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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Scott-C" data-source="post: 1556571" data-attributes="member: 374531">[USER=434914]@imperp[/USER] , one of the things which had a big effect on my approach to dx and how I was going to deal with it was reading an article a few months after dx by a person who'd been dx'd aged 20, same as I was, went off the rails and was being told 5 years down the line that there was a realistic chance of her losing her sight within the next year. I remember siting myself down and saying, that's not going to happen to me, I'm going to pay attention to this. In some respects, just acknowledging that both T1 and T2 can be vicious, savage conditions in terms of complications if not minded properly and that you massively improve your odds if you do pay attention can be enough motivation to start looking after yourself. Also, instead of viewing it as an enemy, I tend to think of it more as a bit of me has gone wrong, so I need to help it, and, thus, me, out. That way, it's not a fight, it's co-operation. Sure, it's a bit of a mind game, but I just find I have more peace of mind looking at it that way.</blockquote>

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