| I have all the sympathy in the world for ALL people with diabetes, regardless of what causes it. We all do / have done things in the past that could harm us. Raise your hand if you've never had an alcoholic beverage, taken an illicit drug, had a one night stand, driven over the speed limit, eaten a rare steak, smoked a cigarette, or talked on the phone during a lightning storm (among the zillions of other things that could kill you if the circumstances permitted it) Let those among us without sin cast the first stone.
My beef with T2 is the fact that language tosses us all into the same box. I HATE the fact that the older I get the more people assume I have T2. (Which makes very little sense, given my diet, lifestyle, and body type, not to mention age, weight, and BMI)
I don't think anyone "deserves" diabetes, but I really wish we weren't all painted with the same brush. Living with and managing T1 is a very different ballgame from living with and managing T2. One is not necessarily any easier or better than the other, but they are quite different.
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That would be a good thing for them to cut on my tombstone: Wherever she went, including here, it was against her better judgment.
- Dorothy Parker
T1 18 years
26 years old
Minimed Paradigm 522... yay!
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