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6months on type 1

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Hi. Don't usually go on forums but thought I'd give it a go.
Back in September last year after about 2months of weight loss and a thirst and dry mouth like a dessert thought I'd see the dr. Had also been getting grumpy and tired more so than normal.
Explained all my symptoms to my dr and then came the question I was expecting "any history of diabetes in the family".
My nan and her 2sisters had it but only type 2. So he checked my sugars and 20.1 mmol. Turned and said. I think your diabetic.

My dr was fab got an appointment at the hospital the same day as an emergency.

Was seen by my nurse who said I'm type 1. At 36 my world changed right there. I have a lil boy who is my world and he knows all my signs when I'm getting a low and will tell me when he sees my hands shake. Now having to test sugars before meals. I'm on 2 types of insulin and carb counting. Takes me 20 mins longer now to eat meals.

Most of my work mates think I'm doing really well, and for the most part they are right. But there are times when it gets me down, and that's when I get the " well at least you know what it is" comments.

Yeh I do but it's still a battle with my body to stay me.
 
Hi Matt
A warm welcome to the forum well now your a member of this wonderful forum you can rant when your down and we will know exactly how you feel and will support you accordingly x
 
Hi Matt

Best thing you can do is learn as much as you possibly can about YOUR diabetes, so you know instinctively what to do in most situations (and this does happen, honestly, in time) - and then - 'manage' your diabetes to conform to Matt's way of life so you can stop Matt having to conform to the diabetes.

Firstly - why does it take 20 minutes extra? Can you not calculate the carbs in it whilst it's cooking, and then calculate how many units of insulin you need for it ? Then all you have to do is the actual blood test (1 minute max) - then add on whatever you need to correct a pre-meal high or take off whatever to correct a lower one - (and there are a couple of meters that will actually calculate this for you once you've programed it with the necessary info - the Accu-Chek Expert, or the Insulinx one) - dial the units up, and jab.

(The meter won't calculate the carbs, might sound as if they do LOL - you still have to do that. But it does do the rest.)

Secondly - have you been on a Car Counting course? They really are extremely helpful. Ask to go on one - they do take a week though. Best week you'll ever spend if you want to live happily ever after with your D !
 
Thanks trophy wench.

My dietician has been really helpful. I know how to carb count and have an app on my phone to help calculate it all so I don't have to. Mostly it takes me longer cause either my 5year old is asking me stuff or at work I get interrupted.
 
Steff said:
Hi Matt
A warm welcome to the forum well now your a member of this wonderful forum you can rant when your down and we will know exactly how you feel and will support you accordingly x
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Thanks steff I may just do that.
 
Hi Matt
Welcome aboard. There are a few of us here who were diagnosed at a "funny" age as my consultant likes to put it. I was 39, so I just got in there in the "normal" age bracket, just! It's different being diagnosed as an adult because you've had all your adult life thus far with a body that just did its thing and then bam there you are with a body that needs constant intervention just to do something it did automatically for 30+ years. There's no guiding hand there showing you what to do and of course there's that fatalistic adult brain to deal with too, that just can't help thinking about all the potential complications. I cope 90% of the time, but there are still times when I want to scream, and definitely still times when I want the old me back, the one who could happily scoff a giant pretzel without wondering if it's worth it and if I need to reduce the bolus because I'm intending to trot around for hours. I miss her because she was capable of being carefree and spontaneous I suppose. But this place is great for support, because we all feel like that sometimes, and we all cope and keep it together, but sometimes we wish we didn't have to 🙂
 
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