I always feel with T1D we have to work twice as hard as anyone else to stay healthy, the half hour a day brisk walk is just not enough, those 5 a day fruit and veg just aren't enough, it's very demanding.
That's interesting for you to say that.
I am not sure when you were diagnosed; I was diagnosed in my mid-30s so I am very aware of life without diabetes.
I have always been reasonably active. The exception to this was a 45 minute round trip drive to work every day for 18 months about 5 years before diabetes. I hated not having the time for myself to exercise, to cook and even to do boring things like banking. I put on a little weight (it takes a lot for me to do that) and felt a bit bleurgh.
Now, I work from home. On the plus side I have no commute, I avoid the colds going around the offics and can prepare something fresh for lunch every day. On the negative side, it is very very easy never to leave my desk and never to leave the house for exercise and I miss out on the social scene around work.
I make a concerted effort to get out, go climbing, go to the gym, do some shopping, get on my bike, ... even in the winter. I know, if I don't for a couple of days, I feel bleurgh.
Apart from that, my only illness is sports related (tennis elbow from climbing).
Sorry, that's a long winded way of saying that, apart from the insulin and finger pricking, I look after myself the same with diabetes as I did without it. I don't find diabetes adds any additional demands on my stay healthy regime.
Perhaps I'm lucky, perhaps my baseline fitness helps, perhaps it helps that I hate sitting still and enjoy exercise, perhaps it helps that I seem to have healthy genes (my mother goes to the gym in her mid-70s ... and neither of my parents have diabetes), perhaps it helps I like fruit and veg and don't eat meat, ... or perhaps I am kidding myself.
I don't like chocolate cake and I love the warm weather in fact the hotter the better which doesn't effect my insulin at all...
To balance it out I'm coeliac and have Bile Acid Malabsorption so I have my own crosses to bear and I couldn't eat that cake Mel even if I wanted to.
4.0 this morning so happy days.....
Happy times and places
Tony the turnip
That's interesting for you to say that.
I am not sure when you were diagnosed; I was diagnosed in my mid-30s so I am very aware of life without diabetes.
I have always been reasonably active. The exception to this was a 45 minute round trip drive to work every day for 18 months about 5 years before diabetes. I hated not having the time for myself to exercise, to cook and even to do boring things like banking. I put on a little weight (it takes a lot for me to do that) and felt a bit bleurgh.
Now, I work from home. On the plus side I have no commute, I avoid the colds going around the offics and can prepare something fresh for lunch every day. On the negative side, it is very very easy never to leave my desk and never to leave the house for exercise and I miss out on the social scene around work.
I make a concerted effort to get out, go climbing, go to the gym, do some shopping, get on my bike, ... even in the winter. I know, if I don't for a couple of days, I feel bleurgh.
Apart from that, my only illness is sports related (tennis elbow from climbing).
Sorry, that's a long winded way of saying that, apart from the insulin and finger pricking, I look after myself the same with diabetes as I did without it. I don't find diabetes adds any additional demands on my stay healthy regime.
Perhaps I'm lucky, perhaps my baseline fitness helps, perhaps it helps that I hate sitting still and enjoy exercise, perhaps it helps that I seem to have healthy genes (my mother goes to the gym in her mid-70s ... and neither of my parents have diabetes), perhaps it helps I like fruit and veg and don't eat meat, ... or perhaps I am kidding myself.
I guess I am the wrong type of sample to use to prove if we need to try harder.
Proudly, the only thing I am typical of is someone who is atypical
I just don’t get the endorphins other people do from physical activity. It just makes me feel tired and really horrible. PE lessons at school were daily torture - my teacher was convinced I am just lazy and because I’m tall I should therefore be super athletic. I am seeing the rheumatologist later in the year (my appointment this month got rearranged) as they are investigating the possibility of fibromyalgia or lupus. I did 7k steps around Cardiff yesterday and can barely get out off the sofa today. I have very hypermobile joints too - if I put any weight through a bent knee, as when running, my kneecaps dislocate; I can just about manage stairs. So it’s very painful for me as well. Tried yoga and dislocated my hip
I can’t recall if I’ve mentioned any of this before, so forgive me if I’m repeating myself! But I do feel T1 adds an extra weight to an already heavy burden - as well as the pain and fatigue aspects, I also have to consider my glucose levels when I do anything active. I get postural hypotension too, so I also have to make sure I’ve had enough salt before going for a walk to the post office
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