Re: Treating T2 and the value we place on our lives

On Sat, 14 Mar 2009 13:28:44 -0500, Michael <micoder@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

I was really shocked. I can hardly believe that someone would chose a
slow death over life.

I think part of it is the appallingly addictive qualities of carbs.
The thought of giving them up was very, very difficult for me. I think
if you can't remember what living within your pancreas' capacity felt
like, you have no compulsion to take up what looks (from the outside)
like such a straitened way of life.

Nicky.
T2 dx 05/04 + underactive thyroid
D&E, 100ug thyroxine
Last A1c 5.3% BMI 25
.

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