It Depends On YOU...
hello was wondering how long being a diabetic till complication start all information greatly received . i am on insulin 6 and metfotin as 6 weeks feeling a lot better
I have found that complications, for me, have come even though my numbers were once very tight and under control. Up until 5 years ago [10 years past my diagnosis] I had no problems, other than rapid progression neuropathy. Some of the neuropathy is caused from my low back injury in 1986, subsequent surgery [fusion of L-2 through S-1] and Spinal Stenosis.
Now, my numbers go just about everywhere, anytime they want... and I'm having lots of trouble with creatinine in the kidneys.
Last May, my BP went crazy, and I was admitted to ICU with a Hypertensive Crisis. Come to find out, it was a swollen prostrate that had totally blocked off the urinary tract, and caused a back up into the kidneys, and I went into acute renal failure.
However, through prayer, the renal failure reversed itself, the prostrate was reduced through Lazar surgery, and things are getting better with each passing day.
So, I don't know what to tell you, other than to keep those numbers as tight as you can, for as long as you can. And when complications set in, be thankful for the good times, and know that you have entered an era where you need to do things differently. Each complication is like starting over, and at times, that can be very depressing.