Hello all :) diagnosed t1 over two months ago, 10 days after 16th birthday

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Welcome Georgina

Hope the CT scan doesn't show anything serious. Presumably that's being done privately, as I don't think there are any NHS facilities in Harley Street? Hope you have a GP who is guiding you through health / medical services, particularly as at 16 years of age, you are at the cusp of children's / paediatric and adult service. As others have said, symptoms of stress and headaches could well be associated with / caused by diagnosis of a serious (but highly manageable) lifelong condition and dehydration if you're not drinking enough fluids.

You will learn how to drink alcohol safely (and legally!)
 
Hi Georgia. Welcome 🙂

I think it's all been said but if you hadn't got headaches you'd be far from normal. High BGs, stress of diagnosis, dehydration will all make you feel washed out and rubbish.

It's good that you've got access to the best medical care. At least you won't have to wait long for answers.🙂

Rob
 
Good news! The brain scan, which was an MRI scan revealed no issues there. Still headaches, which may be caused by the novorapid I take, and am therefore switching to humalog very soon!
 
Georgia said:
Good news! The brain scan, which was an MRI scan revealed no issues there. Still headaches, which may be caused by the novorapid I take, and am therefore switching to humalog very soon!
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Ah, good to hear that it might just be the insulin 🙂 Hope the change to humalog relieves you of the headaches 🙂
 
Thanks 🙂 Have you heard of headaches related to particular types of insulin before?
 
Georgia said:
Thanks 🙂 Have you heard of headaches related to particular types of insulin before?
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I think it's very rare. A lot of people experienced problems if they went onto synthetic insulins after being on animal insulin for many years and I have heard one or two isolated cases where people have had an adverse reaction which a change of insulin has helped.
 
Okay, i understand 🙂. Perhaps i can relate headaches to the whole stress of taking on my new ways of life/exam stress/ perhaps i am sensitive to sugar fluctuations; perhaps sudden swings
 
Georgia said:
Okay, i understand 🙂. Perhaps i can relate headaches to the whole stress of taking on my new ways of life/exam stress/ perhaps i am sensitive to sugar fluctuations; perhaps sudden swings
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You're still very new to things Georgia, so it's quite possible that it's exactly that. Hopefully, things will settle for you soon as you get used to things and your body recovers from the stresses leading up to your diagnosis 🙂
 
Thanks Northerner your kind words have been great, i hope so too. The headaches are incredibly annoying!
 
Wecome to the forum 🙂

Sorry to hear of your diagnosis, must be hard for someone of your age. However ask as many questions, no matter how silly they seem as there are alot of people here on hand to give you sound advice and guidance.

Good Luck 🙂
 
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