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<blockquote data-quote="EllieM" data-source="post: 2167753" data-attributes="member: 372717"><p>Take all those life expectancy threats with a severe pinch of salt (or sugar <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />). When I was diagnosed age 8 49 years ago my diabetic T1 mother was in tears, she thought I was going to die before I was 50... She made it to 77 with the cause of death being the fact that she smoked for 50 years, not that she'd been diabetic for that length of time. And glucometers only became available in the 1980s, before that the only way we could test our blood sugars was to do a chemistry experiment on a urine sample to see how much sugar was in it (and sugar's only excreted once you reach a bg of 10). Remember all the figures now quoted are based on people who may have had decades pre glucometer.</p><p></p><p>A cure: they've been promising me one in 10 years my entire diabetic life, so I've sort of given up, but treatment has improved so dramatically, even in last 10 years, that I'm not too bothered. For you young T1s, yes I think there's really a chance, but don't act on that assumption. </p><p></p><p>As my friends slide into late middle age I start to feel that I am one of the lucky ones health wise. My diabetes is an almighty pain but there are things I can do to improve my control, and it's <strong>my</strong> control, whereas so many other people are completely dependent on the luck of the draw as to whether certain drugs may help them.</p><p></p><p>And on the plus side, all those blood tests mean that non-diabetic health issues get picked up relatively quickly....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EllieM, post: 2167753, member: 372717"] Take all those life expectancy threats with a severe pinch of salt (or sugar :)). When I was diagnosed age 8 49 years ago my diabetic T1 mother was in tears, she thought I was going to die before I was 50... She made it to 77 with the cause of death being the fact that she smoked for 50 years, not that she'd been diabetic for that length of time. And glucometers only became available in the 1980s, before that the only way we could test our blood sugars was to do a chemistry experiment on a urine sample to see how much sugar was in it (and sugar's only excreted once you reach a bg of 10). Remember all the figures now quoted are based on people who may have had decades pre glucometer. A cure: they've been promising me one in 10 years my entire diabetic life, so I've sort of given up, but treatment has improved so dramatically, even in last 10 years, that I'm not too bothered. For you young T1s, yes I think there's really a chance, but don't act on that assumption. As my friends slide into late middle age I start to feel that I am one of the lucky ones health wise. My diabetes is an almighty pain but there are things I can do to improve my control, and it's [B]my[/B] control, whereas so many other people are completely dependent on the luck of the draw as to whether certain drugs may help them. And on the plus side, all those blood tests mean that non-diabetic health issues get picked up relatively quickly.... [/QUOTE]
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