Marc
Well-Known Member
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Hello
Thought I better post here now seeing as I gave out an follow Friday for this place today.
Well I'm Marc I'm in my very early 30s! I've been type one since I was 9 in Jan 1989. For my day job I handle insurance claims (don't shoot) it's a great way to tell if your going low if I get a little bit more aggressive on the phone. In my free time I present the unsigned music show on a local radio station 102.5 The 'Bridge.
I only woke up to my diabetes when I was 28 having being diagnosed with slight retinopathy in both eyes at my routine screening in an opticians. I went for my hospital scan and was found to have massively high blood pressure after years of not talking my blood pressure tablets. This was so high they hospitalised me for three days and the consultant who looked after me got me put back into the diabetes clinic who swapped me off human mixtard and onto lantus and apidra and things have not looked back last HBA1c was 6.6 not brilliant but considering I had a HBA1c of 16 once.
I kinda lost track when I went to uni found it hard to keep up with appointments so got discharged from the hospital clinic around 21 ish. Partly also due to having very stern and scary consultant with his DSN I think I only went about 6 times if that. Then just coasted round my own seeing my GP from time to time and stuff till at 23 I went to see him and he told me about my HBA1C of 16 and told me I'd be dead by the time I was 26 well I've hit me thirties but hey. Just want to say I never as far as I can remember missed an injection.
Thanks to getting referred to the diabetic clinic at Russells Hall Hospital with a lot better DSN team and my consultant is so much better now and help me. I'm sorry I say it on loads of diabetic forums but Julie who runs the Carb Counting course (DAFNE stylie course at RHH) rocks! Things are now on the up and up have lost a stone and my eyes are seeming better than consultant is really please too. Need to lose another stone but hey.
So that's me if you wanna listen to me you can here Wednesdays 9pm till 11pm.
Also you can follow me on twitter at www.twitter.com/marclungley
Sorry for the plugs hope they are cool.
I'm trying to tweet and speak on the radio more about my diabetes so it just seems natural in someways but have to be careful being a specialist DJ etc people wanna hear about local bands not my diabetes.
Be blessed
Marc
Thought I better post here now seeing as I gave out an follow Friday for this place today.
Well I'm Marc I'm in my very early 30s! I've been type one since I was 9 in Jan 1989. For my day job I handle insurance claims (don't shoot) it's a great way to tell if your going low if I get a little bit more aggressive on the phone. In my free time I present the unsigned music show on a local radio station 102.5 The 'Bridge.
I only woke up to my diabetes when I was 28 having being diagnosed with slight retinopathy in both eyes at my routine screening in an opticians. I went for my hospital scan and was found to have massively high blood pressure after years of not talking my blood pressure tablets. This was so high they hospitalised me for three days and the consultant who looked after me got me put back into the diabetes clinic who swapped me off human mixtard and onto lantus and apidra and things have not looked back last HBA1c was 6.6 not brilliant but considering I had a HBA1c of 16 once.
I kinda lost track when I went to uni found it hard to keep up with appointments so got discharged from the hospital clinic around 21 ish. Partly also due to having very stern and scary consultant with his DSN I think I only went about 6 times if that. Then just coasted round my own seeing my GP from time to time and stuff till at 23 I went to see him and he told me about my HBA1C of 16 and told me I'd be dead by the time I was 26 well I've hit me thirties but hey. Just want to say I never as far as I can remember missed an injection.
Thanks to getting referred to the diabetic clinic at Russells Hall Hospital with a lot better DSN team and my consultant is so much better now and help me. I'm sorry I say it on loads of diabetic forums but Julie who runs the Carb Counting course (DAFNE stylie course at RHH) rocks! Things are now on the up and up have lost a stone and my eyes are seeming better than consultant is really please too. Need to lose another stone but hey.
So that's me if you wanna listen to me you can here Wednesdays 9pm till 11pm.
Also you can follow me on twitter at www.twitter.com/marclungley
Sorry for the plugs hope they are cool.
I'm trying to tweet and speak on the radio more about my diabetes so it just seems natural in someways but have to be careful being a specialist DJ etc people wanna hear about local bands not my diabetes.
Be blessed
Marc
Brummie here stourbridge isn't too far so we may be able to get a drink and share notes sometime.