17 years and counting!

[joanne91]

hi my name is joanne

i'm 27 years old diagnosed at age 10 i remember drinking a lot this happened for a good couple of weeks till my mum noticed that i started to loose weight and took me to the doctors, at first i thought it was all interesting and kinda fun that i had all the attention on me. i was in hospital for a week, in my mind i thought i was really ill and that all these injections where going to make me better until the day came when reality hit and they handed my mum the extra injections and they sat me down and told me that this was an illness that i had to live with for the rest of my life, but still i didn't believe it. i mean try telling a 10 year old girl that she cant have chocolate anymore and that she has to test her blood 3 times a day and inject herself!
After a good few years of my mum looking after me i finally took over as i was a teenager and it was time to take responsibility! same as when i was 10 years old i thought yes i can do this, this is interesting and new. it turns out nope its not! i have had good and bad times in my 17 years of injections and insulin pumps and i am starting to pay for the fact that i didn't look after myself and pretending that one day i will wake up and this will all of just been a dream and disappear.

i have joined today because i feel.. lost.
i don't ask for sympathy, i simply ask for advise and to read and understand everyone else out there living with diabetes. As most people i meet i don't normally tell them i have diabetes and i know that many of you out there will understand.
thank you :]

 

[Northerner]

Hi Joanne, welcome to the forum, good to have you here 🙂 One thing is for sure, we can all appreciate how you are feeling, and are here to help you in any way we can 🙂 What insulin regime are you on currently? Are there any particular difficulties you are experiencing? If so, let us know as it can be helpful to learn how others have managed in a similar situation. There's a very broad range of experience here, and a lot of accumulated knowledge - just because you've been diagnosed for 17 years doesn't mean you are expected to 'know everything', like some healthcare professional often seem to think, so no question is considered silly - ask away! 🙂

 

[Sharron1]

Hi,

As has been noted - ask away, there is always a sensible and helpful response.I also hardly tell anyone it makes it all much easier and there is no reason for them to know anyway. Good luck and look forward to reading your posts 😉

 

[trophywench]

After 46+ years living with T1 I'd say I know a useful amount about quite a number of aspects of diabetes - but cannot possibly claim to know everything about anything at all, D or not. I still learn something new about something or another, most days.

We're all here a) to learn from others and b) to try and help others. If there's anything you don't understand or just wonder - then simply ASK. Personally I'd rather a person asked again again and again, if they're still struggling with whatever.