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- Type of diabetes
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- Most food.
Hello!
I'm getting on my little soapbox here as I've yet again received another negative letter from my diabetes clinic. :evil:
I'm fed up of receiving emails from this site telling me all the negative things about my diabetes too - I only keep subscribing to see what topics are coming up on these forums. The doctors are always doing it, as are DSNs. I know the bad things about having my diabetes - let's face it, there aren't many positives - but it's no wonder there's a prevalence for depression for those with the condition when we're constantly being told we're going to be dead 20 years early, blind and footless with kidney failure and heart disease.
Some of us are intelligent enough to look after ourselves without being haranged or bullied about looking after ourselves. Some of us are actually demotivated by the way we're spoken to - I know I am! "If you don't look after yourself, x/y/z will happen..." Okay, it's been 18 years now, I get the message and since I'm actually pretty good with my diabetes, you're preaching to the choir. I'm not suddenly going to start having Lucozade for breakfast and wine for lunch! I've only had one neuropathy 'scare' in that I couldn't feel a stabby thing in my foot on one appointment but it was fine on the next appointment when the weather warmed up. That's the most that's ever been bad about my diabetes.
I'm sure there are others who have went far longer with the condition and are in good health too. Why can we not hear their stories more often? It would balance things out and perhaps make me feel less depressed about the future and how long I have left until I'm blind, footless with kidney failure and heart disease. :wink:
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I'm getting on my little soapbox here as I've yet again received another negative letter from my diabetes clinic. :evil:
I'm fed up of receiving emails from this site telling me all the negative things about my diabetes too - I only keep subscribing to see what topics are coming up on these forums. The doctors are always doing it, as are DSNs. I know the bad things about having my diabetes - let's face it, there aren't many positives - but it's no wonder there's a prevalence for depression for those with the condition when we're constantly being told we're going to be dead 20 years early, blind and footless with kidney failure and heart disease.
Some of us are intelligent enough to look after ourselves without being haranged or bullied about looking after ourselves. Some of us are actually demotivated by the way we're spoken to - I know I am! "If you don't look after yourself, x/y/z will happen..." Okay, it's been 18 years now, I get the message and since I'm actually pretty good with my diabetes, you're preaching to the choir. I'm not suddenly going to start having Lucozade for breakfast and wine for lunch! I've only had one neuropathy 'scare' in that I couldn't feel a stabby thing in my foot on one appointment but it was fine on the next appointment when the weather warmed up. That's the most that's ever been bad about my diabetes.
I'm sure there are others who have went far longer with the condition and are in good health too. Why can we not hear their stories more often? It would balance things out and perhaps make me feel less depressed about the future and how long I have left until I'm blind, footless with kidney failure and heart disease. :wink:
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