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<blockquote data-quote="sweetbloodsher" data-source="post: 1452167" data-attributes="member: 367930"><p><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'">I read this somewhere, so forgive my stealing, but having type one is really just living and trying hard not to die. But I think the near death experience a lot of us have had when first developing the disease has changed me. I think most of my (unconscious) motivation in life is to enjoy it as much as I can b/c I am close to death. Sounds morbid, I know. No one seems to talk about it, even in support forums. That said, I try to be the best diabetic I can be. Sometimes it gets obsessive, and that can become tedious. The frustration of being type one, aside from the freedom and spontanaity (ok, I give up with the spelling!) of the joy of eating, is that most people do not understand this disease, including many in the medical profession. And, there are hardly any therapists trained to treat us. Lastly, please don't mix us up with type two's. I WISH I was a type two. They have so many options.</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sweetbloodsher, post: 1452167, member: 367930"] [FONT=Trebuchet MS]I read this somewhere, so forgive my stealing, but having type one is really just living and trying hard not to die. But I think the near death experience a lot of us have had when first developing the disease has changed me. I think most of my (unconscious) motivation in life is to enjoy it as much as I can b/c I am close to death. Sounds morbid, I know. No one seems to talk about it, even in support forums. That said, I try to be the best diabetic I can be. Sometimes it gets obsessive, and that can become tedious. The frustration of being type one, aside from the freedom and spontanaity (ok, I give up with the spelling!) of the joy of eating, is that most people do not understand this disease, including many in the medical profession. And, there are hardly any therapists trained to treat us. Lastly, please don't mix us up with type two's. I WISH I was a type two. They have so many options.[/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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