This is why I chose to never have children. I was diagnosed with type 1 in 1980. My father had it as well, and there is a roughly 10% chance of passing on the genetic propensity for it if the father has it. The risk is smaller of passing it on for diabetic women, but given the demands of pregnancy, the fact that Type 1 and other autoimmune diseases run in my family and the complete lack of support for Type 1 mothers (even with their endocrinologist, who tend to treat Type 1 diabetics as if they are all five, no matter how old they are), I decided that forgoing motherhoood was for the best. I also didn't want to look at my son or daughter as they injected themselves with insulin and think 'I could have prevented this from happening." Now all I have to put up with are the jerks that tell me I'm 'selfish' for not having children, or that 'I'll be sorry when I'm old and I have no one to care for me". I'm a Type 1 diabetic - we're USED TO having to take care of ourselves 24/7, morons.
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This is why I chose to never have children. I was diagnosed with type 1 in 1980. My father had it as well, and there is a roughly 10% chance of passing on the genetic propensity for it if the father has it. The risk is smaller of passing it on for diabetic women, but given the demands of pregnancy, the fact that Type 1 and other autoimmune diseases run in my family and the complete lack of support for Type 1 mothers (even with their endocrinologist, who tend to treat Type 1 diabetics as if they are all five, no matter how old they are), I decided that forgoing motherhoood was for the best. I also didn't want to look at my son or daughter as they injected themselves with insulin and think 'I could have prevented this from happening." Now all I have to put up with are the jerks that tell me I'm 'selfish' for not having children, or that 'I'll be sorry when I'm old and I have no one to care for me". I'm a Type 1 diabetic - we're USED TO having to take care of ourselves 24/7, morons.
August 2, 2011 - 12:19pmThis Comment
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