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<blockquote data-quote="Scott-C" data-source="post: 1446939" data-attributes="member: 374531"><p>[USER=353017]@Katrina5664[/USER] , No, absolutely not, but you might end up on that road if you make stupid decisions like your brother seems to have made. The fact you're asking for advice about this stuff suggests you're clued up enough to avoid some of the messier aspects of T1.</p><p></p><p></p><p>T1 can be a very, very savage condition if you ignore it. You only need to look at the "diabetes complications" thread on this website to see stories from young people who thought, "I'm young, doesn't matter, I'll fix it later", to see how quickly some bad damage can happen. </p><p></p><p>But, while there's a lot of people who sail along quite happily at 15 for extended periods, and then inevitably end up with problems, there's a huge number of us who say, "right, this is messy, it's going to take a lot of my time to keep in range as best I can, but I'd rather do that than lose limbs or go blind."</p><p></p><p>I've taken it seriously from the start. Thirty years in, I'm doing fine, not going blind anytime soon, all limbs in place. I go out for a few beers at the weekend, eat where and what I want.</p><p></p><p>I do all that, live my life pretty much as I want, but I do always keep an eye on whether I'm broadly between 4.7 and 7.4, but don't sweat it if I go out of range too much. As long as I'm there most of the time, I'm fine with that.</p><p></p><p>I don't think genetics come into this at all. It's more to to do with the fact that, as you say, your bruv has ignored it. He's made a mistake, don't you do it too.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Scott-C, post: 1446939, member: 374531"] [USER=353017]@Katrina5664[/USER] , No, absolutely not, but you might end up on that road if you make stupid decisions like your brother seems to have made. The fact you're asking for advice about this stuff suggests you're clued up enough to avoid some of the messier aspects of T1. T1 can be a very, very savage condition if you ignore it. You only need to look at the "diabetes complications" thread on this website to see stories from young people who thought, "I'm young, doesn't matter, I'll fix it later", to see how quickly some bad damage can happen. But, while there's a lot of people who sail along quite happily at 15 for extended periods, and then inevitably end up with problems, there's a huge number of us who say, "right, this is messy, it's going to take a lot of my time to keep in range as best I can, but I'd rather do that than lose limbs or go blind." I've taken it seriously from the start. Thirty years in, I'm doing fine, not going blind anytime soon, all limbs in place. I go out for a few beers at the weekend, eat where and what I want. I do all that, live my life pretty much as I want, but I do always keep an eye on whether I'm broadly between 4.7 and 7.4, but don't sweat it if I go out of range too much. As long as I'm there most of the time, I'm fine with that. I don't think genetics come into this at all. It's more to to do with the fact that, as you say, your bruv has ignored it. He's made a mistake, don't you do it too. [/QUOTE]
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