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<blockquote data-quote="Captain_Sensible" data-source="post: 1832890" data-attributes="member: 402819"><p>Having had Type 1 for 58 years now I can </p><p>confidently say that living with it is purely a balancing act. I like it to walking along a ridge on a mountain top, where to the right of that ridge is high blood glucose, and to the left is low blood sugar. You just have to keep walking along the middle safe path. This has not always been the case with myself as I have frequently fallen down the low blood sugar trough and had really bad hypos as a result. That is when Type 1 diabetes can be a real hell ride. I fit really badly with low blood sugar and it has often been described as being similar to an epileptic fit. When I've come round I can remember very little as I drift in and out of consciousness during the hypo. Al this is very alarming to ones nearest and dearest. Because you've been given sugar or something sweet you then start to go super high and the peaking and troughing then starts which can last a day or two to get back in control. That's all irrespective of the migraine type headache you are left with after a severe hypo. My control I guess despite all this has been pretty good over the 58 years but you have to really work at it, by doing plenty of daily tests and watching what you eat + exercise. For the first 20 years of my diabetes - home blood tests were unheard of. We had to make do with urine tests (clinitest tablets in a test tube) which were not really accurate. I got my first blood tester in 1983. That was revolutionary for diabetics. I think the key is for not to let Type 1 rule you. You have to try and control it. Sometimes a very difficult task. It makes life a bit of a roller coaster and I wouldn't wish Type 1 on anybody. I would swap it for Type 2 any day of the week! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Captain_Sensible, post: 1832890, member: 402819"] Having had Type 1 for 58 years now I can confidently say that living with it is purely a balancing act. I like it to walking along a ridge on a mountain top, where to the right of that ridge is high blood glucose, and to the left is low blood sugar. You just have to keep walking along the middle safe path. This has not always been the case with myself as I have frequently fallen down the low blood sugar trough and had really bad hypos as a result. That is when Type 1 diabetes can be a real hell ride. I fit really badly with low blood sugar and it has often been described as being similar to an epileptic fit. When I've come round I can remember very little as I drift in and out of consciousness during the hypo. Al this is very alarming to ones nearest and dearest. Because you've been given sugar or something sweet you then start to go super high and the peaking and troughing then starts which can last a day or two to get back in control. That's all irrespective of the migraine type headache you are left with after a severe hypo. My control I guess despite all this has been pretty good over the 58 years but you have to really work at it, by doing plenty of daily tests and watching what you eat + exercise. For the first 20 years of my diabetes - home blood tests were unheard of. We had to make do with urine tests (clinitest tablets in a test tube) which were not really accurate. I got my first blood tester in 1983. That was revolutionary for diabetics. I think the key is for not to let Type 1 rule you. You have to try and control it. Sometimes a very difficult task. It makes life a bit of a roller coaster and I wouldn't wish Type 1 on anybody. I would swap it for Type 2 any day of the week! :-) [/QUOTE]
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