Diabetes Talking

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Hi ! New to the ng, hope you’re all well. Seems you’re mostly American people here. Could anybody tell me about diabetes related sites and organisations in South Africa ? Theoretical question: Diagnosed with type 1 at age 12. Life expectancy ??????

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Theoretical question: Diagnosed with type 1 at age 12. Life expectancy

Good data seems hard to find.  There is an interesting paper on morality ratios by an insurance underwriting company at: http://www.Inrc.com/ep/rr/issues/148/148_5.htm The information is not exactly in the form one would wish, but it is interesting and a little scary. — Charly Coughran

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Hi ! New to the ng, hope you’re all well. Seems you’re mostly American people here. Could anybody tell me about diabetes related sites and organisations in South Africa ?

Contact the Diabetes Information Centre on Vortrekker Street in Bloemfontein.  They will be able to supply you with a list of diabetic resources & organizations in RSA. Theoretical question: Diagnosed with type 1 at age 12. Life expectancy ??????

All research shows that the tighter your BG control, the better your chances of avoiding diabetic complications.  Even so, nothing in life is certain.  You could get hit by a bus tomorrow. [posted & e-mailed] David Cohler, South Pasadena, CA Media Access Consultancy http://members.tripod.com/~dcohler/

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   All research shows that the tighter your BG control, the better your    chances of avoiding diabetic complications.  Even so, nothing in    life is certain.  You could get hit by a bus tomorrow. Not quite.  The DCCT found that some complications don’t much seem to be affected by how tight you control and the incidence of HYPOS in the test (Tight Control) group was, 300% higher than in the control group even with super tight medical monitoring. Hypoglycemia is a potentially fatal complication SHORT TERM, as even if you buy the lie that it can’t kill you direct,  Should you be driving a car or otherwise engaged in an activity that requires 100% attention…. Bad things can happen when you go Hypo. Source 1: DCCT Source 2: I’m a police dispatcher, I send troopers to said accidents Source 3: Study done in England (Based on my observations no less) showing the percentage of drivers in fatal accidents found to be hypo.  I think the study is flawed, (The numbers can’t possibly be that high) but still, It did show hypoglycemia was a major cause of death. "Nothing adds excitement like something that is none of your business" Attention Spammers: Fee for returning your SPAM to your postmaster $250.00 Chermin medical dictionary: NODE- Was aware of Net-Tamer V 1.10  - Registered

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