| I am stunned by this article. To think that ANYONE would willingly give up 8-10 years of life in order not to have to swallow a few pills, stick their fingers, eat healthier and move around a bit more is incomprehensible to me! I LOVE LIFE. If, in order to live, I have to adjust my lifestyle, so be it.
That being said, my mom was of that "quality over quantity" mentality. She lived her life as if she didn't have diabetes...until things caught up with her. Unfortunately for her, she didn't just die 8-10 years early...she died at 54 after about 10 years of suffering through the complications brought on by uncontrolled blood sugars...not a lot of "quality" when you can't see, can't walk, have a bad heart and failing kidneys.
Not to mention what all this does to the family who gets to watch all this happen and are helpless to stop it.
Sorry if I sound bitter...I see diabetes from the other end of the spectrum....as an opportunity to live a healthier life and take responsibility for your health. I think life is to be lived and enjoyed. I have no time for that mentality....living through it once was enough!
__________________ T2, diagnosed 8/31/06.
Byetta 5 mcg
HCTZ 12.5 mg every other day for BP
Enalapril 20 mg 1 daily (ace-inhibitor)
Lower carb dieter (approx. 75 total carbs/day, more on weekends), taking chromium, multivitamin and fish oil tablets Initial A1C 8/06: 9.6
11/06: 6.2.
03/07: 5.3
06/07: 5.4
10/07: 5.3
05/08: 6.2 (right after dealing with shingles and bronchitis)  | 
