Diabetes can strike anyone of any age. Because its symptoms can be very insidious and hard to detect in many people often a person’s diabetes has progressed by the time that it is diagnosed.
If diabetes is diagnosed early enough, treatment involving diet, exercise and medication can be started in an effort to control diabetes symptoms and sometimes lessen the symptoms as well.
The most important ways to control diabetes are to follow your regimen from your doctor, nutritionist, endocrinologist, internist or other healthcare professional. If you follow the guidelines you are given, you should be able to control your blood glucose levels and other related health issues, and you should feel better, too.
The consequences of not caring for your diabetes can be devastating. This was shown a few days ago when Larry Miller, owner of the Utah Jazz was hospitalized and had to have emergency surgery to amputate both his legs about 6 inches below the knee. A spokesman said that the surgery went well, but there have been other complications and difficulties due to Mr. Miller’s diabetes, leading up to this situation.
Eight months ago, Mr. Miller had a severe heart attack, keeping him in the hospital for two months. Complications included kidney failure and gastrointestinal bleeding which led to a blood transfusion because he lost nearly eight pints of blood. In addition, last October, Miller ended up with a bone infection and diabetes ulcers on one foot. There was also another nine day stay in the hospital because he was holding water in his legs.
Miller is the sole owner of the Utah Jazz and has been since the early 1980’s. In addition, he has remained active and attended games even with his declining health, proving that you can do all sorts of things as well as lead an active life.
Time will tell how active Larry H. Miller will be in the future. One of the most important things to take from Mr. Miller’s experience is to truly take care of your diabetes – and don’t wait another day.
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