I’m concerned it’s becoming divisive too AJ and that’s not what this forum is about. It’s not a competition and nobody should ever underestimate or even imagine what it’s like for one person to manage this (and even more serious conditions) with insulin or without insulin. We have some type 1’s managing very easily, living active and pretty trouble free lives and some type 2’s hurtling towards catastrophic diabetic complications. It’s not a simple equation of it being more difficult for one group or another. There’s too many other things to factor in including psychological factors, co-morbidities and social factors too.
I never underestimate the difficulties and risks associated with total insulin dependence. I’d never attempt to give management advice to a type 1. My heart goes out to new parents with type 1 kids. I was sat next to a newly diagnosed little boy at the clinic. I’m lucky in that my body will stop me crashing and having a hypo without the use of meds. What I do know is however, that in common with everyone on here, the health risks of diabetes are created equal if I’m daft enough to take my hands off the steer for too long. And I have to do that completely without a safety net which means some foods are simply out of bounds unless I want to encourage real organ and eye damage.
