Do not disagree at all DD..... but is there any other condition which has "spread" like this? It needs a lot more money thrown at it and NOT at the expense of other research.
Mike
Well I guess cancer has as well... I know there's improvements percentage wise for some forms of cancer but things like pancreatic cancer is still quite significant as these are really progressively terminal.
I actually consider carbs to be more harmful than obesity for diabetes and think that unless the whole populations of our countries can adopt different life choices of food that the human race is going to be having diabetes spreading uncontrollably. However that is just my thoughts and not researched in anyway!!
Young children being advised to have 230g of carbs a day is huge. I know of an 11 year old advised to eat this. Nobody ever looks at any other aspect of fat, protein it's all excesses of carbs.
There appears to be a very simple way - change the recommended diet. It's T2 that seems to be increasing at a rate of knots, and a lot of it has to be diet related.That said, governments should throw a LOT more at this because the spread of diabetes is (almost) out of control.
There appears to be a very simple way - change the recommended diet. It's T2 that seems to be increasing at a rate of knots, and a lot of it has to be diet related.
don't let this take control of you..............unfortunately we are stuck with it. talk to your family and doctor about it. please don't let it get the better of you, otherwise the consequences will result in hospital treatment of some kind (we both know that)....................i found out the hard way that i had T1 be being in DKA for 1 week, and believe me, having been there, i never what to go there again......and hypo's aren't too clever either are they..............so go and talk to someone in person and get some of that physical emotion going, as you don't get that online. that should bring the perspective back.I've been type 1 for 12 years now and I'm 23 years. I'm just soo sick of it now that I've literally stop caring about it. I really need to get back on track and could really use some support. It's really unfair that I have to be stuck with this condition for the rest of my life.
But that big Dia companies don't want the cure is found Maybe that's why we're still struggling with that injections, strips....... Just business Nothing personal
I agree So much .....diabetes isn't the end of the world. There are far worst things to suffer from. But again every diabetic is unique. No single diabetic has the same experience. But I have always tried to prove I am as good as anyone else and I can do anything - diabetes does not define me. And an optimistic attitude despite sometimes not feeling like it, is paramount to keeping on top of it all.Borrowed time? Definitely Not.. @dan12321 it really sounds as if you are really struggling...
Diabetes is not the end of the world....sure its not as simple as your friends.... Look at the above post from @jed who has really lived....
I really suggest you look around and talkto either health people about your difficultys and glumness..your abilitys are the one that makes you or breaks you.
having just re read my post .....I maybe did come over as a right smug know it all.....and if I did, sorry, sometimes you write something and when you read it back it really sounds pompous ....What I was trying to say, and also should have empathised too with the original poster on here Anima .....of course I sympathise with how you are feeling. I get many days like that. And feel the same. But I really try to be positive, as hard as that maybe sometimes when the insulin doesn't seem to work as it should despite counting the carbs and all that stuff. There is never a day off with diabetes, so I just get on with it, and try to stay positive. Ok one day it's all wrong, but try to think that was one day, hopefully the next day will be better! It is hard as you and you alone are in charge of your condition, and I have made many many mistakes over the years, sometimes ones that frighten the life of me when I think back. I really hope you can get back on track and feel better about it all. I've been there and it is a horrible pit to be in. I've managed it through thick and thin for 43 years, and have lived a fun and happy life, with three kids aloNg the way. It is soooo much better now than In 1972 when I was diagnosed, the glass syringes and vile long needles of varying quality for a start. And no blood testing just urine testing which as a teenager I never used to do. So goodness knows what it was all doing to me back then I hope you soon feel more optimistic xI agree So much .....diabetes isn't the end of the world. There are far worst things to suffer from. But again every diabetic is unique. No single diabetic has the same experience. But I have always tried to prove I am as good as anyone else and I can do anything - diabetes does not define me. And an optimistic attitude despite sometimes not feeling like it, is paramount to keeping on top of it all.
Going to be totally honest here.....I am new to this forum, but recently a neighbour who I know slightly but not very well, has been diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease. I am sadly watching not only his physical deterioration but all the adjustments being done to his home to make his life easier. Hey, just google MND, it makes me think diabetes type 1 no matter how blessed irritating it is, is just a doddle to MND, really thankful tonight,and counting my blessings. I have always been glad to be alive, and even more so tonight, I may have not survived if I was born 100'years ago, but the future is bright, enjoy life and be happy ️xxhaving just re read my post .....I maybe did come over as a right smug know it all.....and if I did, sorry, sometimes you write something and when you read it back it really sounds pompous ....What I was trying to say, and also should have empathised too with the original poster on here Anima .....of course I sympathise with how you are feeling. I get many days like that. And feel the same. But I really try to be positive, as hard as that maybe sometimes when the insulin doesn't seem to work as it should despite counting the carbs and all that stuff. There is never a day off with diabetes, so I just get on with it, and try to stay positive. Ok one day it's all wrong, but try to think that was one day, hopefully the next day will be better! It is hard as you and you alone are in charge of your condition, and I have made many many mistakes over the years, sometimes ones that frighten the life of me when I think back. I really hope you can get back on track and feel better about it all. I've been there and it is a horrible pit to be in. I've managed it through thick and thin for 43 years, and have lived a fun and happy life, with three kids aloNg the way. It is soooo much better now than In 1972 when I was diagnosed, the glass syringes and vile long needles of varying quality for a start. And no blood testing just urine testing which as a teenager I never used to do. So goodness knows what it was all doing to me back then I hope you soon feel more optimistic x
Going to be totally honest here.....I am new to this forum, but recently a neighbour who I know slightly but not very well, has been diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease. I am sadly watching not only his physical deterioration but all the adjustments being done to his home to make his life easier. Hey, just google MND, it makes me think diabetes type 1 no matter how blessed irritating it is, is just a doddle to MND, really thankful tonight,and counting my blessings. I have always been glad to be alive, and even more so tonight, I may have not survived if I was born 100'years ago, but the future is bright, enjoy life and be happy ️xx
In my experience everyone has something medical they have to deal with, just lost another acquaintance to cancer, started with a melanoma, then a sarcoma, rare cancer of the leg, and then it spread everywhere, she died a week ago only late 40s, and two lovely daughters teens to early twenties. It really made me think when I was going through my own dark night of diabetes stress. I've actually never met anyone who doesn't have a medical issue as they get older or when they were young. I have a nephew who has extreme allergies, aspergers and excema, so who is to say at his young age of 21 what is worse. I have pals with IBS, which debiltates them, no one is free of medical probs, so let's be happy at least if we try really hard we maybe can do okay as diabetics, type 1. Despite all the irritations x
Totally agree with that. In the scheme of things we are, if not the lucky ones, at least far from being the worst off.There are so many people for whom life is far less easy.
We think alike!!Couldn't agree more, I was only talking about MND with my husband earlier and saying I'm so fortunate to have diabetes, it's manageable and doesn't restrict my life. I've never once complained about it or wished I didn't have it.
I consider myself very lucky