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02-07-2006, 03:56 AM
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I am a: Type 1.5 | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Cambridge, England
Posts: 407
| | | Good things about diabetes
Good things about diabetes:
In Europe you get free prescriptions even for non diabetic stuff
You can get better deals on a personal pension
You become motivated to live a healthier lifestyle 
You become educated about your body:smartass:
You get to be part of the big D club 
Perhaps more than any other disease you can be pro-active in its management
There's a really great forum to talk to other diabetics 
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Type 1.5 Diabetic since July 2005
Age 40
On Lantus & Novorapid
Recent A1C: 6.2% MySpace profile |
02-07-2006, 12:02 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Brooklyn, NY
Posts: 705
| | | Most of these are not original... I kinda collect them.
*Your mental math skills are amazing (all that figuring out boluses)
*You can get your friends to eat at any restaurant you want... regardless of if it's a diabetes necessity or not!
* In a group hostage situation you can be sure you'll be among the first to be released, faster than you can jingle your MedicAlert bracelet and say "hey, does anyone have a drink? I'm feeling thirsty ..."
* You can speak with some authority on the subject of diabetes - unlike say, the subject of the current up-to-date situation in the Middle East - and wow friends and family with statistics and lots of complex, polysyllabic words like "hypoglycemia"
* Even though you may have no letters from that secret admirer, you'll always have diabetes-related junk mail so you can know at least that you'll have something to pull out of the mailbox in case neighbors are watching
* You get to finely hone your swearing abilities with all those times when your BSL isn't what you expected
* Enjoy the giddy feeling of living dangerously ALL THE TIME: "Bungy-jumping? A walking tour in Zaire? PAH! I have DIABETES!"
* Always good emotional blackmail in a family fight
* When annoying men ask you "why do you always drink Diet Coke? You’re so image- conscious. Girls are always worried about their weight.." you can reply with "I have diabetes" and watch in delight as they turn bright red and mumble an apology.
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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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02-07-2006, 12:11 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: CT
Posts: 4,588
| | I'm sorry, I can't think of anything good about having this disease at the moment 
__________________ I’ve faced myself
To cross out what I’ve become
Erase myself
And let go of what I’ve done
Put to rest
What you thought of me
Well I cleaned this slate
With the hands
Of uncertainty
So let mercy come
And wash away
What I’ve done
I’ve faced myself
To cross out what I’ve become
Erase myself
And let go of what I’ve done
Linkin Park~ "What I've Done"  |
02-07-2006, 12:31 PM
|  | Senior Member | | Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Manassas, in the Old Dominion
Posts: 6,517
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Originally Posted by am1977 I'm sorry, I can't think of anything good about having this disease at the moment | Pshaw! You met ME. 
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02-07-2006, 12:48 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: CT
Posts: 4,588
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Originally Posted by duck Pshaw! You met ME. |
I'm sorry  , you're right, I take that back.  Guess I'm just in a "mood" 
__________________ I’ve faced myself
To cross out what I’ve become
Erase myself
And let go of what I’ve done
Put to rest
What you thought of me
Well I cleaned this slate
With the hands
Of uncertainty
So let mercy come
And wash away
What I’ve done
I’ve faced myself
To cross out what I’ve become
Erase myself
And let go of what I’ve done
Linkin Park~ "What I've Done" |
02-07-2006, 12:48 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Mid-West
Posts: 7,035
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Originally Posted by duck Pshaw! You met ME. | 1. LOL, Yes! I met Duck & many other great people here on the forums (some in person, some online). 
2. We get some of the coolest gadgets & toys!!! 
3. We get to "trip like we're on drugs" when low...(J/K!).
4. It's a he** of alot better than other diseases. 
There's more where that came from.... 
__________________ ALL my love, Carwy & Best wishes for a healthy new beginning! 
Saying prayers for him & all our friends, every day.
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"Decisions that have been made for the last couple of centuries have been decisions made without the presence of a real God....from the vision, not of God, but of money."
