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Message: <blockquote data-quote="FatCatAnna" data-source="post: 253391" data-attributes="member: 33311">I've had diabetes since I was 6 and this year am going into my 45th year with diabetes.  I guess sometimes for those of us who get it when we are younger - it's easier to accept then when you get it later in life.  I just know, I don't know any other way of life, for me, it's normal for me (and what is a normal life  :?:  ).I find now with all the social forums out in our big blue marble as well - that it is nice to share our ups/downs - or like my Facebook page is entitled - The Roller Coaster Ride of Diabetes (I love roller coasters by the way LOL) - we can learn off of each other - and get through some of the crappola that gets handed to us - whether it be diabetes oriented or not (like for example I'm going thru' menopause right now - emotional basket case  :crazy:  - fluctuations of blood glucose - insulin requirements - expanding stomach / hips ... waaaaaahhhhhh LOL).I'm really lucky that I had parents that didn't make a big deal out of me having diabetes - they made me very independent of how I took care of my diabetes.  Yes, I did ****** up things as a teenager - going into   <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite10" alt=":oops:" title="Oops!    :oops:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":oops:" /> DKA for 3 days - but I learned a big lesson there - that you can't play around with your health.Hoping that overtime - any one who is young reading this - and feels like it's the worst  :x  case scenario to have hit you - remember this - a young friend of mine - Jenna - died  :cry:  of cancer a few years ago.  She was on a pump for her pain meds - and we would laugh when we would "pump" up our legal drugs.  Her last year of life, she made the most of it, but if I could have exchanged my life to her - she would have been alive today - she'd now be 19!  There are far worse things out there in life that can affect you - and I think it's how you set your  noggin  :lolno: at how you approach things in life that make it easier to accept what gets flung at you.Cheerio from Canada!Anna aka FatCatAnna >^,,^<</blockquote>

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