Oh, Loretta...

Please don't let your friend go....

Will, T2

Love it:-)
I wonder what my boys are saying to their friends...

Cheers, Alan, T2, Australia.
d&e, metformin 2x500mg

A truly great guy I used to work with never told me he had diabetes. I know
I told him I had it. I told everybody.

Tommy is one of a kind. He always decorated the office very elaborately for
every holiday at his own expense. He was in his 60's and was working as a
maintenance man at a high school. He brought platters of snacks and fruit
for the teachers and staff twice a week, week after week for years. He
brought  treats for the students as well.

One year, after handing the principal my retirement notice, I began to
debate if I'd made the right move. Tommy heard about it and said, "You're
too young to retire. I began to think of all the things I would miss in
retirement and withdrew my notice and worked another year. The next year,
the district offered a retirement incentive package and it was too good pass
up so I left. I'm glad I listened to Tommy and stayed an extra year.

After I retired, I didn't see much of him. Now I learn he's on dialysis and
going blind. I talked to his sister and asked her if he's being careful with
his diet. She said, "I never ask Tommy about that because he puts up a wall
and won't talk about it."

His sister works at the same school and has had to defend her brother in her
position as shop steward because the administration is complaining that his
work is declining. He's going blind so he doesn't see the little details he
always took care of.  She has to work with his doctors and nurses because he
never seems to know important details about his treatment. He'll be retiring
in June and she's making sure he'll get on Medicare and get the right
supplemental plan to pay for his dialysis.  His sister says that Tommy has
such a sweet nature, he just doesn't stand up for himself, not with the
doctors or the nurses, not with the complaining principal or that damned
disease.

Actually, I prefer your approach.  Your daughter didn't tell her
anything she didn't already know.  You might just have said something
like, 'When you're ready to start dealing with it, I have lots of
information for you.  Don't wait too long.'

I'm speaking from experience here.  I was in denial for about three
years after diagnosis, and as much as I wish I had those three years
back, I know there isn't anything anyone could have said that would have
moved me before I was ready.  

But your daughter is still pretty gutsy.  :-)

Chak

ROFL - that's not taxes and diabetes, it's successful baton transfer : )

Keeping quiet is not a skill of mine. I'd have tried to talk to her about it
too.

Nicky.

I worked with a gal who was at least 200 lbs overweight.  She was DM and
when she'd get her bg tested at the lab she would be 300-400+.  She
wasn't interested in carrying a meter!  She said, "what I don't know
won't hurt me".  yeah, right!  I encouraged her a few times to get and
use a meter.  there's only so much you can do when people are resistant
to help.  I presume she had a death wish.

Dave

lose her eyesight, lose a limb, go on dialysis and maybe even die.

Here's a shocker....WE ARE ALL GOING TO DIE !!!