I have had diabetes for nearly 17 years and I help with local diabetes support group by doing awareness and fundraising at every opportunity. It is amazing how much ignorance people have about this long term condition...I do not see it as a disease. I live with diabetes...i do not SUFFER from diabetes...I am not a victim.
Diabetes has never stopped me from doing anything....other than scuba diving or flying a plane....neither one i want to do anyway!
I still eat chocolate...very naughty and i may be paying for it now as my right eye has some bleeding in the retina area
I am on 4 injections a day and when i get to 40 (in about 5 years time!) I may have to go on cholesterol and heart medication to prevent any of the long term health problems occuring...that kind of scares the crap out of me but hopefully by then research may have found a way of stopping these from happening.
Sorry i have rambled on here but just thought I would tell you about me and what i do for a very good cause!
Feel free to ask any questions!
I am now off my soapbox......thanks for listening!