Hello everyone, me again...
I have enjoyed reading from you all. A special thank you to Mick for taking the time to explain in depth. I must admit, I had no idea what it's like to be T1 and for so many years. I've always known it was life threatening if the person didn't take the insulin... but that's it. Never occured to me before today that a few years back, the technology wasn't what it is today. So easy to take things for granted, isn't it? Sharpening needles EEeekkKK!! And all the rest. Battling. All the time!
The only T1 person I met (aside from the one the other day) was a guy in high school. He was 15, needed insulin... and always ate chocolate! Maybe that's where I got the false impression taking insulin would make everything alright?!??
There was this young French Canadian champion skier (can't remember her name!) who was 90% blind. To the question : 'What would have you done if you hadn't been blind?' she answered this : 'I would have done what everyone does: become a couch potato!' ... Speaks volume, don't you think?
As many of you said, no one deserves to suffer from a disease...
To you all, the very best. Because you sure don't deserve less.
Marie
