Diabetic with Kidney disease still drinks ALOT!?My husband was recently diagnosed with Stage 3 kidney disease in the last 2 months. He has high blood pressure and high potassium levels too. He is taking Lantus at night and Humulog on a 1:10 ratio but, he doesn't take his Lantus every night. In addition, he has also had surgery on both his eyes due to Macular Edema. I am wondering if there are any spouses that are out there that have the same issue as I do. I know that if he doesn't take care of himself he will go downhill.I know that death is in his near future. He has been to AA and rehab and it hasn't worked. I am just wondering how long he will survive living like he is.
Posted by Loves Papillons
It might be useful to consult his doctor. Since he has more than one disease, I don't feel like it's very practical for me to give a confident prognosis. A lot of people have to go through rehab way more than one time. Doesn't AA recommend going to meetings in recovery? It might be useful to scare him into cleaning up his act, but if he has been drinking a lot for a long time, he can't quit cold turkey, he must go through a medically supervised detox (you might already know that, but I know someone that died of seizures from going cold turkey). Good luck, I know it must not be easy.
Posted by Juan C
Well. no body can predict how long we live. however, the case of your husband the near death is possible.
Posted by Noccie
Some folks can be on the brink of death for years, others go quickly. Sadly, your husband's conditions - diabetes and kidney disease - cause long slow miserable painful deaths, with lots of secondary medical issues popping up all along the way. :-(
It is sad that he chooses not to get his act together.
Don't let his health and life insurance lapse!
Posted by Tag23
I had heart surgery in 2001 and now have congestive hear failure and type two diabetes, take insulin, and pills gave up smoking and drinking after surgery and I do everything right and struggling to breath and keep diabetes in check. It's tough If he's drinking and diabetes out of control It's hard to believe he's going to live all that long but you never know. It's hard enough keeping mine level because I don't always eat right. I know one thing that happens to me if my sugar gets to low I start showing signs of being drunk. and if I don't get the sugar level up I'm history, with him drinking and if that happens somewhere he just might get picked up for being drunk instead of low sugar he's going to die in that jail cell. He's dying a slow death you better hope you can at least have him wear a diabetes bracelet But I would say he throw in the towel and is slowly killing himself. If that is the case there isn't much you can do. He could die tomorrow or ? no telling maybe the doctor can. I'm going on 8 years and I'm at least trying to do everything
right You want a guess with stage 3 kidney disease bet he don't make five years could be a lot shorter.
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