Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
I was born in the 1980s and I'd never lived anywhere with a number higher than 29 on the letterbox.
But 62 changed my life on January 14, 2010, at Neutral Bay Medical Centre. It was my blood sugar level. A normal level is five.
"Have you been vomiting?" the doctor asked. Nope.
"Well, it's not far away, so I suggest you get yourself to the emergency room as fast as you can because I've never seen a blood sugar level this high.
"I think you've got type one diabetes."
And that was it. I did.
At least I'd entered the world of incurable disease with a higher score than anyone else.
Most people get diagnosed when their level hits 20, the doctor said.
Rugby league star Brett Stewart could only manage in the 30s.
There was no explanation for how it happened.
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/ne...ng-with-diabetes/story-e6frezz0-1226453226754
But 62 changed my life on January 14, 2010, at Neutral Bay Medical Centre. It was my blood sugar level. A normal level is five.
"Have you been vomiting?" the doctor asked. Nope.
"Well, it's not far away, so I suggest you get yourself to the emergency room as fast as you can because I've never seen a blood sugar level this high.
"I think you've got type one diabetes."
And that was it. I did.
At least I'd entered the world of incurable disease with a higher score than anyone else.
Most people get diagnosed when their level hits 20, the doctor said.
Rugby league star Brett Stewart could only manage in the 30s.
There was no explanation for how it happened.
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/ne...ng-with-diabetes/story-e6frezz0-1226453226754