Diabetes, anyone?

[RaNkeri]

Well, I couldn't really find any better place for this thread, so I thought that I could post it here then :o

So yeah, just curious to know if any of you, or someone who you know, have diabetes?
I myself am suffering from type one diabetes(a.k.a "Young age diabetes") which I got when I was 3 years old, meaning that I've lived with it over 15 years for now. It doesn't really make my life any harder, since I 've practically lived with it almost all my life. I cannot remember the time when I didn't have diabetes. Ofcourse, sometimes it does suck when your bloodsugar goes too low and after that you have to suffer from terrible headache.

My bloodsugar ratings are ok, although they could be lower. For example, last time my HbA1c was measured, it was 8.7, if HbA1c is lower than 9, you're doing well, but the ideal goal is to have HbA1c lower than 7.5.

I've sofar taken insulin via doses (approx. 6 times per day, min.) I don't want to use a pump, since I can't really imagine myself carrying a smallbox on my pelvis, which is connected into my stomach with a hose.

Interesting thing is, that there has been few succesful operations to recover insulin cells in persons pancreas, which literally cures you from diabetes. So appearantly the modern scientists can actually cure all the diabetics in close future.

Lucky for me, I do not have type 2 diabetes, which often occurs on people who are overweighted. For example about 16 million people in the United States have diabetes mellitus, a serious, life-long disorder that is, as yet, incurable. About one-third of these people do not know they have diabetes and are not under medical care. Each year, approximately 600,000 people are diagnosed with diabetes. In Illinois, approximately 500,000 persons 18 years of age and older have diagnosed diabetes.




But yeah, let me know, does any of you guys, or someone who you know, have diabetes?