Exactly. As someone who is pro-return and type1 I have to chuckle at people thinking getting sick is a death sentence. Like I said in an earlier post there is a massive difference between a young healthy type1 getting sick compared to an elderly type1 or a type2 who usually become type2 because they are generally unhealthy.
Over the years I've been hospitalized for DKA which in my cases we're caused by flare-ups of my Chrons\Colitis. During those visits, 99% of the diabetics there were type2 over the age of 45, some were missing limbs had terrible infections etc. My point is the only good thing about being type1 is the fact that by fully regulating our insulin since we were kids, we know what our limits are and believe it or not our immune systems are fine as long as we take proper care like avoiding drinking and not taking the proper amount of Rapid or long-acting insulin.
I'm not saying it's not a risk but overall the risk is something we live with and accept especially at that age. It's like when we get a cut or the flu, it may take a little longer to clot or a few extra days off work but I've yet to meet a diabetic who locks themselves indoors based on a small chance it might make us deathly ill.
