"Stu" <[email hidden]> wrote in misc.health.diabetes:
Quoted message said:Never had a weight problem, if anything im underweight yet
I still contracted diabetes!!, Possibly a high metabolism
countered the high weight if I was gonna gain any, high
consumption of sweets when I was a kid, probably didn't
help but ive been a type 1 for 18 years now and I can
start to see the effects of a being a badly controlled
diabetic,
1 Burning feet
Quoted message said:3 Feeling like so**to most days 4 Eat what I like, don't
care any more
Anybody else like this or have been like this and got
out of it?
First of all, and maybe totally unnecessary - but as no
doubt you know T1 is an autoimmune disease, and not related
to your weight. It's a failure in your immune system,
triggering your body to destroy its own beta cells, the
factories for insulin. Overweight is the predominant
determinant in T2 diabetes, a disease which makes you
insensitive to your own insulin.
Either T1 or T2, experiencing a bad regulation with diabetes
affects a whole range of other things going wrong in your
body, as you noticed all to well. The mechanism of these
complications are still not very well understood, but there
are very strong indications that prolonged high BG's have a
negative effect indeed. Like the neuropathy you encounter,
You can sit down and think all's lost. The facts are that's
not the case, but it seems at this moment the last thing you
want is stupid facts.
However - in the long run your own health is your own
responsibility. It doesn't mean that you never feel you've
had enough and simply want to turn away from your diabetes.
Been there, done that, believe me, your experience will be
confirmed by many. Who could blame you?
But one day you have kick yourself and start realizing that
your protest might satisfy your own rage, but won't deter
the diabetes. On the contrary.
You know what helps (and what helped me)? The feeling that
you're in control. Given your sparse description of the way
you assess your disease it looks to me that even with 18
years experience you have insufficient knowledge about your
disease; of possible causes and best plans of attacks.
Gain control again. Or get it _now_. Get out of that
negative spiral. Look for expert information. Get yourself
informed about recent research results, possible causes of
T1 based on the latest insights, and recent developments on
the terrain of medication and equipment. Internet is a great
way to start, albeit a crude way without a quality label.
But at least you'll see what's moving.
Listen to your doctor/endo and develop a drill; don't take
no for an answer. Develop a realistic program for control
and regulation. Maybe more drastic measures are in order.
Different insulin, pumping?
You should take every bit of fate you still can control, and
you should take it in your _own_ hand, _you_ should
determine what to do and how to do it - with knowledge
instead of gut feeling.
Knowledge is power. Knowledge is control. Diabetes is a
verhicle that's moving you forward, now you should at least
take the steering wheel in both hands. You will be surprised
to find out that after a while you can operate the brakes as
well, and - even with diabetic complications - sometimes
find _reverse_. As I did.
And sometimes you encounter that "motivation dip" again.
Return to a place like this, just say it out aloud, and
people will tell you: we know what you mean. Just yesterday
I was there too. We're all human. And next morning you'll
find the power to go full steam ahead again.
Take control. Now.
--
CeeBee
_Got no wockin' furries_
