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Does the proliferation of technology, information and forums encourage obsession?
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<blockquote data-quote="tim2000s" data-source="post: 743176" data-attributes="member: 30007"><p>Devices that allow you to keep a constant check on your glucose levels such as CGM and FGM, the massive availability of information on the Web, forums where you can discuss the minutiae of your diabetes and all your personal symptoms, and others who are sympathetic and understand your condition will listen and widespread dispersion of management techniques such as Bernstein's law of small numbers. </p><p></p><p>All these encourage introspection and greater observation of one's condition. </p><p></p><p>A comment [USER=17713]@donnellysdogs[/USER] made on a different thread I posted set me to thinking.</p><p></p><p>Is this a good thing? Whilst it in theory encourages better control and a longer life with fewer complications, does this come at a cost of paying attention to the now? </p><p></p><p>Due to spending time focusing so much on managing and talking about diabetes, do we start to miss out on life as it goes on about us, and the obsession starts to allow diabetes to manage us insidiously, rather than us manage it? </p><p></p><p>You can see where I am going with this. What are your thoughts?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tim2000s, post: 743176, member: 30007"] Devices that allow you to keep a constant check on your glucose levels such as CGM and FGM, the massive availability of information on the Web, forums where you can discuss the minutiae of your diabetes and all your personal symptoms, and others who are sympathetic and understand your condition will listen and widespread dispersion of management techniques such as Bernstein's law of small numbers. All these encourage introspection and greater observation of one's condition. A comment [USER=17713]@donnellysdogs[/USER] made on a different thread I posted set me to thinking. Is this a good thing? Whilst it in theory encourages better control and a longer life with fewer complications, does this come at a cost of paying attention to the now? Due to spending time focusing so much on managing and talking about diabetes, do we start to miss out on life as it goes on about us, and the obsession starts to allow diabetes to manage us insidiously, rather than us manage it? You can see where I am going with this. What are your thoughts? [/QUOTE]
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