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<blockquote data-quote="slaxx" data-source="post: 1597670"><p>Hi. Here to share my experience so far.</p><p>I was diagnosed at age 8, and am now 29yrs old. Parents worried that I had it when they noticed that I was quickly losing weight (I was chubby as a child), and had fruity breath.</p><p>Since then, have gone through several kinds of insulin.</p><p>Have experienced 3 almost-blackouts but thankfully my mom was there to "force-wake" me and have me drink something sweet.</p><p>Being a diabetic is... depressing. And more so because when people watch you, or when you tell them you are a diabetic, the first and only thing that comes to their minds is that <em>I can't have sugar, period.</em></p><p>They do not realize that <strong>everything changes after the diagnosis.</strong> Your food, your lifestyle, routines ruling each day, injections everyday (4x a day), glucose metering everyday (mine's actually every meal time, +1/2 if needed), scratching your head at sudden influxes and being frustrated over the feeling that <em>you realize that you don't have control over everything, but why do I not have control <strong>even over my own body?</strong>"</em></p><p>And adding to all that, the medication, strips, the meter, the checkups, etc... all add up and are - pardon my french - expensive as f*ck. Here in the Philippines, diabetes is considered a rich man's disease. I don't know if it's also considered that way in other countries.</p><p>And then, it is also scary to think that having diabetes brings with a much higher risk of complications.</p><p>I read before - although I think this is not as true anymore in the present day, or maybe is not true at all - that once you're diagnosed, your life expectancy expected to be 27 years less. I have made 27 my favorite number.</p><p>Again (as I mentioned in my introduction at another forum), having diabetes is like being given a life sentence.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="slaxx, post: 1597670"] Hi. Here to share my experience so far. I was diagnosed at age 8, and am now 29yrs old. Parents worried that I had it when they noticed that I was quickly losing weight (I was chubby as a child), and had fruity breath. Since then, have gone through several kinds of insulin. Have experienced 3 almost-blackouts but thankfully my mom was there to "force-wake" me and have me drink something sweet. Being a diabetic is... depressing. And more so because when people watch you, or when you tell them you are a diabetic, the first and only thing that comes to their minds is that [I]I can't have sugar, period.[/I] They do not realize that [B]everything changes after the diagnosis.[/B] Your food, your lifestyle, routines ruling each day, injections everyday (4x a day), glucose metering everyday (mine's actually every meal time, +1/2 if needed), scratching your head at sudden influxes and being frustrated over the feeling that [I]you realize that you don't have control over everything, but why do I not have control [B]even over my own body?[/B]"[/I] And adding to all that, the medication, strips, the meter, the checkups, etc... all add up and are - pardon my french - expensive as f*ck. Here in the Philippines, diabetes is considered a rich man's disease. I don't know if it's also considered that way in other countries. And then, it is also scary to think that having diabetes brings with a much higher risk of complications. I read before - although I think this is not as true anymore in the present day, or maybe is not true at all - that once you're diagnosed, your life expectancy expected to be 27 years less. I have made 27 my favorite number. Again (as I mentioned in my introduction at another forum), having diabetes is like being given a life sentence. [/QUOTE]
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