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<blockquote data-quote="robertwt" data-source="post: 253364" data-attributes="member: 36346"><p>Hi distinguished Forum,</p><p>I have Type 1 diabetes. I used to be Type 2 but the alarming amounts of insulin I take have tilted the balance into Type 1. I was diagnosed in 1996 after a goodly portion of my wife's wonderful tirimisu. Pudding - doctor - Blood Test - BG 20+ and that was it)</p><p>So there!</p><p>I look at (and accept) my condition in one of three ways:</p><p>#1 - I have a diagnosis of diabetes</p><p>#2 - I am a diabetic</p><p>#3 - I suffer from diabetes.</p><p>I think that I lean most heavily on the first. I do use #2 to introduce myself to other people (particularly when injecting in a public place) (only one verbally violent objection so far - in a restaurant - when it was suggeted that I use the toilets. I refused and pointed out the health risks involved and asked whether she would ask her doctor to use the loos next time she had a flu jab etc. End of!) :lol: )</p><p></p><p>Which brings us to #3. Do I<u> suffer</u> with my diabetes? I eat pretty much what I want, within reason, following a fairly high fibre diet. blood tests - just a little pinprick - usually no sensation at all. My injections - Injection technology (thin, thin, thin needles) are painless and not re-used - and the odd blood test (3 or 4 times a year) are so painless that I take perverse pleasure watching the needle dive beneath my skin). When I was in hospital with cancer (clear now and fully discharged) in 2006, I even did the old fashioned injection - taking over from the nurses to inject myself. That was a matter of pride and OWNERSHIP.</p><p></p><p>THAT'S how I accept my diabetes. I own it. Like I own my hears and lungs and gall bladder (oops - that went earlier this month). As owner I have a vested interest to maintain it in the best way I know how. Seeing the control of the condition as a necessary part of my daily life: watching my diet; exercising moderately; remembering medications and insulin; testing; turning up for Clinic and Doctor's appointments.</p><p></p><p>So I accept that I suffer from diabetes, that I am a diabetic but really, all that I am is a person with a diagnosis of diabetes.</p><p></p><p>and no, I ain't no plaster saint - my BG bounces up from time to time but in general it behaves itself </p><p></p><p>Robert WT</p><p></p><p>Novorapid 6 i/u breakfast and lunch; 8 i/u dinner</p><p>Levemir 70 i/u morning and 68 i/u evening</p><p>Metformin 850 mg 3 times a day</p><p>Various other pills and potions (somewhere arount 16 tabs/day at last count) (for other bits of my owner-occupier body)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="robertwt, post: 253364, member: 36346"] Hi distinguished Forum, I have Type 1 diabetes. I used to be Type 2 but the alarming amounts of insulin I take have tilted the balance into Type 1. I was diagnosed in 1996 after a goodly portion of my wife's wonderful tirimisu. Pudding - doctor - Blood Test - BG 20+ and that was it) So there! I look at (and accept) my condition in one of three ways: #1 - I have a diagnosis of diabetes #2 - I am a diabetic #3 - I suffer from diabetes. I think that I lean most heavily on the first. I do use #2 to introduce myself to other people (particularly when injecting in a public place) (only one verbally violent objection so far - in a restaurant - when it was suggeted that I use the toilets. I refused and pointed out the health risks involved and asked whether she would ask her doctor to use the loos next time she had a flu jab etc. End of!) :lol: ) Which brings us to #3. Do I[u] suffer[/u] with my diabetes? I eat pretty much what I want, within reason, following a fairly high fibre diet. blood tests - just a little pinprick - usually no sensation at all. My injections - Injection technology (thin, thin, thin needles) are painless and not re-used - and the odd blood test (3 or 4 times a year) are so painless that I take perverse pleasure watching the needle dive beneath my skin). When I was in hospital with cancer (clear now and fully discharged) in 2006, I even did the old fashioned injection - taking over from the nurses to inject myself. That was a matter of pride and OWNERSHIP. THAT'S how I accept my diabetes. I own it. Like I own my hears and lungs and gall bladder (oops - that went earlier this month). As owner I have a vested interest to maintain it in the best way I know how. Seeing the control of the condition as a necessary part of my daily life: watching my diet; exercising moderately; remembering medications and insulin; testing; turning up for Clinic and Doctor's appointments. So I accept that I suffer from diabetes, that I am a diabetic but really, all that I am is a person with a diagnosis of diabetes. and no, I ain't no plaster saint - my BG bounces up from time to time but in general it behaves itself Robert WT Novorapid 6 i/u breakfast and lunch; 8 i/u dinner Levemir 70 i/u morning and 68 i/u evening Metformin 850 mg 3 times a day Various other pills and potions (somewhere arount 16 tabs/day at last count) (for other bits of my owner-occupier body) [/QUOTE]
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