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One word?

NoKindOfSusie said:
You WANT to keep sticking bits of metal in yourself?

I am sorry to keep being the downer here but I do not think it is very helpful to say this sort of thing.

It is very very obviously not true.
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Rather bits of metal in me than bloody big bits of metal in my coffin lid.
I have to be honest and say you really use to p*ss me off with your take on diabetes and life BUT overtime I've grown to like you and the alternative perspective you bring to the forum.
Unfortunately " true " is only what any one of us believes to be the truth. If I don't believe it to be the truth then it'll never be true.
I would say try to be positive but it would be like me urinating into a strong wind.
In some ways I understand you and your take on diabetes.
 
therower said:
Unfortunately " true " is only what any one of us believes to be the truth. If I don't believe it to be the truth then it'll never be true.
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This is why we disagree.

If I drop a brick on my foot it will hurt whether you choose to believe it in your little head or not.

Diabetes makes us do horrible things to ourselves. That is a fact whether you choose to believe it or not. If you don't want to believe it, fine, stop taking insulin, see what happens to you. No normal person would like it. If you think that just denying that sort of just makes it not be true, then you need a very serious reality check.

Lots of people do this on this forum, they say things that are lovely and positive but are simply wrong. The best one is "it doesn't stop me doing anything." Yes it does and anyone who denies that is either a liar or an idiot.

I cannot take any pleasure in all this positivity if I know that it is simply wrong.
 
@NoKindOfSusie . If , when handling bricks you take precautions, safety boots for instance, then any mishaps will result in minimal pain to aforementioned foot. Be prepared for what life throws at you ( or drops on you ).
In my little head I would take a brick on my foot everyday rather than feel the pain in my heart of losing a loved one.
Diabetes is easy. Go talk to a parent who buries their child. I have and believe me diabetes is a walk in the park.
 
My, my Susie. thank God I don't believe your truth.....and that is all it is - your truth - nobody else's....

My one word to describe my journey with diabetes would be........just that, "journey"

Blessings All/L (Sorry Susie, but the nice things are still going to be spoken!!)
 
lindijanice said:
My, my Susie. thank God I don't believe your truth.....and that is all it is - your truth - nobody else's....
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I honestly don't understand what you're saying. It seems like you're denying things that are obviously true.

What is it that you don't believe?

Again I have to ask do you LIKE being sick?
 
Actually as we’re only allowed one, will have to take back my ‘hard’ and replace with

Onerous

(One of my favourite words - can’t believe I forgot it originally - sums it up perfectly for me!)
 
I know I started this.. but one that was mentioned above has struck a chord with me:

Journey

This is deffo a journey and learning experience
 
NoKindOfSusie said:
I honestly don't understand what you're saying. It seems like you're denying things that are obviously true.

What is it that you don't believe?

Again I have to ask do you LIKE being sick?
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It's a matter of perspective.......I have had three life threatening cancers - that I call sick......diabetes, not so much, so no, I don't see myself as sick. My body isn't what I would like it to be, but, hey, it functions pretty well given the 68 years it's been breathing and living this journey called life....believe me when I say I am not denying a thing - I have both eyes wide open!L ( Sorry to derail the thread but I felt a further response was necessary, even though opinions remain the same).

Thanks, h4kr, for picking up on the word 'journey'.Cheers/L
 
NoKindOfSusie said:
You WANT to keep sticking bits of metal in yourself?

I am sorry to keep being the downer here but I do not think it is very helpful to say this sort of thing.

It is very very obviously not true.
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Diff people, diff approaches.
Sorry its getting you down.
I found, thou it may not work for you, living a fairly flexible life helps me minimise the significance of the diabetes.
 
Did u do the 26 miles in the style of an astronaut or Michael Jackson? Eiou!
 
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