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Depressed

Zara,
I dont get so much depressed as bored very occasionally!..

....HOWEVER....

I'm not depressed because I appreciate what a wake up call this experience has been for me.
Although the so called experts talk of things like reduced life expectancy, I know that I will now live longer with diabetes than I probably would have done without it...
.....and so what if I can no longer lay on the settee for 5 hours a night with my feet up...?
.......can not suffer any more with nausea ridden hang overs.....
.........eat and drink myself to an early grave...????

Now I CAN
.....wear clothes that I feel great in....
........cycle for miles at a time...
...........walk 5 miles every day.....
.............Enjoy food for what it does for me rather than what it does to destroy me.!!!

The medical experts who advise the British Pension Funds are warning them against assuming a 10 year reduction in life expectancy for diabetics on the basis that latest research indicates that the recent hike in personal awareness has reduced the life gap from 10 years to just over 3!!!.


Try to think positive There are lots of UPs to counteract the downs :D
...and hey!....you have made some great new friends even if they are swimming around in Cyberspace, they are ALWAYS there for you :D


All the best....Steve
 
hugs backatcha all........... just having one of my off days I guess, and yup it's really good to know that there are people out there who know exactly how u feel :) zara xxxxxxxx
 
Great post Steve - very positive outlook you've got there. Here's hoping it's contagious!
 
Yep I get like that, I just have days were Im fed up with everything, get into a right strop because I cant eat what I want to eat. Yesterday I just closed the curtains and didnt answer the phone.

On other days like today when the gigs are rolling in for my band and the new single is getting great feedback then I cant help but smile and sing all day.

Emotions are a strange thing.
 
Thanks Steve thats really sweet of you :0)

Bluenosesol said:
Hi Janie,
i played your samples - that's a great sounding act!...

Steve.
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zarasdreamz said:
Is it just me or does any one else get depressed with being diabetic? Some times I get so fed up with it all :(
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No, its not just you :|

I get depressed when I think of a fresh crusty baguettes, profiteroles with hot chocolate sauce and Cornish ice cream and jelly babies.

But it doesn't last for long as I know that I am fitter now than I have been for years and if I want an occasional treat then I enjoy it much more than when I could and would eat what I wanted all the time :D
 
Wishful more than depressed, for me. When away last week and in a cafe with brother for a cuppa, I ummed and aahed before having the tiniest piece off the corner of his chocolate fudge thingy. Much less than a centimetre by a centimetre - just as an experiment. Tested one hour later (and two, cos that was the pre dinner test anyway) and bg moved not an inch at first test and down at second. And - for the record - that amount satisfied the desire to have it and confirmed I wasn't really missing much! Don't think two baked beans would be much cop so will refrain from that one...
 
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