tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4310765395863592182.post1923887176597112846..comments2024-02-16T09:17:42.210-03:30Comments on Diabetes Advocacy: And then there was the bad newsBarb Wagstaffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00411795733538192893noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4310765395863592182.post-28019303821250697152012-07-21T15:13:52.377-02:302012-07-21T15:13:52.377-02:30your teenager sounds so much like me a year ago lo...your teenager sounds so much like me a year ago lol! im 17 and never had great control for 11 years that was due to being on a terrible regime of mixtard and then 3 of rebelling like a lot of teenagers do. im paying the price. complications do happen they are not hogwash! luckily i reversed the background retinopathy i had but now at risk of neuropathy in my feet (so far very very minor) but already have the problem of delayed healing which is causing a lot of problem with a back fracture. i was lucky for the control i've had the complications arent as bad as they should be. in jan 2011 my endo kicked me up the backside and was like if you dont sort yourself out youre gonna be dead by 30. i really hope you get through to your teenager i can only imagine how frustrating for the parent it must beType1teenagerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16422757118447258507noreply@blogger.com