Census Form

ha, and I thought I wasn't tactful :-) I agree with what you say, not sure I would have been quite so blunt about it but each to their own !

I refuse to let Diabetes limit me in what I do, I might have to be a bit more organised and prepared than some but thats probably a good thing. The world is minus
plenty of people that went climbing mountains/skydiving/etc without being prepared properly.....

Seems to be getting well debated.

Each has his opinion and must decide what (s)he thinks. Personally I believe that my life would be easier without five injections a day, having to count carbs at inconvenient times, attend hospital, surgeries etc. So I remain convinced that whilst Diabetes is not the end of the world I contend that for the vast majority of people it is fair to say that it does limit their
lifestyle to some extent. Just to give a small example I forgot my insulin when away for a few days and had to seek alternative provision to ensure that the break continued.

I agree with MOYESY. If anybody has to control their diet or take medication it does change your life.
Prior to attending DAFNE I never used to count Carbs, and just had a set injection.
Now I spend more time calculating the injection and checking what i'm eating than what I did before.
Prior to being Diabetic I took Sugar in my tea, drank normal soft drinks, not diet ones but now have changed what I eat and drink.

These are just a small change to my life, but it does impact on it. I wanted to try some scuba diving a few years ago while on holiday, but was rejected because of my diabetes.

It is semantics...mostly the "limits" are to do with the time/planning and attention to details.
There are some things that a diabetic is simply not allowed to do...fly commercial planes!
I am planning a trip o'seas in ten days and the stuff I have to take to be "safe" is significant!
Helen

Hello
sjohno you do seem to becoming dogmatic.

i think you have made it clear that your Diabetes does not limit your daily activities. Others differ in opinion (and wahat's wrong with that).

I have now made my choice on my Census Form and you can make your choice of answer. Again semantics but I don't let Diabetes rule my life but having Diabetes does limit my daily life in a way it would not be limited if I did not have Diabetes.

Hello
sjohno you do seem to becoming dogmatic.

i think you have made it clear that your Diabetes does not limit your daily activities. Others differ in opinion (and wahat's wrong with that).

I have now made my choice on my Census Form and you can make your choice of answer. Again semantics but I don't let Diabetes rule my life but having Diabetes does limit my daily life in a way it would not be limited if I did not have Diabetes.

If we can go back to the original post of this thread referring to the question are you A. Limited a lot B. Limited a little C. Not limited.........

In reality the wide spectrum of diabetes severity does mean than some people will actually be limited in what they do, a good example would be lack of hypo awareness with no real solution in sight. They people could not drive a car.

So the main point is that some people are limited, however some people, and I would say the majority are not limited but may still feel as if they are, so in the context of the census, surely just the simple feeling of the individual is what they are after in order to paint a picture of the country...

Some people in this thread are referring to diabetes effecting them, that is not what the thread is talking about.........it is obvious we are all effected.......but limited is a whole different matter.......

For me personally as I have posted earlier, I am not limited in any way in my day to day activities, note day to day......but just to mix things up a bit I would still put B as it is a possibility my day to day activities could be effected and thus limit me, this being the obvious event of severe hypo...

One wonders if some people ever experience hypos? I do and they affect my day to day life dramatically, even to the extent where my driving licence is under threat. If I didn't have diabetes, and hadn't for the past 30 years, I wouldn't have this concern. Do I blame anything on diabetes? No, I get on with my life.

How so with the license, are you getting to the stage were you cant feel the symptoms...................people who through all the efforts to get there symptoms back but cant should definitely be in the limited category, and not just because they cant drive, just general life must be bad.......

To sum up it would appear that we differ in opinion as to the answer to the Census Question.

Perhaps the real answer is that everyone should have diabetes and live with it. It would break the NHS but we would all live excit ing lives . Mind you I pity other road users when I am having a hypo as there could be some blood shed. Still it's only something we have to live with.

I am sure when Cameron gets the responses he'll live with it and might even find a way to apply cuts to the Diabetes Budget