geez... i see your point. With out diabetes i would feel kind of empty...I have had diabetes 4 i think 9 years... ya and so it would be sooo weird. yet i would LOVE not having diabetes, beacuse i have friends always looking over me...
I don't agree but I see where you are coming from. I think the people who have had it the the longest need it the most. We are the ones who are the most medicaly effected. We are the ones who will have complications, even if we have good numbers. I think the newbes have longer before things go wrong not that they don't need it just as much. I want to live to see my grand children
I have been Dieabetic for 7 years!!!! Sence i was 7. I get crap from practicly everyone i meat saying stuu like, "why do you get special treatment?" I mean i'm tired of it. In 7th grade i had gym then lunch everyday so i went to lunch earlier than everyone else and some of the guys were saying stuff like, "im dieabetic too i get to go to lunch now." Just being retarded. no offence to any guys who actully have dieabeties. It gets old fast. So hell ya i want the cure. It would take getting used to but so did getting dieabeties.
-Macy
wow id do anythign to have the cure. i can harldy manage myself, idk it seems like i have the cure yet im still taking shots and what not. It drives me over the edge. I don't think that once or if i get the cure should i be uncomfertable with a new routine. It would be Bliss and i could drink TONS of coffee i could hang out with my friends i could eat ice cream. altho i do agree that having diabetes does help with what we eat. But i would have to agree with Macy this is just crap. I litterally got pissed at some dude, beleive it or not he was in 11th grade footballer i was in 7th, but he kept pushing me about it and i threw it in his fface about how lucky he is and all of it. he realized i was suffering and he told all his buddys and they dont bother me about it they help me out. but there are all those other people that bug me to insanity. its just bs. We don't deerve to be treated like a Zombie because were just a little bit diferent its not like diabetecs are visious dogs or any animal and everyone else are human. NO were all human were all just a little different.
I get what you're saying. I've thought of this a LOT when im just sitting and thinking to myself.
Diabetes has made me a much stronger person. I can tolerate more pain, and I can deal with bullying/annoying people at school MUCH better. Also, i used to suck at math, and now im in advanced math from carb counting/ratios/correction factors from when i was on shots.
At no point do i ever wish i was never diagnosed. I'm of appreciative of it.
But, I think I would be happy if there were IMPROVEMENTS, to make it easier on us (like that artificial pancreas thing, which constantly measures your sugar, and adjusts your insulin accordingly, because we can still say we're not perfect and have diabetes, but we dont have to make a huge difference in our lives)
IF there is a cure, I would love it. But I always think about how its not on my list of priorities. Yes, I do the walk every year, and yes I always hope for a cure.
But, in the back of my head, there is always that thought of maybe diabetes is a good thing for the world
i feel the same way !!! my friends and family think im crazy, but its true. thats how everyone knows me:the diabetic. i wouldnt have it any other way. diabetes is me.
i hate diabetes i want the cure (it better come soon:))
I feel the same way! although i've only had it for 5 years almost i still wouldn't feel like me if i didnt have diabetes
i really dont wanna cure. i mean its nice that others are trying to help us but diabetes unites us as a whole. diabetes isnt something i am ashamed of and it doesnt harm my relationship with friends/family. it makes me who i am and im proud to have diabetes. yes, some days are more challenging than others but its a thrill when i have a perfect blood sugar. diabetes camp really helped me love diabetes even more. i told my doctor i loved having diabetes and she was like no you dont, like i was crazy. im not crazy. what is so horrible about a disease where you take a shot when you eat, take a tiny sample of blood, and moniter what you eat. its a lot to process at first but in the end, its what keeps you on this earth. im not saying that i want researchers to stop their hard work but at the moment life is good.
I know what everyone means, diabetes is a part of me n all...i can only vaugly (spelling is for losers...) remember what it was like to just shove food in my mouth without worrying about it....but i would really (REALLY) like a cure. im kindof...in and out of the hospital alot and has major trouble with everything...blahh...i just kind of, well, suck. i get sick alot and i just really hate it. but at the same time i cant imagine life without it...? wait! yes i can! and it looks a hella lot better! heehee.
I noticed late that this discussion is two years old but I hope someone new to this website like me will still read this discussion. I hope I’m replying to the group/discussion, I have no idea, so sorry if someone random gets this. But I think you’re crazy for not wanting a cure for yourself! I mean that in a polite way. I’ve been reading most of the posts and I’m like What?! My diabetes is the only time I think being selfish is ok. I hate the feeling that it holds me back sometimes. ( I really was thinking about joining the Military hands on until I found out they don’t allow diabetics!) BOOM! Went that idea. I do NOT want a desk job, but I know for sure that my diabetes will never hold me back from my dreams- whatever they may be. I want that cure, I’m tired of stopping the fun and saying “Anyone got sugar packets on them?!?” I want a cure for EVERY diabetic out there- New, Young, old, expierenced, whichever, and for myself! And a cure for all other diseas too. I’ve been a diabetic since I was eight, now I’m going on 17 in a few months. I’ll live with it, as long as there is a cure somewhere down the road, if not my generation then the next. Thank you.
Rachel I feel the exact same way ! I was seven when I got diagnosed but Dr's say I have always had it .I can't rember not being a diabetic! If I woke up and there was a cure tommrow I don't think I would get it . I went off my pump for a month and I felt so messed with out it there I can't imagen never having anymore or never testing or not being low and getting out of really boring classes . (I am low when this happens ) I think the cure would be great for people struggling with diabeties but not me .
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Hear! Hear! Now why can't my English teacher understand this? :)
I just joined this group and site and i just got diagnosed with diabetes two years ago and i want to know how do you accept what you got?
You have to accept it because it’s part of you now and always will be. (Until possibly a cure?) The sooner you cope with your diabetes and get it well under control the easier everything will be. Complaining and moping about the disease doesn’t make it go away. I know, I’ve tried it.
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This may sound crazy but think about it you may feel the same way. I don't want the cure. Not for me at least for the newly diagnosed people who are still struggling, yes I do. But not having diabetes wouldn't be me. I have had diabetes since I 14 months old, I've never known anything other than, check your blood sugar, give insulin, absolutly do not eat that!!! And not having it would probably screw me up big time. Don't hate me for it but it just wouldn't be me.
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i know what you mean for you, but for me personally - i am the exact opposite. I'm new to diabetes, I haven't even had it for a year yet. I am struggling very much, and I absolutely need a cure. I have so much sadness and anger from the diabetes, and I'm having some trouble accepting. i just can't accept it. and since i'm having trouble accepting, I've been participating in clinical studies. I don't think a piece of me would be missing without diabetes. i think so many pieces of me are lost now, because of it. i hate diabetes :(
You got it Monica! I’ve had diabetes almost longer than I haven’t. Ya it’s a part of me, but if one day I didn’t have it- you would Not see me shed a tear over it. Besides, we’d be healthier without diabetes.
I don't know how I'd feel without diabetes- I've had it since I was four, and honestly, I don't remember much from "before." Still, I think I've wanted a cure since the minute I knew I had it. That hope hasn't faded- sometimes it feels selfish- it's a wish that affects me directly, but at the same time, a cure for diabetes would affect so many other people. My parents constantly remind me how dangerous high blood sugars are in terms of long-term effects. I know they're worried- their worrying can be annoying, but I also understand why they're concerned. I want to accomplish things with my life- I don't want to die young from side-affects from this disease. Staying in control can be a challenge- I would love a cure. I want the independence a cure would give me- does anyone else feel the same way?