Diabetes Forum - diabetes complications and bleeding gastric ulcer

Hi it's Robert. My mother recently passed away from a bleeding gastric ulcer or peptic ulcer. She has had diabetes for a couple of years now and her medication and all doctor visits were done religiously by my father. She previously had high blood pressure (3 years ago ) and collapsed in the house and was taken to the hospital and found she no longer had high blood pressure but diabetes instead. She exercised on a stationary bike for 10 minutes a day. She seemed healthy. Here is my question: She had a renal exam at 10:00 in the morning, had something to eat and then went to the mall and then returned home. 10 minutes later she complained of a bad chest pain. We took her to the hospital and then she was taken by ambulance to a larger facility the next day. This turned out to be angina. She stayed there for a week. They reworked her medication and added the nitropatch to relieve symptoms. When released from this hospital we went to a restaurant where she fell and broke her shoulder. My dad was helping her walk in the restaurant but she slipped and dragged him down also. He was okay. She broke her shoulder. We had our family doctor check her out and said it was a clavicle break. They could not operate because of her weak heart and angina and diabetes. The doctor checked her out completely and put a sling on it and she returned home with us. We nursed her as best we could with medication, drinking lots of water and putting on the patch every day. She did not exercise while she was at home after the shoulder break. After a few days we checked her shoulder and noticed a large bruise ( but no hematoma ). Size of bruise was 3X6 inches roughly. Purple green and yellow. She also had a bruise on her abdomen but that could of been from her stay in the hospital ( Lower abdomen on her right side ( Same side as clavicle fracture ). She was going to the bathroom quite a bit and i tried to help her as much as possible. Drinking lots of fluids. Blood glucose levels were checked every day. The doctor told us she was a very sick lady. A few days after returning home her appetite decreased a little bit and she was tired alot of the time. We did not get the bruise checked on her shoulder or abdomen ( 1 1/2 inches high by 4 inches wide ) This could of been done in the hospital and not from the fall ). 8 days after she returned home she slumped over against the vanity while on the toilet but did not fall down in the bathroom. We helped her back to the couch where she didn't seem to bad. Her speech and faculties were fine but she complained of a sore stomach. We phoned the doctor and he told us to bring her in in 3 hours. 2 hours later we took here to the bathroom to get ready for the doctor and this time she passed out. I was very scared and immediately took her to the emergency room. Doctor showed up in a few minutes. All of her testing was done. Vitals looked good. Pulse was 75. I think she was dka. THe nurse checked her blood glucose and it was 26. They revived her and 20 minutes later she in the ambulance to the larger hospital. The doctor came out and told us of a gastric ulcer or peptic ulcer that was bleeding ( artery clip was needed ) and she needed immediate medical attention in ICU which was 3 hours away. The doctor said she was very sick with all of her medical problems. With the broken shoulder the doctor said her heart was not strong enough for an operation. Could she of got an infection from the clavicle break. On the X-ray it showed a clean break with no protrusion thru the skin. She also had problems with swallowing fluid in the last year. I knew this bleeding gastric ulcer was serious. We were phoned 2 days later to come up to see her where she had passed away. She also had a heart attack while there. Could i have done anything different with proper exercise for her the last couple of years. How did she get the ulcer. With all of these medical problems how many years would she have left if the ulcer problem did not come up. Please help. Robert.