“Mum had diabetes for about 15 years. The problem with my mum was that she was allergic to most medication. She had high blood pressure but she would have allergic reactions to the medicine. So mostly, she wasn’t taking anything [to manage her diabetes]. She tried to take insulin but wasn’t able to tolerate it. She became unwell before Christmas in 2021. They said it was a silent heart attack, which I believe was a result of her diabetes. Then she had a stroke. She was in hospital for 12 days before
“Nobody was thinking it could be diabetes. .”
Dec 14, 2023
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