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Does anyone else feel like a science experiment?

TakeItAway88

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Type of diabetes
Type 1
Treatment type
Insulin
All the measuring of bg and injecting insulin eurgh
 
I know what you mean, but I tend to think of myself more like an Italian sports car.
I have to always put the expensive gasoline in the tank and it's very expensive to change my oil, but the better I take care of it, the better it runs.
Unfortunately, I also have to poke holes in the leather 10 times a day to make sure it's running right.
 
TakeItAway88 said:
All the measuring of bg and injecting insulin eurgh
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It's much more fun than that. There are a million hypotheses that you can come up with and prove or disprove on your n=1 population. And you can do the experiments according to your own method! Who knows, there might even be a PHD in it just for being yourself...
 

Lol. More for me like an MG Metro..? I owned one once, for about 8 years.. Needed constant tuning.
We're not a "science experiment".. More like a wild bet!
 
It's no secret that I am a guinea pig of some sort. My specialist endocrinologist has had me under a microscope (not really!) since he diagnosed me.
And a scientific paper is to be published.
I am patient A.
The amount of testing and recording I have done is in the extreme, but I couldn't find out otherwise, I had no one to go to!
Only other person has type two and RH! That was enough though!
 
I like the experimental side of managing T1, i'm always keen to try out new foods/exercises/supplements etc etc and see how the body reacts I've learnt quite a lot this way.
 
Does anyone else feel like a science experiment?
The frivolous response would be: "That's a great chat up line"

But for me, it is true!
By thinking what your methodology is, noting the results, and trying to formulate a conclusion, you can attempt to understand and hopefully control your condition. Far better than blindly taking drugs/treatment without understanding.

It's just a matter of how you look at/cope with it!
 
I like to think of it as a game rather than an experiment, you just need to keep yourself in-between the level's you set yourself.
 
I stay out of the experiment by not testing but I always inject as I know that injecting is to prolong my life, not taking it will hasten my demise.
 
I actually really do not mind, and mildly enjoy it lol But then again I have my Master degree in applied Science soooo that might not apply to everyone lol
 
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