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<blockquote data-quote="Deleted Account" data-source="post: 1992225"><p>Thanks for the tag [USER=487115]@mike@work[/USER]</p><p>Diabetes is a pest - one day it does one thing and the next it does something else. </p><p>I have given up trying to be the perfect diabetic but concentrate on being the "best" person with diabetes as focusing on my Bg control only is ignoring the rest of what makes me who I am. I am the person who enjoys exercise and cake, who has an active social life, who tries hard at work, who likes to travel, who pushes boundaries.</p><p>Some of these things (exercise, cake, "socialising", travel, stress at work) adds challenges to my diabetes management but I am not going to let it stop me being who I am. </p><p>I was incredibly lucky when I was first diagnosed; one of the first things my diabetes nurse told me was "diabetes should not stop you doing what you want". Since then, I have tested that theory trekking in Nepal, climbing in the Alps, skydiving, baking (and eating) bread, sailing across the channel in a force 8 (seasickness did add a little frisson to my diabetes management which I would prefer not to repeat), late nights, ...</p><p>When I feel diabetes start to get the upper hand, I either think of something new to try (Vietnamese cookery class?) or look to people in the public eye with type 1 diabetes. If they can win an Oscar for their acting, score a try against Ireland or even run a country, why should diabetes stop me going to the gym?</p><p></p><p>I am not going to suggest it is easy but, for me, the important thing is "balance" - diabetes is a small part of me so I only need to give it a small part of control.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Deleted Account, post: 1992225"] Thanks for the tag [USER=487115]@mike@work[/USER] Diabetes is a pest - one day it does one thing and the next it does something else. I have given up trying to be the perfect diabetic but concentrate on being the "best" person with diabetes as focusing on my Bg control only is ignoring the rest of what makes me who I am. I am the person who enjoys exercise and cake, who has an active social life, who tries hard at work, who likes to travel, who pushes boundaries. Some of these things (exercise, cake, "socialising", travel, stress at work) adds challenges to my diabetes management but I am not going to let it stop me being who I am. I was incredibly lucky when I was first diagnosed; one of the first things my diabetes nurse told me was "diabetes should not stop you doing what you want". Since then, I have tested that theory trekking in Nepal, climbing in the Alps, skydiving, baking (and eating) bread, sailing across the channel in a force 8 (seasickness did add a little frisson to my diabetes management which I would prefer not to repeat), late nights, ... When I feel diabetes start to get the upper hand, I either think of something new to try (Vietnamese cookery class?) or look to people in the public eye with type 1 diabetes. If they can win an Oscar for their acting, score a try against Ireland or even run a country, why should diabetes stop me going to the gym? I am not going to suggest it is easy but, for me, the important thing is "balance" - diabetes is a small part of me so I only need to give it a small part of control. [/QUOTE]
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