How I feel about my life with diabetes

I had a good friend at school. He did all the things that you mention, regularly and to excess. He moved away and I didn't hear from him for a while then, some time later, by chance we found ourselves working for the same company. He still did the rounds at all the parties and lived life without a care (which I envied greatly). He moved away again about 15 years ago, Recently we kept in touch through Facebook. He'd had a kidney transplant and needed another one. He died this year, aged 47.
He lived fast and died slowly, paying the diabetes back for all he'd neglected it. My envy died too.

You do need to enjoy yourself at the age of 21. There are so many thinks in the future that will restrict you in life. By that I mean work, children and all the financial commitments that are part of everyone's life. Unfortunately, diabetes is something that needs to be considered and cared about to ensure that you can enjoy life and all that the future holds. It's just a matter of getting the balance right. There's no reason why you can't travel. I went abroad as a teenager plenty of times. I did Ibiza & Majorca when they were barely on the map. But you just need to plan a bit more than a day ahead and keep to the legal things.

It seems to me even not looking on any problems and illnesses it is needed to continue to live and glad life and all will be good. Successes all.

Hi all
I have been a type 1 diabetic for 50 years now and I have been reading some of the comments on HOW DO I FEEL ABOUT MY LIFE WITH DIABETES, I have been put through the ringer with this complaint,
I have had my fair share of operations and nearly died in March this year.
Yes I do get down and very depressed with it and when I get down I look at the other people worse off than me, it does make me feel that much better, I once had a friend (Paul) who got diabetes when he was 1 year old, I met him when he was about 30 years old and he had kidney problems and blind in one eye, this was due to not looking after his diabetes and drinking alcahol every night. His mum was a nurse and she told me that she could not get Paul to understand about his diabetes. Paul had a permanant tube inserted into his stomach, every day he would have to attach a bag of fluid to this tube and let it flow into his kidneys after a few hours he would have to drain it off and then put new fluid back in. I think he done this twice a day
His mum told me that he was going to die but I was not to say anything to Paul. Paul and I both had the same diabetic consultant, the consultant had no time for Paul as he abused his diabetes and did not even consider him for a kidney transplant.
I felt very sorry for Paul and we became very good friends and he used to say to me when I get better we can go out for a drink, he never got better and got worse for next 3 years and finally died of Renal Failure (Kidneys) it was a pain full death, for 3 years I watched him suffer. :sick:
I do say to all please try and look after diabetes, I know it is sometimes very difficult to manage but if you look after it, it will look after you.
Kev

I'm only newly diagnosed a month or so, and I too have 2 friends who just hammer it, one is legally blind and one severely disabled in legs and feet. They both do stuff which just isn't worth it. We all like to be a bit of a t*t sometimes, heck I'm 37 and I still do a LOT. But its not worth it for things which will harm you.

There are still so many things you CAN do for a kick, I have other iffy diseases where I can't eat x and y and its unsightly and I get exhausted, and they tell me ooh you'll get far too tired to do x and y. For 10 years I believed this and thought my life was kind of over, but that is just wrong. I've done 15 festivals one year, I've been onstage with Pendulum at 4 in the morning, I've watched the sun come up at Glasto, I've been the last man standing at a rave cowshed in the middle of the yorkshire moors waving my fricking arms while people **** near half my age had to go for a kip, I've travelled with my work, I've had a song written about me played on the radio, I look 10 years younger then I did 5 years ago.

Don't let anyone tell you what you can't do, but you must take care of yourself, and not do things which will harm you. You can still have the s*x and the rock n roll believe me, and they're the best bits ;-)