I was diagnosed at the age of 6, after being in hospital for german measles. I was in isolation for 2 weeks because of that. Diabetes runs in our family, pity it got me though. I have had 32 years of it and yes i had my "ive had enough of diabetes" at age 13, stopped taking my meds, ate all the wrong things and ended up unconscious in hospital with 6 drips. To this day i still hate it BUT i dont have any serious problems considering i didnt (and on the odd occasion still dont) look after myself. I had heart failure in 2007 after contracting a virus that afected my heart due to being pregnant with my son and having 35kg of extra fluid in my body that ended up in my lungs and i nearly died, i also have slight foot drop on the left side (and 3 discs out in my back to contribute to that)
My mum took on diabetes but treated it and me like we werent any diff to the other kids. We never counted carbs and i still dont, we followed the 5 food group table and it worked for us and still does ..... i have my ups and downs as im not a "textbook" diabetic and dont follow the rules that says diabetics are supposed to follow this, that and the other ..... and i often follow the zamoigy effect with my BSL's
IF australias health system was better, i wud be on a pump but i cannot afford health insurance being a single mum with 2 children and NO support from my ex and no extra income coming in.
One can only hope & pray that they come up with a cure in my lifetime, although am not holding my breathe. TO the young ones on here, keep your chin up and if youre scared of doing it in public, dont be, theres a LOT of understanding people out there and take it from me, i councelled youngsters at diabetic camps when i was 16 about doing it in "public" ... it does get easier and people rarely notice u doing it anyway
God, i even do mine in the car these days, while driving