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- Type of diabetes
- Type 1
Hi,
I should have started here (I already posted a couple of times). Since I don't know how to start to introduce myself I will do some Q&A with the suggested points from the sticky post. If you don't care, feel free to skip to the next section.
- Include a photo here if you wish to.
Done
- What is your name?
Eldra (got you)
- How old are you?
25
- Are you male or female?
Male
- Which country are you from?
Beautiful France
- Which city/area do you live in?
West Midlands
- Do you have any pets?
No
- Microsoft or Apple?
Microsoft, but I would buy some Apple stuff if I had lots of money.
- Do you get angry easily?
Sometimes, I try not to. When I get angry I lose my critical thinking, and hurt my image, so it doesn't help me.
- List your five favourite musicians/bands.
Too many, but I got a Queen period for now.
- Ever been in love?
With my partner
- Which countries have you visited?
UK, France, Spain, Italy, Greece, Czech, Turkey, Japan
- Do you work? If so, as what?
I'm a PhD student
- List the subjects you study/have studied.
Neuroscience (motor control and decision making)
Right, so I'm T1 diabetic, and so have I been for the past 11 years. Over the past year or so, I have come to become a bit more aware of this. Isn't it strange? Diabetes should be fairly noticeable, yet it seem to take ages to occur to people's mind sometimes. And it seems I'm one of those people.
Besides this slow awakening, I must admit one specific event helped me decide to shake things a little. I went to the optician a couple of months ago, and my view had changed quite a bit, which surprised the lady, who suggested it might be my diabetes. I'll skip over the details, I had a full eye check, and my eyes are as young and healthy as ever (the ophthalmologist's words, not even mines). However, it kind of hit me: it could have been my diabetes, and I could actually have a bloody retinopathy.
I'll be honest, my diabetes went through a dark period over maybe 5 years, when I was constantly between 8 and 8.5% of hbA1c. Over the past couple of years however, I seemed to have somewhat managed to pull it back to 7.5 to 8%. Which is not as bad, but frankly not heaven on earth.
So let's come back to this prescription change, most likely due to me squinting through the lot of nonsensical data any PhD student acquires over months. I thought "OK you're fine now, but you'll be diabetic all your life. How long until this bad boy comes around the corner". So I did what any scholar do, I data mined for prevalence in diabetes complications, and came to read about those fellows who have diabetes for 50, 60, 80 years! and no complication. That's why I started a low-carb diet, and that's how I got to know more about the great community of diabetics who actually taught me more about diabetes than all the doctors in the world.
Everybody here probably knows the reason: the doctors are not (usually) diabetic, they don't live it 24/7 and all year round. Also, what was not possible even 20 years ago is now dead easy, thanks to the internet. Everybody can talk and discuss and point out, and even experiment. Everybody can access the literature on diabetes. Everybody can crunch massive amount of data using apps, whether their own physiological data or studies from others and so on. Being a scholar myself, I feel that science and work is far from the monopoly of specialists.
So, in a couple of months I have learnt a lot, and still have to adjust many things to become healthier and ensure I have a long and normal life. Up until now, this forum has been a great player for this purpose, so I shall stick to it, and contribute as I can, if I have interesting contributions to make.
Thank you all, and see you on this website
I should have started here (I already posted a couple of times). Since I don't know how to start to introduce myself I will do some Q&A with the suggested points from the sticky post. If you don't care, feel free to skip to the next section.
- Include a photo here if you wish to.
Done
- What is your name?
Eldra (got you)
- How old are you?
25
- Are you male or female?
Male
- Which country are you from?
Beautiful France
- Which city/area do you live in?
West Midlands
- Do you have any pets?
No
- Microsoft or Apple?
Microsoft, but I would buy some Apple stuff if I had lots of money.
- Do you get angry easily?
Sometimes, I try not to. When I get angry I lose my critical thinking, and hurt my image, so it doesn't help me.
- List your five favourite musicians/bands.
Too many, but I got a Queen period for now.
- Ever been in love?
With my partner
- Which countries have you visited?
UK, France, Spain, Italy, Greece, Czech, Turkey, Japan
- Do you work? If so, as what?
I'm a PhD student
- List the subjects you study/have studied.
Neuroscience (motor control and decision making)
Right, so I'm T1 diabetic, and so have I been for the past 11 years. Over the past year or so, I have come to become a bit more aware of this. Isn't it strange? Diabetes should be fairly noticeable, yet it seem to take ages to occur to people's mind sometimes. And it seems I'm one of those people.
Besides this slow awakening, I must admit one specific event helped me decide to shake things a little. I went to the optician a couple of months ago, and my view had changed quite a bit, which surprised the lady, who suggested it might be my diabetes. I'll skip over the details, I had a full eye check, and my eyes are as young and healthy as ever (the ophthalmologist's words, not even mines). However, it kind of hit me: it could have been my diabetes, and I could actually have a bloody retinopathy.
I'll be honest, my diabetes went through a dark period over maybe 5 years, when I was constantly between 8 and 8.5% of hbA1c. Over the past couple of years however, I seemed to have somewhat managed to pull it back to 7.5 to 8%. Which is not as bad, but frankly not heaven on earth.
So let's come back to this prescription change, most likely due to me squinting through the lot of nonsensical data any PhD student acquires over months. I thought "OK you're fine now, but you'll be diabetic all your life. How long until this bad boy comes around the corner". So I did what any scholar do, I data mined for prevalence in diabetes complications, and came to read about those fellows who have diabetes for 50, 60, 80 years! and no complication. That's why I started a low-carb diet, and that's how I got to know more about the great community of diabetics who actually taught me more about diabetes than all the doctors in the world.
Everybody here probably knows the reason: the doctors are not (usually) diabetic, they don't live it 24/7 and all year round. Also, what was not possible even 20 years ago is now dead easy, thanks to the internet. Everybody can talk and discuss and point out, and even experiment. Everybody can access the literature on diabetes. Everybody can crunch massive amount of data using apps, whether their own physiological data or studies from others and so on. Being a scholar myself, I feel that science and work is far from the monopoly of specialists.
So, in a couple of months I have learnt a lot, and still have to adjust many things to become healthier and ensure I have a long and normal life. Up until now, this forum has been a great player for this purpose, so I shall stick to it, and contribute as I can, if I have interesting contributions to make.
Thank you all, and see you on this website
