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Message: <blockquote data-quote="RobertJ" data-source="post: 2558799" data-attributes="member: 351599">Thank you for your replies [USER=365308]@NicoleC1971[/USER] and [USER=372717]@EllieM[/USER]. I wish I'd thought outside the box earlier in life. I should have been bolder with trying meals with little or no carbs. I really think I took the DAFNE message on board too greatly and never thought about the idea of simply making it easier for myself. Perhaps I will now start to see the really nasty and scary effects as I surpass twenty years with the condition. The crazy thing is I didn't used to think about diabetes in the context of what my life would be like in my thirties, forties and beyond when I thought about the future. I've worried about my career going nowhere, not having children and things like that, but never stopped to think retinopathy, kidney failure or nerve damage would also feature. In some ways my priorities have been the wrong way around. Even though compared to many diabetics I take it very seriously, taking it seriously does not automatically mean good control and I think I didn't realise what tight levels of control are possible until this year.</blockquote>

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