Diabetes Type 1 Support Group

well, no i don't often think of the complications, because well, they are avoidable....one simply has to control their blood sugars......i've had type 1 for er i hate math like 16 years now(holy crap) and i see an endocrinologist regularly, and haven't had any complications(knock on wood) as of yet....and i'm also pregnant and my baby boy is doing just fine as well......so yeah as to fears? don't have to many

I am not a diabetic but my husband was and he was on dialysis for 6 months. I'm not sure what you want to know about it. It wasn't painful. He had to go twice a week, it just takes several hours that's why he didn't like it. You couldn't miss you had to make sure you kept every appointment. He did so good on it that after 6 months he was able to get off dialysis.

hi yes im scared iv got diabetic retinopathy and was blind for a while i have my sight back now..not all complications are avoidable its down to luck aswell my friend is on dialysis and never put a foot wrong its unfair of those people who say we have brought these things on ourself ..i mean thanks that just adds to the guilt trips i face every day of my life...im sorry you lost your dad..my friend is waiting for a kidney and pancreas transplant..the waiting is hell for him.

Well...it just depends....I lost my father to this thing and I helped him through all of it...he was on dialysis for 4 years...sometimes it was fine but boring...other times they had trouble getting the huge nails they call needles in his arm...my dad also had heart problems and bad eyesight and hearing problems. I mean yeah if you do your best to take care of it these things prolly wont happen. If you wanna talk about it more or just wanna talk feel free to message me alright. Theres a lot to this disease..takes awhile to get the handle of it.

Sorry to hear about your father I hope he passed away peacfully if it makes you feel better I worked as a hospice nurse for a while and the patients who were the most peacful when they passed were the patients who had stopped dialysis.
For me I think about all the complications and it one of the hardest things I did was going through nursing school learning about what could happen to me. Sometimes it makes me afraid for what the future has in store for me it also has made me pay more attention to my Diabetes. So far I've been a diabetic for 10 years I have had good controle and have no complications :). I have to say the one thing it has changed is my view of life. I have always wanted from a very young age to get married and start a family but that hasn't happened yet. As long as it's before I'm 30 I think I will be ok :).