(s): mom type 2 diabetes 39 scared: https://tinyurl.im/Pniji - KatLv 710 years ago
Don't be scared! Her condition can be easily managed with medication and a healthy diet. She'll be just fine and you're not going to lose her early—or at least not because of diabetes.
- TabeaLv 610 years ago
Diabetes by itself doesn't cause anything. It is uncontrolled high blood sugars that kill and maim.
Being diagnosed with diabetes is not a death sentence. It's only a death sentence if the patient refuses to do anything to control their blood sugars.
- Nana LambLv 710 years ago
Get over being scared!! Most of the scare items you are reading belong to the last century diabetics!!
If she changes her diet to low carb food plan, walks an hour every day as fast as she can, and takes her medications on schedule, she can live very healthy life til she is about 99!
Most of the top Endocrinologists in the USA recommend the South Beach Diet phase 2 to their diabetic patients. It works really well for a lifestyle and is healthy for the entire family.
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