My friends grandma had it, but she was "cured" by the time I knew her.

that is good to know. my grandpa died with 4 different types of cancer in him. i was sad but i never really knew him to begin with anyways.

I know exactly what you are going through! I have been a diabetic for the last 10 years, I have my diabetes under control now, but back then I didn't :( When I was first diagnosed my blood sugars where so high they didn't register on the meter! Back then I didn't want to deal with my "illness" as it hindered me and held me back from doing things that I wanted to do! So i ignored all the doctors advice and just carried on the way I had been. I got a wake up call 3 years ago when i ended up in hospital, with such low blood sugar I was on the verge of going into a coma and never waking up! Now though it's all under control. One thing I do hate though is missing out on having ice cream sandwiches and having to watch what I eat every day. I'm here if you need someone to talk to and reminisce about sweets! Oh how I miss them!!! :)

Aww I'm sorry to hear that :(

Oooooh I am sorry to hear about your unplanned trip to the hospital, Ive had plenty of those even now a days. And for sure, Im gonna add you as a friend on here and I will keep in touch left right and center :) lol oh yes the ice cream sandwiches... i do miss those, but i dont like the mess they leave on your teeth after xD oooh the oreo ones. I have found a 30% less sugar slushie at a local 711 and its cream soda so i love it all to bits and i just take a bit of insulin to help me a long.

Its okay :) he is in a better place.

I accepted your friend request :) Where I live (which is New Zealand) its hard to get diabetic sweets at the supermarket, i have to go shopping at the health shop, which is way to expensive, so i just gave up on sweets. But I did find a nice Jam at the supermarket that weight watchers make that tastes even better on toast than normal jam and has hardly any sugar in it :) So that's my sweet fix!

It is hard even in Canada to find diabetic sweets. They are expensive and buying them in bulk is not worth it because there isnt really any to get. If I wanted my sugar free gummy bear / fuzzy peaches and such id have to pay an arm and a leg from an online store that sells them by the Lb . Which in this case might be okay, but still thats a lot of candy for one diabetic... and knowing me, id go through that in 2 months tops if not less.

That is alot of candy! My mum used to make these sugar free hard boiled sweets and my god they were mouth watering! As soon as she had made them, they would be gone! The recipe made 24, so they would be gone in a matter of minutes 😊

Im kinda tired of hard candies... i always get them and its driving me nuts.. I want that gummy-ness of the sweets. my fiance still has to make me sugar free chocolate :D ooooh that will be a delight when its done.

My aunt buys diabetic candy bars.

candy bars? I know ive seen Glucerna bars that are for Diabetics... but are these candy bars like... candy candy bars?

Yeah, they tasted like a real candy bar to me.

i'm pretty sure my type 1 diabetic boyfriend would never be able to agree with you. i can't imagine he thinks getting diabetes at a young age was a "blessing". type 1 and type 2 diabetes really aren't the same thing, a lot of times you can prevent type 2. : type 1 is autoimmune and your body destroys the insulin producing beta cells in the pancreas.

i'm not diabetic myself, but, as i stated before my boyfriend is. i dont try to pressure him too much about what he eats and drinks. the only thing i have been pestering him about is getting his eye exam and dental check up this year. i don't think i would be helping him at all if i tried to micromanage his diet. i want him to be careful, of course, but i don't want to make him feel like a black sheep 'cause of his disease. i dunno, i think my number 1 pet peeve with diabetes is when people mix up type 1 and type 2 though. they are kind of different animals... one type has NOTHING to do really with your diet and the other type you get (in most cases) based on the crap you eat.

those sound good. send me some :D lol

I would agree, type 1 and type 2 are completely different. It runs within my dads side of the family, but so far I am the only type 1 to appear in the line were as everyone else has type 2. And as well, being watched over all the time as to what I am eating is annoying but I also watch out for the very sugary stuff myself because I know I am not as active as I should be and it does make a difference. I do walk whenever I can and to how ever far I can before my legs do start to hurt because of some nerve pain I have. But all in all with my fiance watching out for what I eat and how much insulin I take is going to be a train ride for sure. Ive been diabetic for 12 years and now all of a sudden the Carb Counting has come into affect with the diatitions and shit, he wants me to do it as well but when something is hard wired into your brain as it was when you were 10... its hard to change and understand in the least. Cause not everyone knows what they want to eat as they are about to eat it. Unless its always prepared for them by some special cook person and refrigerated so all you have to do is heat it up and shit. : /

it sucks knowing that someone your close to in your familly is dieing, but your type one? I think my grandmother is type one i forget though... your on deviant?!?

very sad. but we all gotta move on after a while. Yupp im on deviantart :) I dont have much on there that is new but its my art :)

Diagnosed at 13, 25 now. Type one. I stopped taking care of myself around the 10 year mark. My blood sugars have been 200-300 usually, IF I check it (I did go over a year, maybe close to 2 years before I checked again). For the last two years I've been struggling with it emotionally.

It is hard to handle some times. Even I struggle with it emotionally more often then none. I never liked checking my numbers, I even had stopped taking my insulin once and a while within the days. To me I just wanted to be normal if that could be understood?

I hope that your doing better and that after a while it becomes under control . I do hope you get better, its not fun to see another diabetic struggle with their diabetes even if they are across the country/world.

I often skip my Lantus injections because I just don't want to take it. I wish I could go out to eat with my husband and not have to bring an ugly little purse for an ice pack, insulin, and syringe. Its a hassle. It's extra physical and emotional baggage I have to carry around with me everywhere I go. Hell, I was starving myself when I worked at BK because my insulin would be sitting in a walk-in cooler out of my sight, where thieving druggie teenagers could get to my supplies. (When I was in highschool, TWICE my insulin pens (back when I was on them) were stolen out of a supervised/locked room in a locked cupboard!)

I get really upset when people assume that I'm diabetic because I'm fat. I had a woman suggest that eating doughnuts is how I got this disease. Like. Really? I have diabetes because my immune system is an idiot and destroyed my pancreas. And being "fat" doesn't mean a person is unhealthy. Diabetes is a genetic disease that I inherited from my mother (along with other problems--if a parent/grandparent has some sucky genetic code, I got it). It frustrates me to no end. I try to avoid telling people I have this unless it absolutely necessary.

That I know very well. I take a pen with me everywhere, it holds my Humalog which I take the most of, my Lantus stays at home. But even having my Humalog with me and at times needing to take it while I am out, its a hassle. I just dont care anymore if people stare at me, I will take out my pen in public or in a store and stab my leg with it. For some reason seeing people advert their eyes gives me a sense of justice almost. Those who are afraid of needles do need to be afraid very much when a diabetic is around. Im sure plenty of people have been wrongfully injected or grabbing a needle with its cap off... Ive found syringe's in my local park here and its not a nice sight .. even for a diabetic or normal person to see.

I too, am fat. Im actually born big boned, my stature is with wide hips and broad shoulders, I could never fit into a size smaller than a 14 even if I wanted to try, maybe if Im lucky and lose my belly I could... But ive been told by plenty of people that if I diet and exercise that I would be healthier... a man my old work care for so much cause he is a loyal and wealthy customer had called me 'fat' on two occasions and even when I told my supervisor nothing was followed through... I was also told by my mom at one point when I was 12, just two years after I was diagnosed... "If you were pregnant we wouldnt know" that was the comment i held to my mother because i was fat and she hated it or something... I still tell her it and with a cruel look she tends to leave me alone. Being diabetic for so long, even 12 years ive grown a custom to not liking sweets or anything full of sugar and fat. My only weakness is sugar free soda.