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<blockquote data-quote="PurpleChrisB" data-source="post: 1345900" data-attributes="member: 357512"><p>Oh my goodness. I dont know if my post will be helpful or not. I have had Type 1 for 41 years, since I was 7 - I had my 8th birthday in hospital. It was the 1975. In those days we were on pig insulin, and one injection a day. If you think it is hard now...nevermind <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> At the age of 7 I was banned from chocolate, sweets, cake, and all the things a 7 year old likes. But the thing someone told me then that is still relevant today is that either you control it, or it controls you, so you better do it with a smile. I am so grateful for that advice over the years. Yes it has been hard sometimes, but it could have been harder. I didnt get cancer, and I didnt loose a limb. To all intense purposes I look healthy. I am not disfigured. I am diabetic. I have made friends I would never have made, I have probably eaten healthier than I would have done otherwise. And I dont feel like I have to "fight" every day, I just have to "manage" just like everyone else. Some people, friends and family will never "get it". That is their problem, not mine. There are things about them that I will never understand either. I am so so grateful I never went through the whole anger, why me thing. I just accepted it and got on with it. It may have helped that i knew one of the first men that survived being diabetic. People used to die from this. We dont die now, unless we are really silly anyway <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> </p><p>I hope this helps. Just stay positive and realise how god you got it. It may take hard work and I know that is out of fasion, but that is just tough luck. It is doable, and can even be enjoyable if you let it.</p><p></p><p>Love Chris</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PurpleChrisB, post: 1345900, member: 357512"] Oh my goodness. I dont know if my post will be helpful or not. I have had Type 1 for 41 years, since I was 7 - I had my 8th birthday in hospital. It was the 1975. In those days we were on pig insulin, and one injection a day. If you think it is hard now...nevermind :-) At the age of 7 I was banned from chocolate, sweets, cake, and all the things a 7 year old likes. But the thing someone told me then that is still relevant today is that either you control it, or it controls you, so you better do it with a smile. I am so grateful for that advice over the years. Yes it has been hard sometimes, but it could have been harder. I didnt get cancer, and I didnt loose a limb. To all intense purposes I look healthy. I am not disfigured. I am diabetic. I have made friends I would never have made, I have probably eaten healthier than I would have done otherwise. And I dont feel like I have to "fight" every day, I just have to "manage" just like everyone else. Some people, friends and family will never "get it". That is their problem, not mine. There are things about them that I will never understand either. I am so so grateful I never went through the whole anger, why me thing. I just accepted it and got on with it. It may have helped that i knew one of the first men that survived being diabetic. People used to die from this. We dont die now, unless we are really silly anyway :-) I hope this helps. Just stay positive and realise how god you got it. It may take hard work and I know that is out of fasion, but that is just tough luck. It is doable, and can even be enjoyable if you let it. Love Chris [/QUOTE]
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