Anyone here a diabetic and wish it would just take over your life completely so you could be gone?

Actually, I had a friend who chose to ignore his diabetes because he wanted to live a "normal" life. He didn't last long. I have friends who suffer from type 1 or type 2 diabetes and manage to live with it. my friend with type 2 is not doing well but she hangs in there with bad eyesight and painful neuropathy. as for myself, i have been pre-diabetic since birth and it has given me heart disease. i watch what i eat and try to exercise every day. the exercise really, really helps. my exercise consists of walking to work and walking home again. i like it. i get some natural vitamin D from the sunshine. and, it improved my blood readings a lot. the diabetes diet has reduced my reliance on food as a means of fun which is not very easy to deal with. you know, no binging on cookies or cake when feeling blue. i always have a container of nuts handy and deny my cake craving until i break down so that any snack will do and then grab the nuts. the thing is, if you follow the diet you avert / delay the parts of the disease that are really painful. would i permanently give up pasta and potatoes and candy if it meant not getting neuropathy or going blind? you bet i would! except for an occasional chocolate, candy is not a part of my diet. neither are potatoes. pasta, well, i'm trying to eat it in moderation. i guess my point is that preventative medicine works. watching what you are eating to avoid disease leads to not just a healthy body but also a healthier mind that less worry about health issues.

in our society we believe in instant gratification and that dietary freedom means eating what we want, when we want and how much we want regardless of the consequences. what a disease like diabetes teaches us is that these beliefs are not true. real freedom is freedom from debilitating illness. it's not that i mean to be hard on you. i note that your screen name is "trying to be me." please consider that being oneself means accepting who you are. people who are short have no alternative but to accept it. people who have chemical imbalances have to accept their problem in order to help themselves. being diabetic is part of being you and, while it makes life more complex, accepting the disease and effectively treating it will enable you to be and stay a healthy person capable of enjoying what life has to offer. think about it. my diabetic friend f***** is gone. don't give up. living with diabetes is doable.