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Hi Rosie, It is indeed a big deal, much bigger than I realized.
Without the internet we would be heading for wheelchairs and dialysis, wouldn't we?
Sadly, very true,
@Emily D.
Many get a VERY rude awakening, after knowing a tiny bit about the illness, and once handed personal ownership of their very own DIABETIC condition. Shock, followed by horror. Seems to be the normal reaction from those on here .
(Which, I like to think ii a wonderful self protection measure, that those who choose to simply take the tablets as instructed, possibly missed out on, imho )
Which neatly leads to your second point, which is where , we on here are blessed,
Blessed by belonging to a slightly rebellious, community. of outcasts
One determined beyond belief, to overthrow the yoke of diabetes.
A diagnosis, placed around our necks, usually with a sop to informing us of the causes and remedies, with the expectation that there is, NO cure, NO remission,
just a slow steady slide into further ill health.
A Verdict not just challenged, but one that this BEAUTIFUL, RAGGED ARMY of such complex diversity, yet one that stands SOLID in its core beliefs,
Not only dares to challenge the very STATUS QUO, of THAT obscene VERSION of our futures,
but takes it apart, dashes it in the dirt, like an obscene painting, waving two fingers in the face of that perceived vision of our future health, and to a person, says.
"NO...I WILL DO MORE"
And they have, and do..
And now WE join that throng, asking not just more and better for ourselves,
but for the MILLIONS out there, too
Too frightened, too weak, too complacent, too blind to see the damage being done on a DAILY basis, by food.
FOOD we all used to see as HEALTHY, if not benign....foods slowly and inexorably condemning more and more to the vaiguries of a type 2 diabetic life..
Welcome to the fight.
