tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4310765395863592182.post237508283733758234..comments2024-02-16T09:17:42.210-03:30Comments on Diabetes Advocacy: Eating your young or life as a harp seal?Barb Wagstaffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00411795733538192893noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4310765395863592182.post-34853863911729862552011-10-23T20:46:33.139-02:302011-10-23T20:46:33.139-02:30i have been t1 for 38 years. i did not look after ...i have been t1 for 38 years. i did not look after myself. i did not take this diesease seriously. i did not have my mother waking up to test my BG's in the middle of the night. i did not even have a meter until 1983. and even then, i just lived life on a wing and a prayer. should i show him my scars? triple bypass surgery at 48, aortic bifemoral graft at 41. all of these things preventable if i had just tested and listened. it sucks having diabetes, but by looking after yourself, you can live long, and complication free. and he has you to back him up and prod him. you are a great mom, doing the best you can, but it is up to him to take it seriously, as much as he doesn't want to.kimhttp://kd-anditsnotkraftdinner.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4310765395863592182.post-75539905887566804862011-10-23T18:16:15.646-02:302011-10-23T18:16:15.646-02:30My teen and college years were rough on me as far ...My teen and college years were rough on me as far as diabetes control went. I can only imagine how hard it is to raise a teen...throw raising a teen w/ T1 on top of that and you have a very special parent.Carahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09108867545803896885noreply@blogger.com