Trishanna, I have read that diabetes, untreated, not only damages the eyes and hearing, it damages the brain and some doctors associate it with Alzheimer's as well. My husband had dementia at least fifteen years before he died and ran the family business. We had no control over the matter at all. He wanted rid of me in his life so he wouldn't have to share his imagined wealth. He had illusions of grandeur at times and other personality disorders. No one else in the world could manage him so I stayed until the end. I do not feel guilty but i sometimes feel like a failure because I couldn't help him at all. I am determined that diabetics understand that they can get their health in order and prevent the losses and the amputations, and best of all, Alzheimer's. It is a physical disease in the brain, not a mental disorder, in the beginning, with the plaque buildup. If you fix diabetes, you can prevent some of the Alzheimer's.
we are nor responsible for driving our husband's crazy. I said I wouldn't talk about it. I'm sorry, I must say something. Dorisena