--Tom Porter, MOHAWK
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Pumps & Meters Used:
MM506,7,8,11 & 12, Cozmo, Animas 1200 & 1250 Many
A1C: 6.4
Type I 26yrs, pumping 12
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02-07-2006, 12:57 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Northern Utah
Posts: 841
| | I don't know about you, but I'm feeling better already  It makes me want to dance  You know, there really is nothing like that new bg meter smell!
__________________  Laura Anne  "Happy Day! All is well! Pumping with Paradigm 712 since November 17th, 2004 Type 1 since April, 1995 |
02-07-2006, 01:00 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Aug 2005
Posts: 898
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Originally Posted by am1977 I'm sorry, I can't think of anything good about having this disease at the moment | Me too! (apart from meeting you guys)
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A1c 6.3% (Feb '08)
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02-07-2006, 01:14 PM
|  | Senior Member | | Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Ohio
Posts: 4,328
| | | Welllll, don't anyone tell my secrets, they are hard earned!
1. I can take a nap in the middle of the day.
2. I can not eat something that is on the dinner menu, if I don't like it, just have to say, "I am not allowed to have that".
3. I have been able to meet people from all over the world on this forum, and don't always have to be talking about Diabetes, even if I tell other computer users in the family that I "really need to check something on the forum".
4. I can always get my husband to "stop" when I am tired of being in the car, after all we Diabetics need frequent "rest stops", don't we? Used to be he wouldn't stop on a driving trip unless he was "about to burst"!
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Some people
No matter how old they get
Never lose their beauty-
They merely move it from their
Faces into their hearts
Martin Buxbaum
All my forum friends are beautiful
8/26/08 A1C 6.4
Cholesteral below 100
BP 114/64
Still anemic
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02-07-2006, 02:52 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Under 6' of snow, Maine
Posts: 180
| | | We always have an excuse-
"I haven't been drinking sir, my glucose is low"
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02-07-2006, 03:34 PM
|  | Senior Member | | Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Vermont, 50 miles from nowhere
Posts: 2,245
| | I can always come here and find something to smile about 
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Take care of your body. Where else are you going to live? |
02-07-2006, 04:50 PM
| | Senior Member | | Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Manassas, in the Old Dominion
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Originally Posted by discordia We always have an excuse-
"I haven't been drinking sir, my glucose is low" | That excuse will automatically get your license revoked in Virginia... |
02-07-2006, 05:12 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Columbia River Gorge
Posts: 1,139
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Originally Posted by duck That excuse will automatically get your license revoked in Virginia... | A fellow in my town was drunk in a electric wheelchair. He had a habit of drinking and driving his wheel chair, running people off sidewalks and causing general havoc with his wheelchair. Finally one day he was cited for reckness driving. He claimed he was not drunk. He had a diabetic low and was out of control. The miracle of breath tests proved him wrong though. It made interesting news.
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" Those who wait for roast duck to fly in mouth must wait a very long time. If you need something, don't wait. Go get it."
"This one makes a net. This one sits and wishes. Can you make a bet, which one catches fishes?"
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Syd--20 years Type II diabetes 18 years insulin dependent.
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02-07-2006, 05:14 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Under 6' of snow, Maine
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Originally Posted by duck That excuse will automatically get your license revoked in Virginia... |
I want to state on the record I've never actually tried this.
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02-07-2006, 05:17 PM
| | Senior Member | | Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Manassas, in the Old Dominion
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Originally Posted by sydneya A fellow in my town was drunk in a electric wheelchair. He had a habit of drinking and driving his wheel chair, running people off sidewalks and causing general havoc with his wheelchair. Finally one day he was cited for reckness driving. He claimed he was not drunk. He had a diabetic low and was out of control. The miracle of breath tests proved him wrong though. It made interesting news. | I don't even know what to say... Quote: |
Originally Posted by discordia I want to state on the record I've never actually tried this. | I've used this excuse to get out of...mowing the lawn, doing the laundry, etc. So it is a GOOD excuse . I'm just saying it won't work if you try it on a cop (and if someone were driving while low, they should freakin' know better). |
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