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<blockquote data-quote="cribbo" data-source="post: 1759293" data-attributes="member: 471231"><p>First of all, I just want to say it's really sad to read all the replies to this thread of people who are struggling to cope with their condition and whose lives have been in some way damaged by it. My heart goes out to all of you and I hope you can find some way of alleviating the negative effects of diabetes on your life. I can say nothing more useful to you than that.</p><p></p><p>That said, I'm one of the lucky ones. I still don't fully understand the effects and consequences of my diabetes, and I'm continuing to use this site to help, but I'm fairly confident in saying that being diagnosed with T2 diabetes has improved not only my life but my life expectancy. Before diagnosis about 9 months ago I was a walking heart attack. 6 stone overweight, no exercise, terrible diet etc etc. Now I'm still overweight but I've lost 4 stone (so far) and cycle up to 20 miles at a time and in training to hopefully do a coast to coast bike ride this summer (not in one go though, it'll take a few days - I might be diabetic, but I'm not <em>mad</em>). My diet has improved massively. I've just been on holiday where I went kayaking and played squash, racquetball, badminton and tennis with my son, which was a pure joy and something that would have been all but impossible this time last year.</p><p></p><p>Without my diagnosis I have no doubt that I wouldn't have had the willpower (aka fear) to change my life as I have.</p><p></p><p>For the relatively lucky people (I mean 'relatively' compared to some people who have replied to this thread - I don't mean to trivialise your problems in any way) in a similar position I would say you can definitely embrace diabetes and use it as the springboard you need to make a better you.</p><p></p><p>Good luck and love to everyone.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cribbo, post: 1759293, member: 471231"] First of all, I just want to say it's really sad to read all the replies to this thread of people who are struggling to cope with their condition and whose lives have been in some way damaged by it. My heart goes out to all of you and I hope you can find some way of alleviating the negative effects of diabetes on your life. I can say nothing more useful to you than that. That said, I'm one of the lucky ones. I still don't fully understand the effects and consequences of my diabetes, and I'm continuing to use this site to help, but I'm fairly confident in saying that being diagnosed with T2 diabetes has improved not only my life but my life expectancy. Before diagnosis about 9 months ago I was a walking heart attack. 6 stone overweight, no exercise, terrible diet etc etc. Now I'm still overweight but I've lost 4 stone (so far) and cycle up to 20 miles at a time and in training to hopefully do a coast to coast bike ride this summer (not in one go though, it'll take a few days - I might be diabetic, but I'm not [I]mad[/I]). My diet has improved massively. I've just been on holiday where I went kayaking and played squash, racquetball, badminton and tennis with my son, which was a pure joy and something that would have been all but impossible this time last year. Without my diagnosis I have no doubt that I wouldn't have had the willpower (aka fear) to change my life as I have. For the relatively lucky people (I mean 'relatively' compared to some people who have replied to this thread - I don't mean to trivialise your problems in any way) in a similar position I would say you can definitely embrace diabetes and use it as the springboard you need to make a better you. Good luck and love to everyone. [/QUOTE]
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