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<blockquote data-quote="czj" data-source="post: 743556" data-attributes="member: 62497"><p><span style="font-size: 15px">I've been thinking about it a lot too. I read some of the posts re newly diagnosed youngsters and think to myself how hard diabetes has become. When I was first diagnosed there was no blood testing, and neither did I carry my insulin with me. Nothing to compare to others. Though I knew it was a life altering diagnosis, on a day to day basis I was carefree.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">Nowadays it seems to me there is great deal of pressure. Some if it is self imposed, but some of it has to be caused by people comparing their results and finding themselves wanting.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">Going back to obsession, I gave up testing my blood so often when I realised I was behaving like a friend who had an eating disorder, She weighed herself many times a day, and depending on the result would eat lots of chocolate or jump on the exercise bike / take laxatives. I saw myself doing much the same - eating a bit or taking a small drop of insulin. The constant tinkering was unhealthy for me, both physically and mentally. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">I do worry about those who are newly diagnosed and don't know it doesn't have to be like this.</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="czj, post: 743556, member: 62497"] [SIZE=4]I've been thinking about it a lot too. I read some of the posts re newly diagnosed youngsters and think to myself how hard diabetes has become. When I was first diagnosed there was no blood testing, and neither did I carry my insulin with me. Nothing to compare to others. Though I knew it was a life altering diagnosis, on a day to day basis I was carefree. Nowadays it seems to me there is great deal of pressure. Some if it is self imposed, but some of it has to be caused by people comparing their results and finding themselves wanting. Going back to obsession, I gave up testing my blood so often when I realised I was behaving like a friend who had an eating disorder, She weighed herself many times a day, and depending on the result would eat lots of chocolate or jump on the exercise bike / take laxatives. I saw myself doing much the same - eating a bit or taking a small drop of insulin. The constant tinkering was unhealthy for me, both physically and mentally. I do worry about those who are newly diagnosed and don't know it doesn't have to be like this.[/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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