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How did you feel on being given your diagnosis?

Quill

Quill

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Just curious as to how you all felt on being given your initial diagnosis of Diabetes, whichever type you fall under.
I’ll be honest - until I landed here I thought there was just 1 & 2 so my mind has been blown!
  • When was yours?
  • How did you feel?
  • What were the circumstances that led to it?
  • To lighten the mood: What song is in your head right now?
Obviously no need to answer if it’s not something you like to discuss.

13 days until my repeat bloods and I’m still going over how I might feel and process things when the time comes and just wondered how everyone’s came about.
Hashtag Nosey Northerner 🙂

((( squidges to all )))

Q xo
 
You've decided to go with the test then and not put it off?

Deep down I knew I was diabetic even before diagnosis but stupidly chose to do nothing about it. Didn't want to go to the docs, kept telling myself I'd lose the weight and eat better.

I was pretty clued up on nutrition and what I shouldn't be eating but I couldn't stop myself. No matter what I tried.

The diagnosis came about as I was ill with some other stuff and they done a hba1c alongside other tests. This was at end of Nov beginning of Dec last year. I knew it was going to be high. It was 75.

I actually felt ashamed. Ashamed that I never did anything about it even when I knew things were bad. Let myself down really. The thing is nothing apart from a health scare was going to give me a kick up backside I needed apart from a diagnosis. I would have just carried on. As it is I've lost 2 stone since then and my BG levels are going well. Hba1c test booked for beginning of Feb. I'm confident I'm going to be under 48.

Sorry for the long post! The song is oasis rock and roll star, just heard it on a video on social media!
 
guybrush said:
You've decided to go with the test then and not put it off?

Deep down I knew I was diabetic even before diagnosis but stupidly chose to do nothing about it. Didn't want to go to the docs, kept telling myself I'd lose the weight and eat better.

I was pretty clued up on nutrition and what I shouldn't be eating but I couldn't stop myself. No matter what I tried.

The diagnosis came about as I was ill with some other stuff and they done a hba1c alongside other tests. This was at end of Nov beginning of Dec last year. I knew it was going to be high. It was 75.

I actually felt ashamed. Ashamed that I never did anything about it even when I knew things were bad. Let myself down really. The thing is nothing apart from a health scare was going to give me a kick up backside I needed apart from a diagnosis. I would have just carried on. As it is I've lost 2 stone since then and my BG levels are going well. Hba1c test booked for beginning of Feb. I'm confident I'm going to be under 48.

Sorry for the long post! The song is oasis rock and roll star, just heard it on a video on social media!
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No sorry allowed, long posts very much appreciated 🙂

I never in my life thought I’d be at this point this early but randomly asked for the test to be thrown in and now I’m here!
I think sometimes you just know.

But yeah after speaking with Mr Quill, we reckon just see how much of a dent I’ve put in it.
I don’t feel that it’s enough time but I think lovely GP wants to see that I can do it to be honest and might do a best out of 3 (fingers crossed all round)
 
Hello, here goes.
  • When was yours? Mid 1970s.
  • How did you feel? Like utter garbage. Sleep walking in a desert?
  • What were the circumstances that led to it? Ill for a week or so getting worse, unquenchable thirst. Loss of appetite & loosing weight I didn’t need to loose. I was basically a skeleton. Spent a week in hospital learning to inject oranges.
  • To lighten the mood: What song is in your head right now? Oddly I’ve just been out with my wife bopping away & this tune is still ringing in my head.
 
Diagnosis was 8 years ago, was put on statins so my memory was totally shot away for a while...

For some strange reason - Nelly the elephant.
 
"Thank Gebus it's only diabetes!"
 
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