enough ignorance to go around
i know and have seen that the term/word "ignorant" is freely applied to "normals, doctors" and others
who arent us. but does this not go both ways also? i have had been told by other ds that things i have gone through in almost 40 yrs of type 1 could not be possible. that living with high a1cs and bg i must surely have complications by now . according to the "science" guys of course. im sorry i was nt around when the real everyday life was replaced by the written word. and a study. and a report saying i must not have a leg by now. so i must be a story teller.
though a long time diabetic it really is only recently that i have been brought into the new century. no basil bolus routine. no lantus and fast acting novolog. and no counting carbs. when i finally returned to the "big city" i had a a1c of 11. but im feeling much better now! lol
needless to say i was offended by this. should i have been? should i change my life story because i dont fit the last study? who should i believe. myself or the people giving me the report word by word? normal folks are not the only ones who have a high degree of ignorance.
who arent us. but does this not go both ways also? i have had been told by other ds that things i have gone through in almost 40 yrs of type 1 could not be possible. that living with high a1cs and bg i must surely have complications by now . according to the "science" guys of course. im sorry i was nt around when the real everyday life was replaced by the written word. and a study. and a report saying i must not have a leg by now. so i must be a story teller.
though a long time diabetic it really is only recently that i have been brought into the new century. no basil bolus routine. no lantus and fast acting novolog. and no counting carbs. when i finally returned to the "big city" i had a a1c of 11. but im feeling much better now! lol
needless to say i was offended by this. should i have been? should i change my life story because i dont fit the last study? who should i believe. myself or the people giving me the report word by word? normal folks are not the only ones who have a high degree of ignorance.
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Permalink Reply by Sheila on -
I thought we were talking about type 1 here? Type 2 is very different. If you are dx with type 1 (or juvenile diabetes as it was once called) there is no question whether you have diabetes or not. I believe that symptoms of complications can be reduced with better blood sugar control in the type 1 diabetic but I do not believe the complications can be reversed. Of course the question for the "old timers" here is: if you had better care when you were younger would your quality of life be better now or not ? No one knows. All you can do is the best you are able, with what is available at the time.
Sheila
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Permalink Reply by deanusa on -
lol what a great zen like question!! i dont know about life being better now but it may have been better for me back then. i would not have been such a stand out with having to eat at exact times(leaving what ever i was doing). i would not have had so many hospital stays maybe if there had been a meter. i could have had more of the goodies gramma baked!!
your right sheila we can only do what we can do with what we have. it is what it is.
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