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<blockquote data-quote="RuthW" data-source="post: 1053758" data-attributes="member: 148713"><p>I'm another one who lived through the good old/bad old days where we only knew what our blood sugar was once a year at hospital visits, or in between times if we were carted into A&E in an ambulance! I'm comin up to 50 years with T1, with my wild childhood well in the past, and my son is 30 now. So far so good. </p><p>What I would say is: get it under control now, and add positive steps to your self care. We know that high blood sugar causes inflammation in blood vessels and organs and many complications are the result of that inflammation. So as well as doing your best to avoid the highs (and it is rare to avoid them completely), make an effort to have an 'anti-inflammatory lifestyle'. That means lots of exercise and a healthy diet ('Eat food, mostly plants'). Be the dad who takes his kids to the park, goes cycling with them, eats a healthy meal at the dinner table together every evening, etc. After a wild youth, that may sound boring. But actually, the addition of a kid/s makes all those things fun.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RuthW, post: 1053758, member: 148713"] I'm another one who lived through the good old/bad old days where we only knew what our blood sugar was once a year at hospital visits, or in between times if we were carted into A&E in an ambulance! I'm comin up to 50 years with T1, with my wild childhood well in the past, and my son is 30 now. So far so good. What I would say is: get it under control now, and add positive steps to your self care. We know that high blood sugar causes inflammation in blood vessels and organs and many complications are the result of that inflammation. So as well as doing your best to avoid the highs (and it is rare to avoid them completely), make an effort to have an 'anti-inflammatory lifestyle'. That means lots of exercise and a healthy diet ('Eat food, mostly plants'). Be the dad who takes his kids to the park, goes cycling with them, eats a healthy meal at the dinner table together every evening, etc. After a wild youth, that may sound boring. But actually, the addition of a kid/s makes all those things fun. [/QUOTE]
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