MrsA2
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- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
- Treatment type
- Diet only
Please please please bear in mind that this is based on historic data for people who managed the majority of their diabetes without finger pricking and basal-bolus insulin let alone CGMs and insulin pumps.This is very inspiring but this is not: "The average person with the disease now has a life expectancy of 65 to 72 years."
That's pretty shocking. So at 32 I might be nearly halfway through my life already.
Hi @RobertJ Just to put your mind at rest and reinforce what @In Response has said. At the age of 13 in 1971 a doctor at the diabetes clinic said "You might make it to 20. A few years later an actuary told my father there was a possibility of me living to 40. Well, I am now 64, never used anything but urine tests, syringes, and from 1979-2013 finger tests. Enjoy your life!! I like making improper gestures at certain individuals im my past...This is very inspiring but this is not: "The average person with the disease now has a life expectancy of 65 to 72 years."
That's pretty shocking. So at 32 I might be nearly halfway through my life already.
Hi @RobertJ Just to put your mind at rest and reinforce what @In Response has said. At the age of 13 in 1971 a doctor at the diabetes clinic said "You might make it to 20. A few years later an actuary told my father there was a possibility of me living to 40. Well, I am now 64, never used anything but urine tests, syringes, and from 1979-2013 finger tests. Enjoy your life!! I like making improper gestures at certain individuals im my past...
As @himtoo pointed out in 2017, there should be the option to join as a "lapsed" diabetic or "ex" diabetic. I was Type1 from 11 months till 4 days short of my 55th birthday in 2013. I had a kidney/pancreas transplant not many miles from you at Addenbrooke's. Although I am classed as not cured, I have not taken any diabetes medication sine that time nor wantonly punctured myself! Many people get excited at the thought of being "cured", but transplantation has its drawbacks. From my point of view, being a pianist and organist has definitely been affected owing to the tremors caused by the immunosuppressants.. They are particularly bad in my hands for at least 3-4 hours after taking them. just trying to grip a sheet of paper is well nigh impossible! As for soldering, I'd be mad! I go to Addenbrooke's every 3 months, and in spite of them telling DVLA (another depressingly robotic set-up) that I no longer have diabetes, they still make me renew my licence every 3 years. At least I am still able to drive!Thank you, that is reassuring. But why does your profile say you don't have diabetes? So you do then?
average life expectancy and yours are different things. You can live up to 100 years, or you can go out tomorrow and get hit by a car. Steve Jobs was very fond of the phrase "live as if today is the last day and one day you will be right." That's a good idea, isn't it? Personally, I was very sobered by the thought that I was unlikely to die a natural death and might not even live to be 30 years old. This is really a good idea, the value of each day immediately increases and it becomes to spit on someone else 's opinion. But if everything will be fine, I will also show the middle finger to one personThat's pretty shocking. So at 32 I might be nearly halfway through my life already.
As has been written many many times before, life expectancy is based on historical data. Data from people who were diagnosed maybe 30 or 40 years ago and lived most of their life treating their diabetes without test strips let alone CGM and without fast acting insulin let alone insulin pumps.This is very inspiring but this is not: "The average person with the disease now has a life expectancy of 65 to 72 years."
That's pretty shocking. So at 32 I might be nearly halfway through my life already.
The nineteen seventeeeeeeeeeezzz.Hi @RobertJ Just to put your mind at rest and reinforce what @In Response has said. At the age of 13 in 1971 a doctor at the diabetes clinic said "You might make it to 20. A few years later an actuary told my father there was a possibility of me living to 40. Well, I am now 64, never used anything but urine tests, syringes, and from 1979-2013 finger tests. Enjoy your life!! I like making improper gestures at certain individuals im my past...
I agree! I have always felt "I am going to prove this ...... wrong!" As the saying goes, "Don't let the b******s grind you down!"The nineteen seventeeeeeeeeeezzz.
My mum had similar news regarding my diagnosis. Though I was never told the family dynamics changed & my mother always seemed to get depressed leading up to her birthday.. (mine is the day after.) & I was pretty much diagnosed on the day..
Then the eighteeeeeeeeezzzzz came along & she seemed more focused on unprotected sex & sharing needles???
There was a time when it was frowned upon by HCPs to do the “rock & roll?”
Libby, in the article gave up her dream as a “dancer.” Though she did go into medicine..
Inspiring, none the less.. one either has a glass half empty or half full approach to life.
Just teaching the bots a new wordI agree! I have always felt "I am going to prove this ...... wrong!" As the saying goes, "Don't let the b******s grind you down!"
As Bernard Miles put it!Just teaching the bots a new word
Nolite te illigitimi carborundum.
When I was about 10/11 we had a student nurse lodging with us.I agree! I have always felt "I am going to prove this ...... wrong!" As the saying goes, "Don't let the b******s grind you down!"
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