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I am 55 have severe dilated cardiomyopathy, stage 2 emphysema and type 2 diabetes. trying to get a clearer of life expectancy.?
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Life expectancy ...: In you most related to your heart disease as a diabetes specialist, the diabetes would not significantly reduce life expectancy more than you cardiomyopathy, as long as sugars reasonably well controlled.
Answered 1/5/2013
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