For Diabetics...What You Don't Know...CAN KILL YOU!
Hello everyone,
I decided to start a thread for mostly for people who have been diabetic awhile mostly directed at people who are new to diabetes. I would like to start this thread with something that is a fact and everyone else add to it.
Here is my first statement....TO ANY NEW TYPE 2's...SUGAR AND CARBS CAN KILL KILL YOU!
Ok...the rest add to it...and it matters not whether you are type 1 or type 2.
I decided to start a thread for mostly for people who have been diabetic awhile mostly directed at people who are new to diabetes. I would like to start this thread with something that is a fact and everyone else add to it.
Here is my first statement....TO ANY NEW TYPE 2's...SUGAR AND CARBS CAN KILL KILL YOU!
Ok...the rest add to it...and it matters not whether you are type 1 or type 2.
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Permalink Reply by Robyn on -
Well, that is kind of a bad start. Not all sugars and carbs will kill you. If that were so, my Mom wouldnt have lived with type 1 diabetes for 40 years. And I should have died years ago then, not made it 17 years as type 1.
Just my opinion.
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Permalink Reply by Kelly Rawlings on -
Geez. Now I"m all depressed, Steve.
1) Diabetics as a noun is such an unpleasant label.
2) So can automobiles, guns, lightening, and some poisonous snakes.
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Permalink Reply by Kelly Rawlings on
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What Robyn said!
Thank goodness I've had 36 years of figuring out how to live WELL with diabetes instead of letting scare tactics bring me down.
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Permalink Reply by Mark Hagen on -
Are you having a bad day Steve? Are you ok?
Diabetic (T1) 30 years, very few minor complications. I eat more sugar than some "healthy" people I know, but I am not dead yet. I am not going to die anytime soon. But of course, T1, I have the option of treating those instances before they are a high.
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Permalink Reply by Steve Carithers on -
No...I am fine. I was just trying, albeit unsuccessfully, to start a thread of things that are just common sense for new diabetics...sorry if it came across wrong.
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Permalink Reply by Mark Hagen on
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Ah, that explains a bit. Then I can add to it.
Not checking your bg is a deadly sin. Not knowing doesn't stop the damage. Not taking meds, same problem, it doesn't go away when not treated.
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Permalink Reply by Kristin on -
If you live with diabetes, you are NOT alone. If you feel that you are alone, tell us and we'll show you that you are not :)
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Permalink Reply by David B. on -
If you are trying to scare people or turn people off, the title to your discussion certainly will be effective. Perhaps if you rephrase it to:" For Diabetics...What You Don't Know...CAN HARM YOU!" might attract your desired audience.
Knowledge and experience comes with time and sometimes it seems the target is always moving.
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Permalink Reply by Mark Hagen on
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Kristin, thanks for pointing that out, reminding us. A lot of us have spent most of our diabetic lives feeling alone. It is great to know we are NOT!
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