My dad had an aunt at the turn of the century who died from diabetes, but she was the closest affected relative in my family.
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When my parents died they both were 47, and they died of complications of different diseases; one being diabetes.
When my parents died, they both were 47, and they died of complications of different diseases, one being diabetes. I became a diabetic at 17 and went on this road of kind of self-destruction, eating-wise, until I was 40.
Diabetes affects my family. One of my kids is affected by it.
My father passed from cancer in 2000; his brother died of cancer before that. My grandfather died of cancer.
In 1989, my father died after a prolonged struggle with Alzheimer's disease. All four of his siblings followed him into the shadow lands of that fascinating, maddening affliction.
Diabetes is a disease that's had a deep impact on my family. My little brother has had type 1 diabetes since he was a baby and I have spent time learning about the disease and trying to bring attention to it so that one day soon we will reach a cure.
I was 19 when my father died from a heart attack. He was a 55-year-old college professor and had led what was by all appearances a risk-free life. But he was overweight, and heart disease runs in our family.
I had one relative who passed away but fortunately none others. So my sort of experience of it is quite limited, thankfully.
My mom was a diabetic. Her sister was a diabetic, so I was already a candidate.
I had an older brother who passed away recently, an older sister and a younger brother.