I’m definitely not getting any younger, and every day I’ve had diabetes a day longer. So when I just saw an article titled, “Age, diabetes duration increases risk for macrovascular complications,” I was not uplifted.
Living well with diabetes for almost 40 years is a big deal for me. I’m definitely proud of where I am. Seeing articles like that might give me pause for a few seconds, but then my head goes to this place: attitude is everything. Call me crazy, but I firmly believe that my attitude is more important than how long I’ve had diabetes or how old I am.
It would be easy to let words get me down (isn’t that a song?), but I just can’t give in to that. I’ve got too much to do. So rather than whine about it, I will think of myself as wine: with age and duration it just gets better.