Day of diagnosis

[mark_rugby]

day before Yesterday.

wasn't to bothered at the time but now i've read up a bit and had all the chats from the diabetic nurses etc
about ulcers, amputations, heart problems, strokes and that 40% of type ones go on to develope kidney failure (my kidneys currently hurt like hell).

I'm pretty scared by it all to be honest

 

[Ikey the tinker]

day before Yesterday.

wasn't to bothered at the time but now i've read up a bit and had all the chats from the diabetic nurses etc
about ulcers, amputations, heart problems, strokes and that 40% of type ones go on to develope kidney failure (my kidneys currently hurt like hell).

I'm pretty scared by it all to be honest

It is scary and quite hard to come to terms with. I got diagnosed on 22nd October 2007, had blurred vision, raging thirst,felt sick all the time, and the doctor said I was diabetic which basically meant my sugars were unbalanced meaning my arteries would clog up much more quickly. Also, my cholesterol was off the scale. All the stuff about heart disease/amputation/kidney failure/blindness was news to me, as I think it is to the general public at large, they, like me before I had diabetes just think it's some quirky thing to do with injecting insulin and not being able to tolerate sugar, I think there is a massive amount of general ignorance about what diabetes actually is. You do get your head around it after a few months, I think it helps to keep things simple - you need to exercise,eat healthily, take your medication and keep and eye on your sugar levels, do that and hopefully you will manage it fine.

 

[sofaraway]

day before Yesterday.

wasn't to bothered at the time but now i've read up a bit and had all the chats from the diabetic nurses etc
about ulcers, amputations, heart problems, strokes and that 40% of type ones go on to develope kidney failure (my kidneys currently hurt like hell).

I'm pretty scared by it all to be honest

my favourite quote is

"well controlled diabetes is the leading cause of absolutley nothing"

I think it's important to know the risks of complications, but also to know that controlling diabetes and avoiding these is possible. and more importantly controlling diabetes day to day will improve how you feel.

 

[Miss Champers]

My boy was diagnosed on a Friday sometime in November in 1997, I can't remember the exact date but I know it was after the 10th and before the 20th.

 

[Dizzydi]

I was Diagnosed on my partners birthday

14th April 2008 - after a routine healthy heart check
My blood sugar was 23 and I did not have a clue. It runs in my family so I was not surprised.

Now I'm doing really well with average blood sugar of 4 and hbA1C of 5.5

 

[tracey w]

hello all

🙂

Hi everyone, how refreshing to find a site like this!

I am 42 and was diagnosed as type 1 just under a year ago. I know quite old for type 1, just lucky I guess.

I think this site will be great for people to get information and help that they cant get generally.

I have adapted well to having diabetes, you have to dont you? But what I have really noticed is that the general population are really ignorant of what it is and what it means to be diabetic? Also, I have read many reports in papers, media and seen things on television that portray diabetes and diabetics with completely wrong information!

More needs to be done to inform people about diabetes, after all it can happen to anyone at anytime, it happened to me .

thanks

tracey

 

[aymes]

I was diagnosed in August 2004 at the age of 21. I was on a year's study in America when I started getting ill, over a couple of months I lost a huge amount of weight, drank so much water etc but as it came on fairly slowly I didn't realise how ill I felt and look. When I returned home my mum dragged me to the doctors, convinced I was anorexic based on how thin I was. When they tested my bg the meter showed hi so off the scale. I was taken off to the hospital and put on medication and sent home the same day, went back to work the next day! The seriousness of it all didn't sink in for a long time though, I just went into auto pilot for a while.

 

[paulnicholls]

I was diagnosed earlier this morning.

My blood sugar was 25.6, I attended hospital feeling like death and convinced I was about to fit or pass out. I now understand I was hypo.

I'm attending my GP tomorrow to find out more.

 

[paulnicholls]

I found out today mate. I work in Kenilworth, so maybe you and I should keep in touch.

Good to meet you.

 

[Daisy]

Hi Paul - you were hyper rather than hypo.
Hyper - is when your blood sugars are higher than they should be (on average and it is not the same for everyone - for a T1 diabetic anything between 4 + 10)
Hypo - is when you blood suagr is low - generally anything below 4.
It is very easy to get it mixed up when you are starting out! Good look with your appt - and we are here if anything is not clear - or you are freaking out! ( there really is no need i promise xx!)

 

[paulnicholls]

Thanks for that Daisy! I am really starting out. I am in fact T2, apparently, I've just changed the profile. I didn't understand the difference, but was told by the GP this am and given a positive diagnosis so now understand. Luckily the GP was the diabetic specialist, and he seemed very positive.

