porl69
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I find the same thing. I am sure that my legs have grown and my arms have shrunk with age
I find the same thing. I am sure that my legs have grown and my arms have shrunk with ageOh I can see them just not bend over and touch them
Like most things in life, you can achieve a lot if you manage the risk to yourself and others.climbing Mt Everest as a diabetic is putting others and well as oneself at higher risk
Have you tried bending your knees? I find it much easier than keeping my legs straight
@Knikki, that made me giggle. I can touch my toes and can also bend and put my palms flat on the floor, can't see what the flip is down there though!!Like @slip those made me smile as well.
The problem with diabetics is, as you are from hanging around the forum, is neuropathy where we loose feeling in the extremities. Usually this is a result of running high BSL from a long time or basically bad long term control and because of that if we get cuts or skin abrasions on the feet we are less likely to spot it and deal with it, meaning that it could develop into something more serious.
However as I have never, since I was about 3 years old, been able to touch my feet, it also makes it challenging to check them. Saying that I am still very ticklish in that area so I have feeling and yep can still feel something if I step on it
Crikey and thanks @kitedoc, your replies are always lengthy and full of info and as you say and good control of BG is the key. Well done on 50 years, that's epic. It's also really depressing that the tools to help make life easier weren't around when you were first diagnosed.Hi @SueJB, from my reading and experience of 52 years on insulin but not as professional advice or opinion:
A trial begun over 30 years ago called the Diabetes Control and Complications trial showed that the more intensive treatment of diabetes group (T1Ds) had a lower rate of diabetes complications after the first 7th year and slightly better gains after the 10 th year compared to a group T1Ds on a much less intensive treatment and poorer diabetes control.
Also this difference in complication rates continued to a significant degree after that time even if the diabetes control of the intensive diabetes treatment group slipped back into a less intensive treatment regime and not as good control.
That research has come too late for many of us but please talk to your DSN and GP/doctor about this. If I was PM for a day I would be pushing through legislation that offered free or heavily subsidised use of an insulin pump and CGM for all newly diagnosed T1Ds for at least 7 to 10 years after diagnosis.
I know that may not suit every newly diagnosed T1D and I would still be allowing the other priorities for pumps and CGM such as for pregnant diabetics, and the other criteria for insulin pumps.
This is just my view and I know this may not suit the attention span of each politician.
By the 45 year mark on insulin (from 1966 where no fancy insulins, glucose meters, pumps or even disposable syringes and needles existed) I was suffering from recurrent night hypos despite an intensive bolus/basal injection regime. The insulin pump was my saviour.
I have had cataracts in both eyes replaced at the 44 and 45 year mark on insulin (they were diabetes-related but likely accelerated by exposure to the Aussie sun over many decades)! Left and Right carpal tunnel operations were needed at about the 40 year mark on insulin as well as some pesky trigger fingers - all par for the course some but not all diabetics i gather.
But no heart, blood vessel, kidney or eye blood vessel disease, and Bone Mineral Density (BMD) is well in range.
I retired a little early due to family issues, not due to diabetes.
My specialist says he tells all newly diagnosed T1Ds to ensure they plan well for a normal age retirement. The outlook is that good.
At age 65 I live a full life, with more sedate exercise than earlier in my life, with family, with a great hobby of kite making and flying amongst other interests. Yes, I do ache at times, due to stresses of life and one day my denial of the normal ageing process will shine through the applied coats of denial and I shall see the light (?dimly by then)??
From age 13 when some HCPs would use the fear of diabetic complications as means to force compliance with insulin and diet, to being criticised as a still growing young adult for having the worse BSLs in one doctors clinic that day and thus spoiling said doctor's reputation to doing 7 days canoe trips through wilderness country, University, training, work, family, children seem to pass with great speed. In 2016 I received a medal for the 50 years with diabetes. Was all the fear mongering in early years of part of the reason for so few complications I had had or was it learning what worked best for me.
At one year in you have so many advantages in choice of insulin, method of delivery, testing options, diet options and so much more.
Live life to the full, always be prepared with spare insulin, pens etc and glucose etc wherever you go, be sensible (climbing Mt Everest as a diabetic is putting others and well as oneself at higher risk). Managing one's diabetes to the best of one's ability is far more meritorious. Pleas keep asking questions if there is more you would like to know!!
You can NOT say things like that and expect me and others to keep a straight face. Thanks, luv itThe other reason is Lego
Excellent answer, totally agree with you!For anything that’s troublesome in my life, I don’t look to find blame. I look for some way to get around it. I try to figure out what I have to do to learn for this issue and then get around it.
This skill is a valuable tool that most long term type 1 people have developed. We adapt, try to learn & make rules, and move on. We survive with d, not blame it.
That's cheating!!Have you tried bending your knees? I find it much easier than keeping my legs straight
I think I'd worry about my bits freezing, insulin included.Like most things in life, you can achieve a lot if you manage the risk to yourself and others.
This include climbing Everest with type 1 diabetes: https://beyondtype1.org/first-t1d-summit-mount-everest/
Totally agree, not looking to blame my madam diabee just want to be ahead of the game just in case there's a curve ball coming up. Most days I forget I've been labelled..... and happily go about strutting my stuff.Excellent answer, totally agree with you!
First I thought I was just getting older, turned out I had symptoms of diabetes for at least 2 years (diagnosed at 39, recurrent thrush, pretty severe depression as opposed to my pretty standard depression, annoying hot flushes, fatigue).
Then I thought I was just getting older, as my bg was pretty good (pretty nasty aches and pains in muscles and/or joints and feet) until I switched from Lantus to Tresiba and the aches disappeared to pretty normal aches for a 41 year old overweight person.
So I proved i'm not very good at deciding. Except for colds and stuff. If things aren't back to normal in 1 or 2 weeks, it wasn't a cold.
I don't blame the beast, just asking what else to look forward to guys and girlsExcellent answer, totally agree with you!
Transition was perfecly smooth, despite my nerves. Was told same dose but started out with a slightly lower dose to see what would happen. Back to my old dose in a week or so.Hi how did your transition go from lantus to tresiba were you told to use same doses of? Thanks
I rarely blame symptoms on diabetes. I think it is because of my pig headedness insisting diabetes will NOT control my life.
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