G'Day All,
I just found this site through a link from another diabetes website I participate on... I have been T1 since age 4, so really don't remember life without this disease.
So far, complications are minimal, even though I've never been really conscientio...
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Vicki M
Sunday, March 30, 2008 at 10:58 PMre: Untitled Comment (T1-60 Years)
cargoman
Monday, April 21, 2008 at 02:21 PMHi Vicki,
'Sorry for the delay in responding to your comments. 'Too busy with income taxes, etc., so havn't had much time for the computer, but maybe now I'll be able to devote a little more time to this board.
I'll check the links you provided and contribute whatever I can.
Thanks too for the link on ED; I'll check it out. By this time, I've got a bit of expertise on the subject from my long participation in the Yahoo-Health groups of ASI (alt.support.impotence) and Hypogonadism2 from which I've learned quite a lot about causes, treatments, etc. from men who know far more about the subject than medical doctors because they live with it day to day.
(As you might have gathered from my posting, I'm quite cynical about the medical profession because, Dr.s in particular, seem to believe they KNOW IT ALL, because they've invested so much time and money into their degrees, that they don't have to listen to what their patients are saying.) It may be different now that Viagra, Lavitra and Cialis are on the market, but in the past, medical schools hardly touched on either impotence or hypogonadism, and their Dr.s seem to believe that if it wasen't taught in medical school, it has no relevance to their practice.
From what I've learned, there are only a few medical professionals that specialize in ED and its related issues, and because this topic is now effecting so many baby-boomer males, they're now training other Dr.s in their techniques... And one of the first things they teach is to listen to the patient, ask questions to find the real problem, do the tests to gain understanding of the causes and proceed from there with treatment options. Too bad they're not teaching their techniques in medical schools, but then young Dr.s probably don't have a clue about the impact sexual dysfunction can have on a patient, because they've yet to experience it, that it would be totally meaningless to them until they get to be about 40+. Oh well, as you might have gathered, this is a "plug-in" topic for me.
Lee
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Hi Lee,
Welcome to Health Central!! I hope you will participate in the discussions and one in particular because you have unique knowledge and can advise.
There is a discussion located here where Tracy is having difficulty getting her spouse to test and is frustrated with helping him manage the type 1 diabetes. You mentioned that your wife is your partner in managing your health. Perhaps you can explain more about what it means to be hypo unaware?
Another user was looking for tips on helping her husband cope with Type 1 diabetes. That posting by Kitty7 is here.
I believe we can all benefit from your perspective especially since you've been diabetic for so long and there have been so many strides in diabetic care through the years.
Take care, and do stay in touch and let us know how you are doing!!
Vicki M
p.s. it sounds like you have it all under control, but if you do want to get information or have any questions, there is also a section on Health Central about ED. The link for that is here.
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