my father is 65, with type 2 diabetes and...

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  .The most common reason for diabetic patients to die is myocardial infarction in other words heart problems
To predict how many years should he live depends on how well he manages to control his sugar levels in blood, moreover  controlling the heart risk factors like smoking, weight, cholesterol, and blood pressure plays a key role in  determining his life span 
Risk of neuropathy on heart

with that being said, it is common for neuropathic patients to have silent myocardial infarchtion or coronary occlusion without feeliing chest pain
Treatment
decrease weight
cessation of smoking
Take Atorvastan 20mg twice daily
Blood gluces to be less than 180mg/dl
walking 30 miutes every day
Investigations
Blood sugar daily testing every morning
should the patient have a shortness of breath, direct him immediatly to the Emergency department to do ECG
Lipid profile
Symptoms of Heart attack in a diabetic patient

 Shortness of breathespecially when doing a physical effort
Sweating
sometimes in these patients chest pain is not apparent
increase in heartbeats
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