On Tue, 8 Mar 2005, Gabby wrote:

>
> "Lena B Katz" > wrote in message
> ...
>>
>>
>> On Tue, 8 Mar 2005, Dan Abel wrote:
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>>> In article <C8bXd.1167$uk7.608@fed1read01>, "Nexis" >
>>> wrote:
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>>>> "Damsel in dis Dress" > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>> "Nexis" >, if that's their real name, wrote:
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>>>>>> At least he has the support of those around him. It's hard when people
>>>>>> around you tell you that you're diabetic "by choice".
>>>
>>>>> WHAT??? People have actually said that to you? How moronic can
>>>>> people
>>>>> be? Un<bleeping>believable.
>>
>> diabetes is a disease caused by people not listening to their bodies for
>> prolonged periods of time.
>
> Bullshit. Tell that to a 4 month old baby with diabetes.

meer. i really should have said type II. yes, i really should have.

>> whether you can actually become asymptomatic depends mostly upon severity.
>>
>> Lifestyle choices can eliminate the disease, if you listen in time.
>>
>
> Being asymptomatic is not having eliminated the disease.

Are you an alcoholic for life? I don't think so. particularly if you've
never shown signs in the first place...

Being asymptomatic on medication isn't truly asymptomatic. Depression and
other inflammatory diseases can become asymptomatic on their own, and they
are _gone_.

> As long as I use
> my drops, my intraoccular pressure is fine -- but my glaucoma is still
> there. In type 2 diabetes, controlling one's blood sugars with diet and
> exercise is possible, but it doesn't mean the diabetes is gone.

depends on how bad you have it... if you listen in time, you don't
actually have much problem with the whole shebang. (none of this, no
sugar, never stuff...)

then again, i know people never formally diagnosed with diabetes, who
still watch their sugar intake (mostly by moderating with chicken soup).

lena