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<blockquote data-quote="sugarybibs" data-source="post: 182300" data-attributes="member: 11003"><p>Hi paul just having a good laugh at what you said about us type 1s life expectancy is 20 years less than a normal person!!!i read that as well.its my 57th birthday tomorrow i got diabetes aged just 17 been on insulin for 40 years in april!!i love my life go out have a glass of wine (bottle!!)holiday dine out just do everything anyone does.I test bloods sugars before every meal except when im out and wouldnt be able to anyway after a feww wines :lol: :lol: the only things whats wrong with me is what a lot of people get anyway like frozen shoulder and trapped nerve.i look after my partner and 4 kids(well they all still live at home and are in their 20s)i only work part time so i never stop working and everyone in my family think ive nothing wrong with me anyway because i never moan or am never sick!!!anyway if weve only got so long to live i may be dead in a couple of years :lol: :lol: When i got diabetes in 1970 doctors told my parents i wouldnt live a very long life and would probably never had kids!!!my partner takes the p---s out of me and says (skitting at my age)how come your still here and weve got 4 kids!!!i thought you told me you only had a short lifespan.!!anyway as long as i get to 80 and can still do my own injections that is what i want.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sugarybibs, post: 182300, member: 11003"] Hi paul just having a good laugh at what you said about us type 1s life expectancy is 20 years less than a normal person!!!i read that as well.its my 57th birthday tomorrow i got diabetes aged just 17 been on insulin for 40 years in april!!i love my life go out have a glass of wine (bottle!!)holiday dine out just do everything anyone does.I test bloods sugars before every meal except when im out and wouldnt be able to anyway after a feww wines :lol: :lol: the only things whats wrong with me is what a lot of people get anyway like frozen shoulder and trapped nerve.i look after my partner and 4 kids(well they all still live at home and are in their 20s)i only work part time so i never stop working and everyone in my family think ive nothing wrong with me anyway because i never moan or am never sick!!!anyway if weve only got so long to live i may be dead in a couple of years :lol: :lol: When i got diabetes in 1970 doctors told my parents i wouldnt live a very long life and would probably never had kids!!!my partner takes the p---s out of me and says (skitting at my age)how come your still here and weve got 4 kids!!!i thought you told me you only had a short lifespan.!!anyway as long as i get to 80 and can still do my own injections that is what i want. [/QUOTE]
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