Archive for February, 2009
No matter what type of diabetes you have how has it effected your lifestyle?
I’m a Type 1 for 25 years. As much as I try to live my life normally, I must say that it does define me. Having to think about every bite I put into my mouth, every bit of activity, and planning out the timing for things has definitely affected my life. I occasionally deal with depression if my BG’s are not where I want them or if I’m frustrated at trying to identify patterns. I’m bummed right now because my left eye has a blurry spot so I’m getting that checked out next week. It’s frustrating that I try so hard and do so many of the right things, but it’s not enough sometimes. We are trying to mimic something very complicated that the non-diabetic body does naturally, and we can only do the best we can. I would probably do more intense and varied exercise if I didn’t have diabetes, but it’s too hard to manage my BG’s when I vary things.
Both my husband and sister in law have type 1 diabetes. My husband develop Type 1 Diabetes when he was 5 years old, but his identical twin did not. His younger sister developed type 1 diabetes when she was 12 years old.
If a father has type 1, the child has a 1 in 17 chance of developing diabetes.
A child has a 1 in 25 chance of developing diabetes if the mother has type 1 and gave birth before the age of 25. Chances are 1 in 100 if the child was born after the mother was 25.
A child has a 1 in 7 chance of developing diabetes if the father has Type 2 Diabetes and was diagnosed befor the age of 50, chances are 1 in 13 if the father was diagnosed after the age of 50.
If both parents have type 2 diabetes, a child has a 1 in 2 chance of developing the disease.
This is just a tid bit of information that I got out of one of my diabetes magazines recently
