My joke is usually that to celebrate diabetes anniversaries we should each eat a giant piece of cake and bolus and see whose carb counting skills are the best.
To celebrate 35 years with type 1 diabetes I'm just thankful to be a loved wife and mom, with friends on Juvenation who have encouraged and taught me so much. No diabetes complications and I'm not afraid of them anymore.
The older I get the more I realize time zips by while we're busy living our lives. So I'm already looking forward to participating in the Joslin 50-Year Study. Remind me of my laid back attitude about time flying by next year when I celebrate my 40th birthday...
Many, many congratulations, Jenna! I'm happy to see you're still around here too, sharing your great experiences with everyone. Happy Diaversary (late)!
I hope your daughter DOESN'T do what I did! I was a mess through my teen and college years. My junior year of college I was hospitalized twice in the same week... once for a severe high and once for a severe low.
It took a long time for me to come to peace with having diabetes. Thankfully God kept me alive long enough to grow up and start doing better.
Congratulations to you! I am 62 and diagnosed in 1961...so I've had this disease for 51 years. Keep doing what you are doing and you will succeed in living a long life and avoid complications. The only thing I have going now is some bleeding in my left retina, but we had it fixed and now all is well. No other complications to speak of and I've been on my Animas insulin pump for 10 years now. The best invention ever! Good luck to you and keep on keepin' on.