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<blockquote data-quote="blinddate" data-source="post: 1192541" data-attributes="member: 27521"><p>Unfortunately being between the two lines does not prevent complications. I have also experienced what you are writing about and it is confusing and a real pain in the a-- but life goes on. </p><p>I have every complication you can think of practically, my liver is still ok more or less. I have been a Type 1 since 1960, I was 4. I became visually impaired in my early 20s, but I can still partially see from my left eye. I started with gum disease in my mid-twenties and now have no upper teeth and a bridge on the bottom. My kidneys started malfunctioning in my late 30s and are now about 15% but I am not yet on dialysis. My heart diesease started at 50 and on July 10. 1010, the stent they had inserted because the heart surgeon thought a triple bypass was too risky blew causing a major heart attack. I was told 3 mornings in a row I was going to die, but I am still here having to worry how much insulin and carbs to have. I have fastidiously taken care of myself all my life and I am still here struggling. And I was told you could live a perfectly normal life.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="blinddate, post: 1192541, member: 27521"] Unfortunately being between the two lines does not prevent complications. I have also experienced what you are writing about and it is confusing and a real pain in the a-- but life goes on. I have every complication you can think of practically, my liver is still ok more or less. I have been a Type 1 since 1960, I was 4. I became visually impaired in my early 20s, but I can still partially see from my left eye. I started with gum disease in my mid-twenties and now have no upper teeth and a bridge on the bottom. My kidneys started malfunctioning in my late 30s and are now about 15% but I am not yet on dialysis. My heart diesease started at 50 and on July 10. 1010, the stent they had inserted because the heart surgeon thought a triple bypass was too risky blew causing a major heart attack. I was told 3 mornings in a row I was going to die, but I am still here having to worry how much insulin and carbs to have. I have fastidiously taken care of myself all my life and I am still here struggling. And I was told you could live a perfectly normal life. [/QUOTE]
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