My father has type 2 diabetes, and I'm currently in medical school. Learning about this disease in depth has shown me a fraction of what he's experiencing, treatments, help, but it's also filled me with sadness, fear, worry, and depression

To preface, my dad was diagnosed when he was in his 40s (now 61). He's always been very lax and leisure about it, not really caring or doing the absolute bare minimum for it. My mom does her part with the food and encouragement and luckily he does pay attention and is compliant with his meds and insulin treatment. In the past year or so he's developed glaucoma and had to get laser eye surgery as a result. Since then he's been very well about his condition and taking care of himself.

Now I've started medical school (almost done with my first year), and learning about his condition really showed me what kind of condition it is. I've begun to encourage my dad more to take care of himself and he has and I'm so happy about it!

It makes me so happy and I tell him I'm proud that he's been exercising more, eating better, being more active, heeding his doctor's advice.

However, sometimes it makes me incredibly sad knowing about the what if's and how's and why's of it all.

Now the current issue is after his last eye surgery 1 month ago, in the past week and a half to 2, he's started to get teary eyed in one eye and his eyelid seems swollen. If anyone has had this issue could you PLEASE provide some insight?

I asked him about it this morning as he was leaving for work and he said it's annoying cause he just feels his eye tearing up and it gets itchy and he feels his vision get cloudy.

To me, it looks like it might be some sort of reaction because 2 weeks ago it was not the case. And hearing this it made me really sad because although I can't feel the pain and frustration and exhausting he feels, I feel I understand it, and it really saddened me.

Overall, I guess i'm looking for some sort of semblance of advice, or just words to find comfort in all this.

Thank you all so much, and know that I support each of you in your plight just as much as I support my father's.