tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5602938156779787139.post1388064829779451019..comments2023-06-25T04:43:26.548-05:00Comments on Every Day, Every Hour, Every Minute: Things Were Simpler ThenCarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09108867545803896885noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5602938156779787139.post-48049664856055974742011-08-05T13:13:46.021-05:002011-08-05T13:13:46.021-05:00I've always been grateful I was diagnosed 2 ye...I've always been grateful I was diagnosed 2 years ago vs. 20 years ago but I have to say that my CGMS makes me irritable and cranky. I can handle the constantness of the pump but I have to take periodic breaks from the CGMS or I get irritable and I also overmanage as a result of hte constant information. I've discovered there's a fine line between enough information and too much Fionahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00695475733558368333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5602938156779787139.post-58084348266418284322011-08-05T10:19:22.135-05:002011-08-05T10:19:22.135-05:00So completely agree, Cara. Was diagnosed in 84 at ...So completely agree, Cara. Was diagnosed in 84 at age five, and we had a meter in the house not too long after I was diagnosed (thanks to my mom's use of it). But it was a different world of less testing and less tight control, and it seems as though we could step away from it a little easier and not be as overwhelmed with constant management as we are now. Again, so totally thankful as you Mike Hoskinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06551066714605052991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5602938156779787139.post-69087077034374991632011-08-05T08:05:47.842-05:002011-08-05T08:05:47.842-05:00i absolutely agree with you. i was diagnosed in 1...i absolutely agree with you. i was diagnosed in 1974 at age 12, and was on 1 shot/day for 26 years!! i am sure my control was horrid, but i was less comsumed by my disease then, than now. and with that, comes burnout, and depression. somedays i wish i was a kid again!!kimhttp://kd-anditsnotkraftdinner.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com