Re:The Unreasonable Math of Type 1 Diabetes
by osrec on Thursday February 17, 2022 @05:22PM
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My sister is T1 diabetic (diagnosed at 11). Your description is extremely accurate.
I used to think that if you control all the parameters, then you can control diabetes. Thinking in this way is incorrect, and my lack of understanding caused a bunch of arguments between me and my sister. I wanted her blood sugars to be better, and assumed her bad
blood sugar days were caused by poor control. They weren't, and quite honestly, only God knows the real cause.
I was pretty ignorant about what I didn't know. My sister is 32 now, and I feel like she's got a very good handle on her condition in the last decade or so. It is a continual struggle, but I'm proud of the fact that she now has mostly good days, with the occasional bad day here and there.
I used to think that if you control all the parameters, then you can control diabetes. Thinking in this way is incorrect, and my lack of understanding caused a bunch of arguments between me and my sister. I wanted her blood sugars to be better, and assumed her bad blood sugar days were caused by poor control. They weren't, and quite honestly, only God knows the real cause.
I was pretty ignorant about what I didn't know. My sister is 32 now, and I feel like she's got a very good handle on her condition in the last decade or so. It is a continual struggle, but I'm proud of the fact that she now has mostly good days, with the occasional bad day here and there.