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<blockquote data-quote="SugarFreeHolly" data-source="post: 1104892" data-attributes="member: 162900"><p>I'm kind of hitting a hard moment at the moment with my studies and my diabetes isn't helping. I was diagnosed type 1 back when i was 15. I'm now 21 and I'm just having one of those "down" moments where I'm just horribly fed up. </p><p>When I was diagnosed, I took it rather well. I wasn't going to die, I could live like another person and I just had to pick up some habits (such as monitoring blood sugars, dosing insulin right, carrying sugar around etc.). I've very rarely felt down because of my diabetes. But today I feel bad and needed to rant a bit (hope this is the place). </p><p>I was told I could do anything I wanted despite being diabetic. But some things truly upset me. I won't ever have the job of my dreams (aeroplane pilot), I won't ever have a permanent driver's license and I'll never be able to donate blood. </p><p>The last one has upset me a lot recently. There is a blood donation event organized in my university and every time I walk by the rooms where they're doing it, I see classmates, friends, teachers... All donating, helping people. And all I can do is just walk past, upset that I can't help people who may need it. Upset that I'll never be able to return the favour for having received a donor's blood. It's such a small gesture but it means so much to me. I hate myself for not donating. And I hate myself more for not being able to.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SugarFreeHolly, post: 1104892, member: 162900"] I'm kind of hitting a hard moment at the moment with my studies and my diabetes isn't helping. I was diagnosed type 1 back when i was 15. I'm now 21 and I'm just having one of those "down" moments where I'm just horribly fed up. When I was diagnosed, I took it rather well. I wasn't going to die, I could live like another person and I just had to pick up some habits (such as monitoring blood sugars, dosing insulin right, carrying sugar around etc.). I've very rarely felt down because of my diabetes. But today I feel bad and needed to rant a bit (hope this is the place). I was told I could do anything I wanted despite being diabetic. But some things truly upset me. I won't ever have the job of my dreams (aeroplane pilot), I won't ever have a permanent driver's license and I'll never be able to donate blood. The last one has upset me a lot recently. There is a blood donation event organized in my university and every time I walk by the rooms where they're doing it, I see classmates, friends, teachers... All donating, helping people. And all I can do is just walk past, upset that I can't help people who may need it. Upset that I'll never be able to return the favour for having received a donor's blood. It's such a small gesture but it means so much to me. I hate myself for not donating. And I hate myself more for not being able to. [/QUOTE]
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