valleys07 wrote:
Absolutely it is. Inside the last 12 months, an uncle and an auntie of mine have experienced exactly what JK has described above. Infection in the foot, resulted in both having amputation from the knee.
5 of the 6 siblings on mums side are type 1 diabetics. Despite my eating habits and exercise routine being of a pretty reasonable standard, I was partial to the odd packet of potato chips, can of soft drink and block of chocolate. Since the above has happened, I have pretty well cut all of those things right out of my diet. Best to make a change now, in an attempt to avoid the diagnosis. Be stuffed if I am losing a limb if I can help it.
My step-son from my previous marriage was mis-diagnosed by our local GP on a Friday, we were told he had a viral infection, he seemed very frail and when he unusually slept in on the Saturday I went in and checked up on him to see him virtually lifeless trying to reach out to me, I picked him up, put him in the car for the wife to take him to the WCH.
I rang the GP who then informed me that the receptionist got the results mixed up and his BSL was in the 70's and required immediate medical attention.............the night before.
I rang the hospital, they didn't believe me, the wife got him there and they took one look at him and took him away, they lost him twice and to their credit he was able to pull through, it was the scariest couple of days of my life.
It was a massive learning curve of food and nutrition after that, a fair bit to take on as a 13 year old, unfortunately his life was cut short in a car accident in 2015 as a 20 year old.
I have a few mates who have lost limbs also from not respecting the disease.
On a side note, a kid with ADHD can be covered by the health care system but a kid with diabetes can't, his medication was very expensive and it was to keep him alive.