Finally , some good news !!!!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-30698031

Not often I read good news about diabetes so gotta post it here :-)

Does that mean all of you who are type ones will be moving to Scotland then?

You know I luv ya Mo, but that news makes me want to puke.

"Men with the condition live about 11 years less than those without it, while women live about 13 years less.

However, previous research had reported a gap of between 15 and 27 years.

Major advances have occurred in the treatment of type 1 diabetes over the last 30 years, and scientists said the life expectancy study could help future care plans and in the setting of insurance premiums."

You know as well as me, a very well controlled diabetic should live as long as anyone else. Bernstein is around 80 years of age and still working and has been a type one diabetic since the age of 12. "Men with the condition live about 11 years less than those without it, while women live about 13 years less." Totally unacceptable in my opinion, and does not have to be.

I agree Eddie, Big D won't get me too early but it just makes a change to read something positive for a change ( even if it is b******s lol ).

we are talking averages and the average diabetic is told that 7% is good and most don't get near it eating the healthy plate
so anyone under 7% should live longer than that average 11 years and someone with normal levels and a healthy diet could even live longer than the non-diabetic average.

This annoys me because it will affect the bonus I could get when I claim a pension for being diabetic (they will bet that I die young so give me more money if I chose a form of annuity). If all these Type 1's are swanning about in their 70's it'll mean I'll have less money to spend on socks.

It's just selfish of them really.

Best

Dillinger

lol So should we tell them all to eat lots of lovely carbs then?

You have to think positive, a lot of diabetics don't have a need for socks and can flog their shoes on ebay.

I'm taking the thread further off track, sorry. It's just this talk of socks....got me thinking. Yep, you all know what happens when I start thinking.....stand well clear.

My Grandad came back from WW1 minus a leg, he got gangrene in the knee after an injury in the trenches. As an injured ex-serviceman he was frequently provided with lots of soft woollen 'socks' for the stump. My grandmother used to unpick many of these socks and re-knit the wool into jumpers for their 11 children. How times have changed, hey?

Back in the good old days eh Zand

eddie1 wrote:Back in the good old days eh Zand

lol yeh. My Grandad did manage to get a bicycle specially adapted for him so he could cycle to work as a painter and decorator.

zand wrote:

eddie1 wrote:Back in the good old days eh Zand

lol yeh.  My Grandad did manage to get a bicycle specially adapted for him so he could cycle to work as a painter and decorator.  

so your one legged grandad went to work on a push bike and painted and decorated for a living? with one leg? they don't make em like that anymore

Andy12345 wrote:

zand wrote:

eddie1 wrote:Back in the good old days eh Zand

lol yeh.  My Grandad did manage to get a bicycle specially adapted for him so he could cycle to work as a painter and decorator.  

so your one legged grandad went to work on a push bike and painted and decorated for a living? with one leg? they don't make em like that anymore

lol. No they don't. I know it sounds like a bit of a tall story, but it's true, honest. I don't know how he managed the ladders, but he did. But then that was his trade and in those days if you didn't work you didn't eat. He wasn't self-employed, he worked for someone else so I suppose they did the stuff he couldn't do.

zand wrote:

Andy12345 wrote:

zand wrote:

eddie1 wrote:Back in the good old days eh Zand

lol yeh.  My Grandad did manage to get a bicycle specially adapted for him so he could cycle to work as a painter and decorator.  

so your one legged grandad went to work on a push bike and painted and decorated for a living? with one leg? they don't make em like that anymore

lol.  No they don't.  I know it sounds like a bit of a tall story, but it's true, honest.  I don't know how he managed the ladders, but he did.  But then that was his trade and in those days if you didn't work you didn't eat.  He wasn't self-employed, he worked for someone else so I suppose they did the stuff he couldn't do.

im not laughing at your grandad, i have the upmost respect for he's sacrifice for us, all soldiers are awesome in my opinion, especially grateful to the ones thats suffered so badly (and still do)

but thats is hysterical!!

@Andy12345 what is hysterical to me is that he came back to his wife and 2 young sons wounded in 1917, struggling to make ends meet.....and then had another 9 children

zand wrote:@Andy12345 what is hysterical to me is that he came back to his wife and 2 young sons wounded in 1917, struggling to make ends meet.....and then had another 9 children  

holy crap!! my respect for him is going up and up!