Diagnosed today t1

[SB2015]

Just to emphasise Gina, no amount of positivity is going to make your T1 go away. Our Beta cells, that make the insulin, are destroyed and the only way we stay alive is my injecting insulin in a daily basis. However a positive attitude does help with the management of all that we have to do.

Is there a reason why you are taking tablets as well as your insulin? Apologies if I have missed this. I know that some do need tablets but I am also aware that some get misdiagnosed and put on tablets which the GPS then forget to remove.

 

[Shropshire Lass]

shock the hospital said t2 yesterday but think I'm t1 due to high keystones at 4.5 now have insulin to inject for the first time tomorrow and am so nervous if I'm doing it right and how much it will hurt.

Hi, welcome to the site, I found it so helpful as I was diagnosed last year T1 and at seventy plus a bit of a shock to the system, at the start a bit shaky "am I doing it right" but its so easy I think the biggest thing is to get your levels balanced with your insulin. I started off doing what I was told regarding the amount of insulin to have but you will find your own way on this to get the right balance for you, I am still testing four times a day just to keep a check on my levels I also write it down in a diary then you can see what you are doing its amazing how helpful it is to look back I found this a great help and am still doing it.
Of course a low carb diet is the biggest help, I brought this book Carbs and Cals off amazon its like a food bible, best of luck.

 

[Frazzled]

Hi Frazzled - Martin didn't say he was medication-free - only that he didn't inject. Many many T2s don't have to inject either - if they need drugs at all - cos some can manage on diet and exercise alone - they may take tablets like the Metformin and the Gliclazide.

However if you are T1 - absolutely nothing other than insulin, does anything - because our bodies have stopped producing insulin. That's the simple difference between 1 and 2 - most T2s still produce insulin but then the body doesn't deal with it very well, so the body then has to produce shedloads more insulin so pumps a lot MORE into the body to do the job that a drip or two would have done before the person was diabetic. It ain't simple to get your head round! - so don't worry about not understanding most of it at the moment. In any case - because your Blood Glucose is so high at the moment - your brain won't be working as well as usual anyway - we become more quickly befuddled when we have too low BG, but too high BG does it too, just slower. Once your BG gets down a bit and you start getting your head round it more, it really does get a bit easier, honest!

Have they shown you the length of the needles you'll be using for the Lantus - they're tiny, aren't they? They need to be, cos insulin is injected just under the epidermis - it doesn't have to go into muscle or a vein or anything painful, and they're such fine needles, it shouldn't actually hurt. Not like a flu jab! LOL

Hi Jenny
Thanks for the reply. I am new to this site so think I may have caused confusion. I am a type 2. I am not sure whether I will need to have injections in the future. I have been a type 2 for 47 years!
Thanks.

 

[Ruby Red]

Hello and welcome to the forum! You will find lots of useful info here plus a great support network. I am a fairly newly diagnosed Type 1 and I can tell you that my GP surgery was (and still is) fairly useless!
Plenty of support here though! Keep asking questions! 🙂