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<blockquote data-quote="AndyS" data-source="post: 557293" data-attributes="member: 20775"><p>The thing that I have realised with T1D, and I will admit I am still a baby at this at only ... errr. 6 years (yes I had to really think about that one), is that it is all about choice.</p><p>You can choose to learn all you can then control and own it and continue to live your life, or you can take another path.</p><p>Having not taken the other paths I can only speak from one point of view I guess.</p><p></p><p>Yes there are bad days (speaking from the middle of a summer cold.. what they hell is with that anyway?) where your sugars spike and you feel like ****. Then there are other bad days when your sugars bottom out and you feel like ****. But then there are the rest of the days when you get home at the end of a long hard day, expecting some bad news when the meter beeps and then.... 5.6... WOOHOO Party time!</p><p></p><p>I find that is an amazing stress relief in the day that I guess non-diabetics don't get.</p><p>Yes there are plenty of sucky bits but I think the real key choice is the joy or relief that you take when things are actually going well.</p><p></p><p>So after all of that I guess my sentiment is something along the lines of "Hi, I'm Andy.. and I have this little gremlin called diabetes that I beat the ever living hell out of every single day.... and I enjoy it!" Yes yes.. I know I'm an evil nasty sadistic person... but you know what... where T1D is concerned.. I'm good with that <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Keep up the fight, and don't forget to savour the small victories <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="AndyS, post: 557293, member: 20775"] The thing that I have realised with T1D, and I will admit I am still a baby at this at only ... errr. 6 years (yes I had to really think about that one), is that it is all about choice. You can choose to learn all you can then control and own it and continue to live your life, or you can take another path. Having not taken the other paths I can only speak from one point of view I guess. Yes there are bad days (speaking from the middle of a summer cold.. what they hell is with that anyway?) where your sugars spike and you feel like ****. Then there are other bad days when your sugars bottom out and you feel like ****. But then there are the rest of the days when you get home at the end of a long hard day, expecting some bad news when the meter beeps and then.... 5.6... WOOHOO Party time! I find that is an amazing stress relief in the day that I guess non-diabetics don't get. Yes there are plenty of sucky bits but I think the real key choice is the joy or relief that you take when things are actually going well. So after all of that I guess my sentiment is something along the lines of "Hi, I'm Andy.. and I have this little gremlin called diabetes that I beat the ever living hell out of every single day.... and I enjoy it!" Yes yes.. I know I'm an evil nasty sadistic person... but you know what... where T1D is concerned.. I'm good with that :) Keep up the fight, and don't forget to savour the small victories :) [/QUOTE]
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