RE: complications questions

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I think sometimes they just put complications from..... if a person has a

condition that they are under the care of a Dr for. What a death

certificate says isn't always the EXACT cause. My father had Parkinson's

disease and had had it for 10 years. When he was 85 he went into a coma with

a fever from a sore throat and as he had requested we did not try to keep

him alive. His death certificate reads complications from Parkinson disease.

My mother was 93 and got phenomena and died in her sleep, her death

certificate read Natural Causes. My sons read died from an injury in a fall

when he had been in a coma for 84 days and actually it was the lack of

proper medical treatment by the Dr's that caused his death. So we only know

what is written in the paper or on the news. Helen

Re: ny Cash dying from complications of diabetes

>

> Hi all,

>

> My recent concern with the news of ny Cash's death, is the

assumption

> that when a person dies of complications of diabetes, it is

assumed that

> person brought their death on by not taking care of oneself. Did

Ella

> really abuse herself by not watching her diet and cause her own

amputations

> and death? She WAS in her 80s when she died, so she had many good

years.

> Is there a point when the body just stops responding to all

treatment? Are

> we blaming the victim, as the saying goes? Or is there value in

pointing

> out when someone dies of complications brought on by diabetes?

>

> I do not deny that there are diabetics who abuse their bodies and

hasten

> their deaths. We all know the horror stories. These are excellent

> messages to us who have occasional slips and realize what ignoring

our

> disease can lead to.

>

> As someone newly diagnosed (May)I know I am doing all within my

power to

> treat my diabetes with respect. Can one take care of oneself and

still get

> complications? That's my worry.

>

> I have been having some high dawn effect numbers, despite diet,

exercise

> and medication. I will try the before bedtime snack idea. thanks

for the

> good tips!

>

> Jay in Maine

>

>

>

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