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<blockquote data-quote="RuthW" data-source="post: 976761" data-attributes="member: 148713"><p>For me, I accepted it long ago, but I don't accept feeling lousy. I have found over the years that the key to accepting it is not to go by the route where I am just "not ill", but to seek actual well-being.</p><p></p><p>I mean there are degrees of health. Health is a continuum, and as a diabetic it is perfectly possible for you to be closer to the end that says "Ultimate Well Being" than someone who does not have diabetes and may actually have many advantages.</p><p></p><p>So, if for example you define well being as having an enjoyable creative aspect, then you need to look after your health enough to do that creative thing. Your health management is then instrumental, not a goal in itself, and for me that makes it easier (less judgmental?). Also, I find that outdoor activities and sports give me a massive sense of well being, so I make an effort to learn to control my diabetes while doing those things. That's a real win-win. Plus, good food and a social life is important for me. So, I have no "forbidden foods". I cook whatever I want to eat. I buy whatever I want to eat. I eat what other people prepare for me. But I learn how to manage what I eat with insulin and exercise. I have a friend who always cooks great vegetable dishes and makes salads when I visit, but she also dishes up some great carb-heavy stuff. I bolus for it, and I walk home (forty minutes').</p><p></p><p>Yesterday, I went to a restaurant with a friend. There I chose a low-carb meal (and bolused for protein), tasted her dessert, and walked home (20 minutes). There was nothing odd or difficult about my behavior and my friends' behavior to me, so my diabetes doesn't throw up social barriers, which I think can be a problem for young and newly diagnosed diabetics.</p><p></p><p>At the end of that, after 48 years, I am healthy and happy and cheerful. I have a great sense of well being, in other words!</p><p></p><p>I honestly think that the key is to make diabetes a consideration in pursuing your own well being, but not the whole story. Keep it in its place.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RuthW, post: 976761, member: 148713"] For me, I accepted it long ago, but I don't accept feeling lousy. I have found over the years that the key to accepting it is not to go by the route where I am just "not ill", but to seek actual well-being. I mean there are degrees of health. Health is a continuum, and as a diabetic it is perfectly possible for you to be closer to the end that says "Ultimate Well Being" than someone who does not have diabetes and may actually have many advantages. So, if for example you define well being as having an enjoyable creative aspect, then you need to look after your health enough to do that creative thing. Your health management is then instrumental, not a goal in itself, and for me that makes it easier (less judgmental?). Also, I find that outdoor activities and sports give me a massive sense of well being, so I make an effort to learn to control my diabetes while doing those things. That's a real win-win. Plus, good food and a social life is important for me. So, I have no "forbidden foods". I cook whatever I want to eat. I buy whatever I want to eat. I eat what other people prepare for me. But I learn how to manage what I eat with insulin and exercise. I have a friend who always cooks great vegetable dishes and makes salads when I visit, but she also dishes up some great carb-heavy stuff. I bolus for it, and I walk home (forty minutes'). Yesterday, I went to a restaurant with a friend. There I chose a low-carb meal (and bolused for protein), tasted her dessert, and walked home (20 minutes). There was nothing odd or difficult about my behavior and my friends' behavior to me, so my diabetes doesn't throw up social barriers, which I think can be a problem for young and newly diagnosed diabetics. At the end of that, after 48 years, I am healthy and happy and cheerful. I have a great sense of well being, in other words! I honestly think that the key is to make diabetes a consideration in pursuing your own well being, but not the whole story. Keep it in its place. [/QUOTE]
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