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<blockquote data-quote="tinyroman" data-source="post: 2281044" data-attributes="member: 49377"><p>You know what bugs me the most? Being told that every non-diabetes related condition I have is because I have ‘poorly- controlled’ diabetes. </p><p></p><p>TypeZero nails it when s/he talks about stress. I’m age 66, have had T1 for 40 years, being diagnosed when I lived in Canada (which I hated). My life seems to have been plagued by family deaths ( sorry, that sounds a bit dramatic, and I’ll not go into it, but unfortunately it’s true), constant illness, other horrible things, and for the last 20 years fully caring for my invalid mother who’s had dementia for the last 8 years. She finally went into a care home three years ago, and I thought, “At last! Free! I can live like a normal person. Hooray!” </p><p>Instead it seems as though all sorts of conditions were waiting in the wings to pounce. And every time a new condition crops up, I’m told it’s due to poorly-controlled diabetes. </p><p>My latest, osteomyelitis in the jaw, was left untreated as it started just before the beginning of lockdown; my dentist said ‘take paracetamol’ and the gp wouldn’t see me because it was a dental problem. The pain I was in for 3 months was indescribable. In the end I took myself to A&E because I could no longer stand it, where I was given a course of antibiotics, followed by another 3 courses before the infection settled down. Couple weeks ago I had a CT scan. </p><p>So now I have an appointment for September to discuss treatment. If that doctor says the words ‘poorly- controlled diabetes’, I swear I’ll swing for him. </p><p>It feels good to get that off my chest. Thank you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tinyroman, post: 2281044, member: 49377"] You know what bugs me the most? Being told that every non-diabetes related condition I have is because I have ‘poorly- controlled’ diabetes. TypeZero nails it when s/he talks about stress. I’m age 66, have had T1 for 40 years, being diagnosed when I lived in Canada (which I hated). My life seems to have been plagued by family deaths ( sorry, that sounds a bit dramatic, and I’ll not go into it, but unfortunately it’s true), constant illness, other horrible things, and for the last 20 years fully caring for my invalid mother who’s had dementia for the last 8 years. She finally went into a care home three years ago, and I thought, “At last! Free! I can live like a normal person. Hooray!” Instead it seems as though all sorts of conditions were waiting in the wings to pounce. And every time a new condition crops up, I’m told it’s due to poorly-controlled diabetes. My latest, osteomyelitis in the jaw, was left untreated as it started just before the beginning of lockdown; my dentist said ‘take paracetamol’ and the gp wouldn’t see me because it was a dental problem. The pain I was in for 3 months was indescribable. In the end I took myself to A&E because I could no longer stand it, where I was given a course of antibiotics, followed by another 3 courses before the infection settled down. Couple weeks ago I had a CT scan. So now I have an appointment for September to discuss treatment. If that doctor says the words ‘poorly- controlled diabetes’, I swear I’ll swing for him. It feels good to get that off my chest. Thank you. [/QUOTE]
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