| I'm sorry to hear about your friend. We can all learn from situations like this. It's hard to "tow the line" sometimes with diabetes, but it's our best chance to hopefully do well longterm.
My mother had the same "quality of life over quantity of life" mindset and pretty much ate and did as she pleased...unfortunately she got neither quality or quantity, dying at 54.
We all have hard decisions to make every day with diabetes, and the choice is a personal one, yet it effects so many people who love us.
__________________ T2, diagnosed 8/31/06.
Byetta 5 mcg
HCTZ 12.5 mg every other day for BP
Enalapril 20 mg 1 daily (ace-inhibitor)
Lower carb dieter (approx. 75 total carbs/day, more on weekends), taking chromium, multivitamin and fish oil tablets Initial A1C 8/06: 9.6
11/06: 6.2.
03/07: 5.3
06/07: 5.4
10/07: 5.3
05/08: 6.2 (right after dealing with shingles and bronchitis)  | 