My levels are still high: 22.7 this morning, but I've been given some Metaformin tabs and told to be careful what I eat / drink. I am to go back in a few weeks and have decided to buy a monitor to record levels. I've also a wadge of leaflets I need to read quick.

Hyper and Hypo, blimey! I'll have to get reading!

;-)

 

[Keith]

Hi Paul. I am currently reading a lot too. What is the difference in Type 1 and Type 2 ? I was diagnosed with Type 2, although trying to get it under control with diet and exercise. Pretty scarey I have to say, when you read about the percentages for kidney failure etc.

 

[Mr Sweden]

1st Aug 2008

Hi all im very new to this, The message board and diabetes 🙂

I was diagnoised with type 1 diabetes on 1st aug 2008 this year, at the age of 26.
I first notice symptons whilst on holiday in tunisia. I felt tired, sick and thirsty all the time. At first i thought it was the tunisian food and the sun, Oh how i was wrong.
Before Tunisia i had just moved to Sweden with my girlfriend to live. So since being in Sweden a month i was diagnoised with Diabetes type 1 (huge life changes).
On my return from Tunisia i went to see my doctor who advised me i had food poisoning (?). But 2 weeks went passed and i was getting worse, Constantly thirsty and felt so dizzy and had lost 14 kilos in 2 weeks. Something wasnt right. I went back to the doctor and on the day i went i was very close to fainting. Within 2 mins they did the tests and the diagnoised me with diabetes type 1. why they didnt notice 2 weeks before is strange to me. I was rushed to Helsinborg Hospital where i was to remain on drips for 8 days. My glucose level reading the day i went into hospital was 49😱
I came to terms with the fact i had diabetes straight away. I think you just have to get on with your life and accept the changes your are going to have to make.
Diabetes is still all very new to me, but a healthy diet, lots of exercise and self monitoring of glucose, its really not that bad at all. If anything my lifestyle has dramatically improved.

xx

 

[Ally]

Hi all,
I was finally diagnosed last Tuesday (19th November) with Type 1 diabetes. I say finally because I had been to the doctor a week before and they had tested my BS, which was 23, but instead of diagnosing me then i was just told to make an appointment at the hospital for more tests. The soonest appointment i could get was 5th Dec!!
But I got very ill over the weekend and had to go to A&E last Tuesday. I was in hospital for two nights on an insulin drip and had DKA. Now I'm home and doing 4 injections a day.

So good to have a site like this as no-one in my family is diabetic and dont know anyone who is.

 

[scotstigress]

i was diagnosed on a sunday the week before the september weekend, i was supposed to go to blackpool for a week but insetead spent the next 3 weeks trying to get well again, being treated as a type 2 didnt help either...lol, was getting set to take mum to bingo but she decided the hospital was a better option, when i think about it now i had been unwell for about a month, but over the preceeding week my eyesight had deteriorated to about 2 feet, if im honest, i knew what was wrong with me, mum was diagnosed at 60 with type 1 and my nephew only a few weeks before me. they swithered for app 2 weeks on which type but insulin worked where as the tablets didnt so type 1 for me too, i believe it is hereditory, same as the underactive thyroide which also plagues my family..lol bloods 30+ with no ketones so i suppose it looked like type 2

 

[annemaria]

I was diagnosed on the 12 of this month this year, no special references or occassions, but wow it seems like iv been thro so much since yet it also seems like yesterday. wierd.

 

[kirsty-ann]

I was diagnosed 2 1/2 years ago. Type 1 and with no history of diabetes in my family. Symptoms over a year before diagnosis. I was at first given the wrong sized needles, wrong insulin and told to be careful what I ate. No good advice to a scared 26 year old, far from home!

 

[Alter Ego]

I was diagnosed about 2 years ago, after first visiting my optician who said that the capillaries of my retina were looking a bit stressed. I had a fasting level of 7, that's when I went on the books. This was around Christmas, so a surfeit of cake/pud was probably the culprit. Retinopathey has been clear after three checks, hba1c has only recently started to creep up, 3 months ago was 7.9, next test Wednesday. In the meantime been watching what I eat and exercising, so wish me luck!

 

[mattwilliams79]

I have a lot of diabetes Type 1 in my family so it frustrates me when people say it's not hereditary. I have it, my dad has it, my aunt has it and my granddad has it! Makes me a bit of an expert!

We all got it later in life though. My dad and I were both in our mid 20s.

Type 1 diabetes isn't hereditory, however there is a genetic susceptibility to get it. i.e. if your dad has got it there is a chance that you will also have diabetes. There has been loads of research done in this area and so far much that says it is hereditory has been disproved, especially since so much genetic work has been done into the causes of diabetes.

 

[tracytrue]

Hi Jake was diagnosed on sunday 12 august 07 . A day i will never forget .