Welcome to Diabetes Forums!
You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and access our other features. By joining our free community you will have access to post topics, communicate privately with other members (PM), respond to polls, upload content and access many other special features.
Registration is fast, simple and absolutely free so please, join our community today!
If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact contact us.
|
 | | 
04-16-2006, 05:36 AM
| | Member | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: IL
Posts: 214
| | | Trade?
I know we all hate this lovely disease and would not wish it upon our worst enemy but.....
If you had a chance to trade this disease for another, what other disease would you pick?
Karen (one sick puppy, question) |
04-16-2006, 05:55 AM
| | Administrator
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Rhode Island
Posts: 4,145
| | | A Dr. told me when I was first diagnose. Out of all the diseases, he said your better off with Diabetes. Because you can control Diabetes.
No matter how rough this can be at times, I will stick with the big D.
__________________
Tony
Administrator of Diabetesforums.com "Weeding my way through Diabetes, and taking all of you along for the ride." - archimeech |
04-16-2006, 06:04 AM
| | Member
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: North UK
Posts: 479
| | | I tend not to think of it as a disease but more of a lifestyle i need to live, cant think if I had the choice what I would change it for, I can see why you posed th e question but I take my hat off to anyone who can give a straight answer.
Q (sick puppy since around mid 84)
__________________
"Two things are infinite: The universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe."
Albert Einstein 1879 - 1955 |
04-16-2006, 07:38 AM
|  | Senior Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: The city on the edge of forever.
Posts: 4,841
| | | I'd be happy to trade it for sexual addiction. (Guess I shouldn't have said that on Easter.)
__________________
Brandy
My Little Princess
August 18, 1990 - May 3, 2006 
Say you'll share with
me one
love, one lifetime . . .
Lead me, save me
from my solitude . . .
Say you want me
with you ,
here beside you . . .
Anywhere you go
let me go to . . .
Christine,
that's all I ask of . . .
(you) 
Last edited by lgvincent : 04-16-2006 at 07:44 AM.
|
04-16-2006, 07:47 AM
| | Member
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: North UK
Posts: 479
| | Quote: |
Originally Posted by lgvincent I'd be happy to trade it for sexual addiction. (Guess I shouldn't have said that on Easter.) | Tips hat to LG...... 
__________________
"Two things are infinite: The universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe."
Albert Einstein 1879 - 1955 |
04-16-2006, 07:55 AM
| | Senior Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: The city on the edge of forever.
Posts: 4,841
| | | I guess in reality, I don't know of any "good" diseases to have. All have their drawbacks, some so much worse than others. As Tony said, you can at least control diabetes but even so, it still does an awful lot of damage to people.
__________________
Brandy
My Little Princess
August 18, 1990 - May 3, 2006
Say you'll share with
me one
love, one lifetime . . .
Lead me, save me
from my solitude . . .
Say you want me
with you ,
here beside you . . .
Anywhere you go
let me go to . . .
Christine,
that's all I ask of . . .
(you) |
04-16-2006, 08:15 AM
| | Member | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Dallas, Texas
Posts: 136
| | | I'm use to the "D" why change to something new/different?
don
__________________
DWS , type 1, dx 01/1940, age 5 |
04-16-2006, 08:51 AM
| | Senior Member | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Nova Scotia
Posts: 1,072
| | | In light of what other diseases can do and the havoc it wrecks on peoples lives and family's I'd still rather deal with diabetes. As long as I do my part it doesn't effect anyone other than me.
Liz
__________________
Liz macdonald
T2 since January 2005
levemir & novo rapid
|
04-16-2006, 08:53 AM
|  | Senior Member
I am a: Type 1.5 | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Orlando, FL
Posts: 7,833
| | | The big D was a wake up call for me. It has actually helped me to improve the overall quality of my life. I do pray I never get severe complications. As long as I can control it and as long as there is hope for a cure, I'll also stick with this incurable disease rather than some other where I have less control... |
04-16-2006, 04:16 PM
| | Senior Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Victoria, BC
Posts: 706
| | | Better the devil you know . . .
I have been living with diabetes for 15 years--it is a part of who I am now. I know the risks, the routines and am generally comfortable with them. As others have said, at least diabetes is manageable. I would take this over so many other diseases and will continue hoping that my efforts to control it help me to continue to avoid complications.
__________________
I was diagnosed in spring 1991.
I am currently on Lantus/Novorapid MDI.
I used to use a Minimed 506 (1993-2005).
My last A1C was 6.0 (September 2006). |
04-16-2006, 07:44 PM
|  | Senior Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: CT
Posts: 4,588
| | Hmmm  ....I have thought about this before and have thought, yeah, maybe I'd change for something else, but when I try to think of what to trade it for, I can't decide  . Maybe hyper or hypo thyroidism...that seems relatively easy to handle. Not much to do for it other than check your thyroid levels periodically and take medication. It doesn't require all the monitoring, discipline, and work that this disease requires...not to mention aggravation  . Well, that's my opinion anyway.
__________________ 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"  |
04-16-2006, 07:50 PM
|  | Senior Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: May 2004 Location: NC
Posts: 6,925
| | | I believe I will stick with the big D. In my family, we have a history of cancer, heart disease and my grandma had Parkinson's. Diabetes is manageable.
__________________  Rest In Peace Jack- 5/1/08. You may be gone from us but you will never be forgotten. Our love goes with you. |
04-16-2006, 08:45 PM
| | Junior Member | | Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 90
| | | Before I was diagnosed, I knew something was up and it mostly pointed to diabetes. But I had been donating blood regularly and thought I might have depleted my iron. That would have been an easy fix! Also, thyroid disorders run in my family and as far as I know, that involves taking a thyroid pill everyday.
So if I had a choice of another autoimmune disorder, I'd pick thyroid. Although being that it runs in the family and having one autoimmune disorder makes you prone to others, I may end up with it AND the diabetes. :P
__________________
Diagnosed 11/4/05 - hbA1c = 15.7
Last hbA1c 4/21/06 = 5.9
Levemir and Novolog
|
04-16-2006, 09:39 PM
|  | Super Moderator
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Do Dah, OZ, aka Kansas
Posts: 4,451
| | | Have another desease and nothing I can do for it. No cure, and the treatment my doctor will not give me because it's too horrible. Thankfully I can do something about this one. |
04-16-2006, 09:56 PM
|  | Super Moderator
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Mid-West
Posts: 7,004
| | Quote: |
Originally Posted by Tony A Dr. told me when I was first diagnose. Out of all the diseases, he said your better off with Diabetes. Because you can control Diabetes.
No matter how rough this can be at times, I will stick with the big D. | I totally agree with Tony here. I've witnessed both family members & friends who suffered severely from Cancer, and my mother-in-law had Parkinson's (she also had Type II Diabetes, but the Parkinson's was far worse & was responsible for her dimentia.  ). I always say I'd Never trade my Diabetes for anything...at least with it, I'm in the driver's seat (so to speak) & in control of my own destiny (to a degree, anyway). 
__________________ ALL my love, Carwy & Best wishes for a healthy new beginning! 
Saying prayers for him & all our friends, every day.
_______
______
Pumps & Meters Used:
MM506,7,8,11 & 12, Cozmo, Animas 1200 & 1250 Many
A1C: 6.4
Type I 26yrs, pumping 12
|
| |
| Thread Tools | | | | Display Modes |  Linear Mode | 
Posting Rules
| You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off | | |
|  | | » Site Navigation | | Diabetesforums.com | | | Resource Directory | | | Contact Zone | | | |
