Guest guest Posted July 31, 2004 Report Share Posted July 31, 2004 I was 21 when I was diagnosed with diabetes. And now in 28 days I will be 52. And I think I have even younger. Trudy --- Sandy Burdsall sandyb@...> wrote: > metaylorokc@... you wrote: > >WOW your rather young like me. Im only 25 and was > diagnosed in May 2004. Im > >still very freaked out about the feeling that now > this will keep me from > >living > >a long life, but I try to keep 2 thoughts in mind > 1) there are plenty of > >diabetics who have lived with this 50 years etc 2) > there are young people > >who die > >in car wrecks or from cancer, so life is not > guarentteed! > > Great outlook and good rationale. > I became T1 at age 29 and am about to turn 54. > Diabetes hasn't kept me from > doing much. You will have to live with diabetes all > your life but diabetes > doesn't need to *be* your whole life. I think there > are a few on this list > who have been T1 for 35-50 years. They may not have > gotten there unscathed > but then, how many truly get from 25 to 65 or older > with no " scathing " of > one kind or another? ;-) > Sandy > T1 - 1979 > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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