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<blockquote data-quote="Snapsy" data-source="post: 1053671" data-attributes="member: 265172"><p>[USER=222864]@Abzio_Cappuccino[/USER] I have had type 1 for a long time, and a couple of years ago I found I was really having difficulty with my obsessive control of it - it was the focus of absolutely everything I did.</p><p></p><p>In the last six months I've experienced some massive changes, both in my treatment (I'm now on a pump) and in my controlling over-control of my control (forgive the cumbersome expression, but that's the only way I can describe it).</p><p></p><p>My diabetes often comes up when I'm talking to people, not on purpose, but purely because it has been my absolute main focus. I'm desperate to stay well, and to stay safe. I know that I shouldn't let 'it' control 'me', I know that I'm a person, not a condition, etc etc etc, but to stay comfortable in my skin, my diabetes is, at least for the moment, while things settle down with my pump (and my attitude!), at the forefront of my mind, and therefore inevitably features often in conversation with friends and family. I feel often as if I might come across as self-obsessed, but actually, I'm just being me. <u>My</u> 'me' is inseparable from my diabetes, and that's just the way it is. Just for now, not forever. I will lighten up eventually. But in recent times I have had to deal with it in this way - and I make no apology for that. And I have excellent support.</p><p></p><p>True friends understand. And if, to quote you, they 'get bored with me repeating myself about my blood sugars', they can of course supportively acknowledge what you're saying and you can then move on and have a laugh with changing the subject together, but at the end of the day your diabetes is part of you. And that's fine. Every single part of you, remember - including that - has shaped you into the person you are today. There ain't nothing wrong with that.</p><p></p><p>I read some very wise words the other day.</p><p>Those who matter, don't mind.</p><p>Those who mind, don't matter.</p><p></p><p><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="Snapsy, post: 1053671, member: 265172"] [USER=222864]@Abzio_Cappuccino[/USER] I have had type 1 for a long time, and a couple of years ago I found I was really having difficulty with my obsessive control of it - it was the focus of absolutely everything I did. In the last six months I've experienced some massive changes, both in my treatment (I'm now on a pump) and in my controlling over-control of my control (forgive the cumbersome expression, but that's the only way I can describe it). My diabetes often comes up when I'm talking to people, not on purpose, but purely because it has been my absolute main focus. I'm desperate to stay well, and to stay safe. I know that I shouldn't let 'it' control 'me', I know that I'm a person, not a condition, etc etc etc, but to stay comfortable in my skin, my diabetes is, at least for the moment, while things settle down with my pump (and my attitude!), at the forefront of my mind, and therefore inevitably features often in conversation with friends and family. I feel often as if I might come across as self-obsessed, but actually, I'm just being me. [U]My[/U] 'me' is inseparable from my diabetes, and that's just the way it is. Just for now, not forever. I will lighten up eventually. But in recent times I have had to deal with it in this way - and I make no apology for that. And I have excellent support. True friends understand. And if, to quote you, they 'get bored with me repeating myself about my blood sugars', they can of course supportively acknowledge what you're saying and you can then move on and have a laugh with changing the subject together, but at the end of the day your diabetes is part of you. And that's fine. Every single part of you, remember - including that - has shaped you into the person you are today. There ain't nothing wrong with that. I read some very wise words the other day. Those who matter, don't mind. Those who mind, don't matter. :) [/QUOTE]
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