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    The document discusses the author's father's experience with type 2 diabetes. He was diagnosed in his late 40s when tests showed he was close to diabetic coma. His initial reaction was denial, but he eventually accepted insulin and made lifestyle changes like diet and exercise. Over 30 years of insulin treatment, he developed complications like glaucoma, joint pain, and neuropathy. In his later years, he suffered a heart attack, prostate cancer, strokes, and ultimately had his leg amputated. Despite the challenges of diabetes, he lived until age 79 with support from his family.

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    The document discusses the author's father's experience with type 2 diabetes. He was diagnosed in his late 40s when tests showed he was close to diabetic coma. His initial reaction was denial, but he eventually accepted insulin and made lifestyle changes like diet and exercise. Over 30 years of insulin treatment, he developed complications like glaucoma, joint pain, and neuropathy. In his later years, he suffered a heart attack, prostate cancer, strokes, and ultimately had his leg amputated. Despite the challenges of diabetes, he lived until age 79 with support from his family.

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    The document discusses the author's father's experience with type 2 diabetes. He was diagnosed in his late 40s when tests showed he was close to diabetic coma. His initial reaction was denial, but he eventually accepted insulin and made lifestyle changes like diet and exercise. Over 30 years of insulin treatment, he developed complications like glaucoma, joint pain, and neuropathy. In his later years, he suffered a heart attack, prostate cancer, strokes, and ultimately had his leg amputated. Despite the challenges of diabetes, he lived until age 79 with support from his family.

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    I will be using my father as a prime example since his experience is personal to me.

    Just like many


    patients in the video we watched, my father was diagnosed with type II diabetes. He found out during
    his late 40s, by accident, when the doctor tested his sugar levels and rushed him to the hospital since
    he was very close to having a diabetic coma. To be aware diabetic coma is caused by severe
    dehydration and very high blood glucose levels, known as hyperglycemia (DHHS, 2002, para. 4). His
    experience at first was denial and refusal to take insulin because he was afraid of injections. It took a
    lot of convincing from the health providers that he could live a long life with medications, an extreme
    diet change, and exercise. It took a lot of discipline not to eat sweets, especially ice cream, and to eat
    healthy food such as boiled yams, boiled bananas, and steamed fish, plus not adding salt to his diet.
    He wanted to ensure that he lived a long life with his daughters, even if it meant giving up on the
    things he loved. Besides the problems with his sugar levels, he did not experience any pain other than
    when he got older, as the doctors kept a close eye on him. In addition, he took excellent care of
    himself. However, as time passed, due to the insulin he had been taking for over 30 years, he
    developed glaucoma (which affected his eyes), joint pains, and the feeling of pins and needles in both
    his legs. At that moment, we were unaware it was diabetic neuropathy. Unfortunately, during the last
    six to eight years of his life, he suffered a massive heart attack, stage four prostate cancer, and four
    strokes, and his final calling was the amputation of his leg. He lived until the age of 79, but he lived a
    good life despite the challenges he faced with diabetes, plus he had great support from his family. 

    Reference:
    Department of Health & Human Services (DHHS). (2002, September 11). Diabetic coma. Better
    Health Channel. Retrieved March 24, 2023,
    from https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/conditionsandtreatments/diabetic-coma

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