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<blockquote data-quote="EllieM" data-source="post: 2135917" data-attributes="member: 372717"><p>Well, I'm 57 and I guess I'm glad/lucky that I still don't have any (too) horrible diabetic complications. And I still feel paranoid every time I sleep on my hand and it tingles in the morning.</p><p></p><p>But, I have a lot of same age friends who are starting to get random age related complications (cancer, rheumatoid arthritis etc). And they have no control over their illness at all, other than working through a series of drugs with increasingly unpleasant side effects that their doctors prescribe.</p><p></p><p>And with diabetes: my doctor makes suggestions, and I listen, but it's up to me to actually control the illness. And it's my decisions, not my doctor's, that ultimately deal with the illness. And it's total **** (insert swearword of choice), and at least once a week I curse waking with a blood sugar that's 10 higher than I want, but I try to remember that diabetics have been living to old age for much longer than I've been alive and modern treatment is awesome (eyes, cgms) and really modern diabetics are in a much better position than our predecessors.</p><p></p><p>So curse, bemoan and otherwise hate this disease (and I <strong>hate hypos</strong> with an utter an extreme loathing) and sometimes it will be unutterably depressing, but remember that </p><p>1) insulin is your friend, the only problem is that it has side effects when overdone. (But it's something produced naturally by most people's bodies so it's actually good for you, rather than drug treatments for other illnesses which are more dubious.)</p><p>2) if you ever want to have a whinge then there are loads of folk on here who can empathise.</p><p>3) your doctor is your adviser not your ruler, and you have much more freedom to manage this illness than others do.</p><p>4) You may have to make some compromises, but there are very few things that you can't do with T1. (Astronaut is out).</p><p></p><p>Lots of virtual hugs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EllieM, post: 2135917, member: 372717"] Well, I'm 57 and I guess I'm glad/lucky that I still don't have any (too) horrible diabetic complications. And I still feel paranoid every time I sleep on my hand and it tingles in the morning. But, I have a lot of same age friends who are starting to get random age related complications (cancer, rheumatoid arthritis etc). And they have no control over their illness at all, other than working through a series of drugs with increasingly unpleasant side effects that their doctors prescribe. And with diabetes: my doctor makes suggestions, and I listen, but it's up to me to actually control the illness. And it's my decisions, not my doctor's, that ultimately deal with the illness. And it's total **** (insert swearword of choice), and at least once a week I curse waking with a blood sugar that's 10 higher than I want, but I try to remember that diabetics have been living to old age for much longer than I've been alive and modern treatment is awesome (eyes, cgms) and really modern diabetics are in a much better position than our predecessors. So curse, bemoan and otherwise hate this disease (and I [B]hate hypos[/B] with an utter an extreme loathing) and sometimes it will be unutterably depressing, but remember that 1) insulin is your friend, the only problem is that it has side effects when overdone. (But it's something produced naturally by most people's bodies so it's actually good for you, rather than drug treatments for other illnesses which are more dubious.) 2) if you ever want to have a whinge then there are loads of folk on here who can empathise. 3) your doctor is your adviser not your ruler, and you have much more freedom to manage this illness than others do. 4) You may have to make some compromises, but there are very few things that you can't do with T1. (Astronaut is out). Lots of virtual hugs. [/QUOTE]
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