About a month ago, I was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes. I'm still a kid, so I was wondering if it had any long-term negatives. I quickly accepted the disease though and try to think of it as an advantage
(Before I would eat unhealthy foods, and live without worrying about problems, but now that I have this disease, i HAVE to eat healthier foods so it might benefit me in the long run anyway)
I just had some questions
1) Even if the disease is under control, does simply having the disease increase my risks of complications, just because I have the disease?
2) How likely is it that my children will get the disease
3) Even if you keep everything under controlled (as mentioned in question 1) Will I die more earlier then without it? For example, if I keep a good Blood Sugar 80% of the time, will the 20% of the time it isn't good add up to me when I am older like 60-70 causing me to perhaps "die earlier"
2007-08-29
23:38:43
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Ray S
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