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02-05-2006, 10:04 AM
| | Member | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: IL
Posts: 216
| | | 81 years of diabetes
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02-05-2006, 10:20 AM
|  | Senior Member | | Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Manassas, in the Old Dominion
Posts: 6,516
| | Inspiring... Quote: |
"I remember my mother sharpening the needle each time on a whetstone,"
| That made me cuss aloud when I read it...
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I'll mend myself before it gets me... |
02-05-2006, 10:31 AM
|  | Senior Member | | Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Vermont, 50 miles from nowhere
Posts: 2,245
| | | Awesome story. Thanks for sharing it.
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Val
Take care of your body. Where else are you going to live? |
02-05-2006, 02:17 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: CT
Posts: 4,588
| | My parents just showed me the article too. Just shows you what some hard work and determination can do 
Awesome, inspiring story 
__________________ 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"  |
02-05-2006, 02:41 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Miami, Fl
Posts: 3,113
| | | WOW.....
I was smiling the while way through the story. THANK YOU for that great story. I wish I could meet them, I dont live not too far from them (Melborne, FL)
__________________ T1- 24 yrs MM-715 (6/05)
A1C :
3/08- 6.2
11/07 7.3 |
02-05-2006, 02:53 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Yorkshire, England
Posts: 67
| | Brilliant story. Reading that gives me hope. Thanks for sharing
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Grant, 23, Type2, Diagnosed: Sep 05
Metformin 500mg X 3 daily |
02-05-2006, 03:37 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Ohio
Posts: 550
| | Great article Karen! Thanks for passing it on 
David |
02-06-2006, 06:07 AM
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I am a: Parent | | Join Date: May 2004 Location: FL
Posts: 1,910
| | Awesome story
Thanks for sharing!!!
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Praying for a speedy and perfect road to health for Carwy...and that he beats this FOREVER...with a long and healthy and happy life!!!
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02-06-2006, 06:14 AM
| | Senior Member | | Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Manassas, in the Old Dominion
Posts: 6,516
| | | I still can't get over the thought of having to jab oneself with a needle sharpened on a whetstone! Wow!
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02-06-2006, 06:27 AM
| | Member | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Dallas, Texas
Posts: 136
| | I still have my whetstone around somewhere. Use to have to boil the syringe and needle unless you were running late , then you just squirted some water thru it . AH the good old days
don
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DWS , type 1, dx 01/1940, age 5 |
02-06-2006, 06:50 AM
| | Senior Member | | Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Manassas, in the Old Dominion
Posts: 6,516
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Originally Posted by dws I still have my whetstone around somewhere. Use to have to boil the syringe and needle unless you were running late , then you just squirted some water thru it . AH the good old days
don | Don, if you could see the look on my face... |
02-06-2006, 07:00 AM
| | Member | | Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 155
| | That was an amazing story - thanks for posting it.
Hey Cinnabon - another FL resident - my family and I live in Vero Beach
- Aftiel |
02-06-2006, 07:08 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Yorkshire, England
Posts: 67
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Originally Posted by duck I still can't get over the thought of having to jab oneself with a needle sharpened on a whetstone | Nor can I!!  
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Grant, 23, Type2, Diagnosed: Sep 05
Metformin 500mg X 3 daily |
02-06-2006, 07:32 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Rhode Island
Posts: 4,564
| | | I loved this quote from the article:
"My main reason to stay alive," said Gerald, "is to prove to young people there's a way to live with diabetes, to live well."
"to live well"..........and he certainly has! |
02-06-2006, 10:28 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: New Hampshire
Posts: 306
| | | wow, great article...
-steve
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23 years old
Diagnosed Jan 5,06      My fingertips at WAR with themselves.
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