Diabetes...not the best, not the worst

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I have to remind myself sometimes that diabetes is a disease.

Not just an inconvenience, or an annoyance, but a disease. But in a sense, it's not the worst disease, and it can be managed to some degree with some success avoiding complications and premature death.

It's not terminal cancer. It's life changing, and it's treatable, not curable. Or maybe it's life changing because it is treatable.

Don't get me wrong; I'm not glad I got the disease, and it's not "the best thing to happen to me," but when all is said and done, I know I'd rather have a life-altering disease than a life-ending one. I'd rather have some disease I have some control over, than one I don't. I'd rather have it, where the methods and technology to treat it have almost been miraculous in a short time span. There are worse things to be diagnosed with.

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YOU SAID IT
SO TRUE

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It is more than life-altering, it is life-threatening.
Too many have died too soon from this disease. We can
not forget about them.

You are correct though, it is manageable for most who
get the help that they need and they can live long lives.

Yes, there are.

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Well said.

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when i was a child i never called diabetes a disease but only a condition because i did not feel sick
i just had to do things other kids did not have to do & did not do things other kids could do
have had t1 since 1936
i am now 90 +
when i was a child i never called diabetes a disease but a condition because i never felt sick
i just could not do what other kids did & had to do things other kids did not have to do
have had t1 since 1936
am now 80+ years old

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sorry for the repetition

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My friends son was just dx'ed with Crohn's. I wouldn't trade his dx in a million years.