No, I'm not.
When I look at him, I see my younger self. Almost exactly the same. Yolo when young, diabetes came knocking before 30, never keep it under control, upgrade to insulin, still never take care, became high resistence. Extreme overweight, Endocrine specialist manage me until give up, referred to General Surgery for bariatric surgery, took 1 year of counseling to prepare me for complete liftstyle changes. Loss 50% of my body weight to 75kg, further weight loss to 61kg, loss so much muscle mass and hormones haywire, bone all became bristle due to calcium loss, fell and broken 2 kneecaps, 1 elbow, several ribs at one go, overdose in painkillers during rehab kills my kidney. Ulcers developed near my bariatric surgery site and experiencing haemogoblin dropping fast, went for surgery to clip the bleed. Blood transfusion to quickly bring up my haemogoblin number. The bariatric cured my 3 highs, no need insulin, no more bp meds, Statin has to continue. Install permcath on chest to start dialysis for 3+ years, inbetween went for AVF on wrist + ballooning once but failed. Open a new AVF above elbow and went through another ballooning. Lucky this time round success, wait for it to mature to start using it. Remove permcath. Went onto kidney transplant waiting list.
