[Diabetes-talk] "Too Young for Insulin?"

[Bernadette Jacobs]

Way to go Everett!!  Couldn't've said it much better myself my friend!!

Bern


On 2/26/13, Everett Gavel <everett at everettgavel.com> wrote:
> Hi Dar, and all,
>
> Too young for insulin? Tell your doctor a few
> people want to toss his stethascope at him for
> that comment -- silly doctor. Honestly, I'd love
> to hear your doc's thoughts on what s/he has read
> to bring them to such a line of thinking?
>
> I'm 42, and been on insulin for 32 years. The only
> ill-effects I've had or have are from the years
> where I tried pretending I didn't have Diabetes --
> which were my teens, pretty much. Anyway, I hike
> regularly, ride tandems, rollerblade, all that
> silly stuff. The only side-effect from years of
> insulin has been the calcium deposits building up
> over time, on my bone joints. I don't stretch at
> all regularly, and if I did, those wouldn't even
> hinder me as they sometimes do, I believe. But
> hey, I'm lazy too. I say I'm an OCD personality in
> a Procrastinator's body. Anyway, the years of
> insulin and calcium deposits have made me less
> flexible. That's about it, though, far as I -- and
> my docs -- can tell.
>
> The docs always say something like, "No, your
> kidneys look fine." And I always respond, slightly
> incredulously, "Fine for anyone, or fine for a
> 32-year Diabetic?" They always say, "Fine for
> anyone." Again, though, I still find that slightly
> hard to grasp. But it is what it is. ;-)
>
> Also, I haven't noticed a jump in my BG levels
> since moving to Colorado last summer. I'm now even
> higher up than the Mile High City of Denver. The
> northern end of Colorado Springs, and into
> Monument, is right around 7000 feet. Denver's only
> 5280. ;-)
>
> Strive On!
> Everett
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> he felt that putting me on the insulin twice a day
> I was to young.
> I'm proud to be sixty as I shared with him.
> Not understanding why age is the matter.
> I shared that I was told folks have more energy on
> the insulin than
> they did on the pill.
> Just some thoughts.
>
>
>
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