jason134
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If it really did work them maybe but Honestly I would say no I'm on a pump and it's part of my life sure u get hi and low but I can't think of anything I could do if I didn't have diabetes that I can't do already
Oh dear do you really have to stop halfway thru? I'm really sorry but that did make me laugh! A medicinal chocolate bar is called for. First.YES YES YES YES!!!!!!!! Can you imagine being able to go out without a bag full of coke, glucogel and testing kit, not having to constantly worry about making a total prat of myself when hypo (no warnings), being able to drive again, being able to have sex without having to stop halfway to check my blood sugars and drink some coke, not have to face the possibility of blindness, limb loss and all the other lovely complications. After 29 years it would be strange but Yes!
Not always, but quite often. My partner usually knows first when I start laughing at him!Oh dear do you really have to stop halfway thru? I'm really sorry but that did make me laugh! A medicinal chocolate bar is called for. First.
Oh dear do you really have to stop halfway thru? I'm really sorry but that did make me laugh! A medicinal chocolate bar is called for. First.
Are you old enough to remember the Marianne Faithful, Rolling Stones mars bar furore back in the sixties? Lol!Not always, but quite often. My partner usually knows first when I start laughing at him!
I had a young, funky diabetes specialist nurse when I was diagnosed and she said to keep a mars bar by the bed, being young and naive I was mortified by the very idea. The first time I had sex post-diagnosis I was terrified.
Good points. I like your analogy of the bad relationship. That's just spot on. Unfortunately!There are so many comparatives to this question one I can think of is much like being in a bad relationship )) sometimes you become so use to the dysfunction it creates in your life . Of course , I doubt anyone will say yes, I want this toxin in my life but when you lived more of your life with it , it can be scary to break free from it . I would want a cure yes . I do wonder also when there is a cure what will happen to those of us with severe complications ? Diabetes will go away but we will not all be cured. The other factor is "control" we use this word and diabetes so much that after being in "control" it will still seem so strange not to know where sugars are at . We have learned to rely on machines not our bodies and for some of us that is s big change . So a cure for newer diabetics would solve so much and for us oldies it will be a blessing , I just don't think a cure will be the end of it for some of us)
Why do you say that?I was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes in April 1972 & the spectre of hypos, hypers, retinopathy, kidney failure, amputation, insulin-resistance etc is always lurking in the background so, yes, if a cure was offered, I would jump at it! However, as other people have commented, any cure should be offered to children in the first instance - the benefit to them would be greater.
I agree. If there is a cure then everyone should get it, and in reality, if you are an adult, you are far nearer to complications than a child and should receive it first. That would significantly reduce the overall costs to the NHS.Why do you say that?
There are a lot of adult T1s that find the condition significantly affects their livelihoods or restricts them from things they used to do pre-diagnosis, particularly when you are a late onset.
Personally I don't think there should be any distinction