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Dealing With Diabetes 　　han Hongying， 59， remembers the numbing shock when she was diagnosed with diabetes 15 years ago. “I was scared of the pain that the disease would bring to me and my family，” said Han， a retired worker in Beijing. 　　Han’s biggest fear was the thought of battling it for the rest of her life. Danger of complications such as amputation， blindness， kidney failure and cardiovascular disease lingered in her mind. “A life of treatment will cost a large sum of money and may destroy me psychologically，” she said. 　　Han’s experience mirrors that of millions of Chinese diabetics.