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What would you give to be normal?

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Lauras87

Lauras87

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I know we all have dark days in terms of our diabetes and that none of us can turn the clock back & prevent us from being diagnosed.

But if you could give anything in the world to be normal again, what would you give?

I am sorry if anyone finds this insensitive but I've woken from a horrific hypo & I'm pig sick of being diabetic now
 
Define normal! I would much rather be me, now, with D, than in the dark place I inhabited for several years pre-diagnosis. Hope you feel better soon. 🙂
 
LeeLee said:
Define normal! I would much rather be me, now, with D, than in the dark place I inhabited for several years pre-diagnosis. Hope you feel better soon. 🙂
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I should of said non diabetic instead of normal.

Thank you, I feel really rough & paranoid to go to sleep given the drop in my bloods in an hour
 
Back to being me....just the me without D. Not the me now who feels like she has D on her mind 24/7.

Hope you feel better soon (((((hugs))))) x
 
Not an easy one to answer, but i would love to be able to control my diabetes without the pump, its a constant reminder to me that something is wrong.
But woulde nice just to have a week of, eating normal, drink, exercise and all without worying the affects.
Hope you feel better Laura, i hate it when i have a bad hypo, makes me feel awful as well.
 
megga said:
Not an easy one to answer, but i would love to be able to control my diabetes without the pump, its a constant reminder to me that something is wrong.
But woulde nice just to have a week of, eating normal, drink, exercise and all without worying the affects.
Hope you feel better Laura, i hate it when i have a bad hypo, makes me feel awful as well.
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I'd love a pump but from what I heard its something that can make you feel 'normal' again.

I'm just worried with the drop, I've not had any fast acting insulin since just before 6pm, I went from 6.2 before I switched the light off to 2.2, I could barely stand, open my lucozade or function. So I'm sat scratching my head trying to account for it all
 
Lauras87 said:
I'd love a pump but from what I heard its something that can make you feel 'normal' again.

I'm just worried with the drop, I've not had any fast acting insulin since just before 6pm, I went from 6.2 before I switched the light off to 2.2, I could barely stand, open my lucozade or function. So I'm sat scratching my head trying to account for it all
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Some time you do every thing right, and it just thr its throws a wobbler. And you have had a bit of a bad time in the last week, that could have something to do with it.
The pump leaves little scars somtimes on my tummy, if i put it in my leg, it hurts and i have to adjust my dose, then in my arm, sometimes it have to reduce it by 20% and other times up to 50%. Then in the middle of the night, when your out, it blocks up on the odd occasion. Its there all the time, 24/7. I only went on it as my morning b/s were uncontrolable. But i never felt any better, although others have. Its a great device that helps, but given the choice i would love to just be on injections, at least when you get undressed, go swimming, sunbath, you look normal.
 
Having been diagnosed for 48 years I can not remember what being non diabetic feels like.
Having diabetes is part of me so it's normal for me 🙂
Yep like everyone else I do get very frustrated when things do not go to plan diabetes wise.
I learnt a long time ago though to just deal with the situation and move on don't dwell on it, lifes to short for that 🙂
 
Hi Laura, I hope you're feeling more like your usual self this morning. 🙂
 
LeeLee said:
Hi Laura, I hope you're feeling more like your usual self this morning. 🙂
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Hi LeeLee.

I still feel a bit rough but it's more that I'm tired.
Nothing coffee can't hopefully solve!
But thank you for asking.

Have a nice sunny Sunday 🙂
 
I reckon what megga said could be about right, sort-of delayed shock. Whilst normally trauma of any kind raises my BG, sometimes after it's over and I've thought few that's over now, I have plummeted.

We had a motorbike accident some years back on Easter Sunday morning - I wasn't injured but husband was. I was surprisingly OK BG wise.

Then on the Tuesday morning I had a terrible hypo and fell off the settee, and head-butted the living room floor. Had an enormous egg on me head as well as having to have a Hypokit jab to get me round.

I have a sort-of theory it's when you've coped with whatever it was, and then, you relax. Wham.
 
em yes... id give anything to not be a diabetic! there is no benefit at all to having this disease only complications.... so for that reason id give (nearly) anything.
 
To be honest given the choice I would rather be diabetic but have a normal digestive system, as I've had numerous problems with my gastro intestinal system since I was a teenager(IBS, acute colitis caused by intolerance to penicillin (until a doctor realised the connection so now I don't take it if I need antibiotics), gastric ulcer, oesophagitis and most recently diverticular disease). It would be nice to be able to actually eat something I want without making myself ill.
 
Hi Laura, How about my right arm & i mean it. Being since 3yr old i dont know any different but 🙄 Hope you are better on this nice sunday :D
 
I wouldn't give up any part of me.

If you haven't got D you'd most likely have - or get - summat else and it might be FAR harder to a) cope with and b) get used to at age 62 and 10 twelfths.

I'll stick with my D thank you ever so much.
 
HOBIE said:
Hi Laura, How about my right arm & i mean it. Being since 3yr old i dont know any different but 🙄 Hope you are better on this nice sunday :D
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Sorry hobie if my post was insensitive but I'd love a cure as my hypos are knocking the c**p out of me.

I feel slightly more human but I've been testing constantly today as I've just felt odd
 
Lauras87 said:
Sorry hobie if my post was insensitive but I'd love a cure as my hypos are knocking the c**p out of me.

I feel slightly more human but I've been testing constantly today as I've just felt odd
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I don't think anyone has found your post insensitive Laura, it's a question that crosses many people's minds. Let's hope that cure is more likely than the other big question we all ponder from time to time - what if you won the lottery!

I think because I have been extremely lucky with my control, I don't worry too much about the fact I have diabetes - in my case I'm just glad to have something that is largely under my control. It's also something that has probably led to improvements in other areas of my health, so for me it's not a bad trade off.
 
Northerner said:
I don't think anyone has found your post insensitive Laura, it's a question that crosses many people's minds. Let's hope that cure is more likely than the other big question we all ponder from time to time - what if you won the lottery!

I think because I have been extremely lucky with my control, I don't worry too much about the fact I have diabetes - in my case I'm just glad to have something that is largely under my control. It's also something that has probably led to improvements in other areas of my health, so for me it's not a bad trade off.
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My control is usually very good but the volume of hypos & the way I'm behaving is according to mum very horrifying to watch.
I remember the ward I was put on when I was first diagnosed was next to the teenage cancer ward so I know I'm not that badly done to with being diabetic but I'm fed up of it all now, there seems to be barely any good outcomes of it *moan over*
 
My grandfather died of heart disease as a result of D, but his brother and sister both died of bowel cancer. As far as genetic mutations go, I think I've won the lottery. :D

Hang on in there, you'll get on top of the hypos before long. (((HUGS)))
 
Lauras87 said:
Sorry hobie if my post was insensitive but I'd love a cure as my hypos are knocking the c**p out of me.

I feel slightly more human but I've been testing constantly today as I've just felt odd
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Hi Laura,
have a look in the pump forum at the sticky about basal testing.
Then have a go at testing your basal if you haven't done so already.
Hope you feel a bit more positive soon. We all have rocky patches every now and again. 🙂
 
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