Random Thoughts...or...What's on Your Mind?
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Forgive the naivete of my question but is type one worse than type two or is it the opposite?
I hope you can get some help soon.
Go there immediately, right this second! And tell them about your toe! By the symptoms you describe you have a severe sepsis and every minute counts now.
Fuck the money - we can always rise a few bucks to help you out and in an emergency the hospital won't ask for it right now. Now stop reading and call the ambulance!
I hope it's not a septic shock.
Type one is controlled through an insulin regime, either through injections or an infusion pump with regular glucose tests. It's not truly known what causes it, it's not preventable and there is no cure for it. Plus too much or too little insulin can cause major issues and even death.
Type two on the other hand is mainly controlled through tablets or diet. It is preventable as we know what causes it and is even reversable given the right life style changes. Also the worst that can be caused through the tablets is irregular bowl movements.
Yes I am over simplifying things a bit, but with that information. Which one do you think is the "worst" one out of the two?
I don't think one can call either worse. They are just different.
Having a fear of syringes, I find my early type 2 less bad than type 1 since I don't (yet) have to inject insulin but only need to take 3 (large and awfully tasting) tablets per day.
A colleague of mine is a type 1 diabetic and had to have insulin injected from babyhood on. She's now wearing an implanted insulin pump with an external sensor and finds that much more comfortable than my type 2 Diabetes as she has difficulties swallowing tablets.
My dad is an artificial type 2: he had to undergo a cortison therapy. Cortison unfortunately wreaks havoc on your sugar-metabolism (fortunately only as long as you take it. If you stop taking it, your metabolism gradually returns to normal again). He had to inject insulin for 2 years and is now down to tablets but thinks them absolutely horrible as they give him bowel trouble.
I think that like everything in life it's just a matter of what you are used to and what your personal priorities are.
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From what you're saying type one seems way worse than type two.
One, get over yourself with the fear of needles, I drew up my first injection and let the nurse do it, the second, I did myself. I was also scared of needles, but it's either get on with injecting myself or dying at 15. I knew which one I preferred to do and still do.
Two, the only way you'll go from type 2 with tablets to type 2 with injections is if you don't control it correctly. Yes it's not easy to put into reverse, but it is possible and only a forgone conclusion as you seem to think if you don't control it, it controls you.
I am currently having a hypo, I just tested my glucose levels and I am 3.1mml, I would take having bowel issues over having my glucose levels drop because I had my "normal" dose of insulin and then get off and walk a bit extra home and need some glucose to sort it out.
I do have a personal bias, but you'd be correct.
Reminds me of Kirk's response to Sybok. He was the only one who didn't want to be brainwashed. I've always found that suspicious.
As much flak as ST V gets, the whole film is justified by Kirk's response. It's almost the essence of Trek. And it really makes you think.
"Damn it, Bones, you're a doctor. You know that pain and guilt can't be taken away with a wave of a magic wand. They're the things we carry with us, the things that make us who we are. If we lose them, we lose ourselves. I don't want my pain taken away! I need my pain! "
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I've always found this whole thing about one thing in one's life causing pain to be more than dubious. I am pretty sure that there isn't one thing in my life that if removed would cause me to be relieved. In fact, I tend to forgive myself my mistakes and learn to live with them. as for the things that were done to me, I don't think much of them. I once met someone that I didn't recognize first and that seemed to remember a lot of things that I've lived too... When I finally remembered who he was, sort of. It seemed important to him to apologize to me for things I allegedly asked him to do and that he didn't do... I had no idea what he was talking about. It seems some things seemed way more important to him than they were to me. He told me his name but though he seemed to know mine very well, his name only rang a distant bell to me. The same event seems big to one person and insignificant to another... I am a water under the bridge kind of guy.
I'm actually excited for the part of the campaign cycle where 20 people declare they are running for President and some of them are polling at 0.5% but still trying their hardest and it's so adorable.
That's the fun part, where late night comedians have all that material and it's not painful and stressful yet.
That's the fun part, where late night comedians have all that material and it's not painful and stressful yet.
OMG, I loooove cream cheese frosting WAY TOO MUCH!!
I hope it goes well for you. Sending my best wishes.
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