Information and opinions on health from Annette Richardson at HealthCentral.com. HealthCentral.com is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/5048/index http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/5048/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/5048/index http://www.healthcentral.com/diabetes/c/5048/14727/long-life-type1 Mon, 08 Oct 2007 22:00:00 -0400 Annette Richardson I get angry reading or hearing only the real bad "things" about diabetes, and I feel bad for children.. this can scare them so much!The complications can and do happen to many diabetics but there are thousands of us that have lived very long lives with it and have no complications.. I am in my 50th year with Juvenile-Diabetes and whenever possible try to introduce myself to children with it and their parents. Just to let them know... http://www.healthcentral.com/diabetes/c/5048/14727/long-life-type1