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<blockquote data-quote="willmax" data-source="post: 1684225" data-attributes="member: 157106"><p>Type 1 Diabetes is very much NOT a disaster! What a pessimist you are! Have you had any psychological counselling. If not I suggest that you do so as soon as you can. I was diagnosed with type 1 in 1950. I have passed through school and University, obtained an Upper second Class degree, completed a Ph.D. in 1975 and have travelled to every continent except the Antarctic without any major problems. I have lived and worked in Britain, the United States, Australia, Japan and India without any problems apart from an occasional hypo. I have two sons, both of which are NOT diabetic although one is coeliac which, of course, is associated with the same HLA gene complex as type 1 diabetes. I have worked in University education and research for the whole of my working life and my employers have been more than understanding of my clinical condition. Diabetes is very much NOT a disaster. It just has meant that one has had to be more responsible for controlling and living with one's condition. It has not stopped me from doing anything that I wanted to do. I strongly suggest that you obtain some psychological help in accommodating to your diagnosis. William Maxwell Ph.D., D.Sc.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="willmax, post: 1684225, member: 157106"] Type 1 Diabetes is very much NOT a disaster! What a pessimist you are! Have you had any psychological counselling. If not I suggest that you do so as soon as you can. I was diagnosed with type 1 in 1950. I have passed through school and University, obtained an Upper second Class degree, completed a Ph.D. in 1975 and have travelled to every continent except the Antarctic without any major problems. I have lived and worked in Britain, the United States, Australia, Japan and India without any problems apart from an occasional hypo. I have two sons, both of which are NOT diabetic although one is coeliac which, of course, is associated with the same HLA gene complex as type 1 diabetes. I have worked in University education and research for the whole of my working life and my employers have been more than understanding of my clinical condition. Diabetes is very much NOT a disaster. It just has meant that one has had to be more responsible for controlling and living with one's condition. It has not stopped me from doing anything that I wanted to do. I strongly suggest that you obtain some psychological help in accommodating to your diagnosis. William Maxwell Ph.D., D.Sc. [/QUOTE]
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