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Hi, I'm newly diagnosed (21 December 2015) with type 1 diabetes. It was a bit of a shock, I had no idea about diabetes before diagnosis! I'm a runner & had just trained for & run my first marathon. I felt like I couldn't recover properly from it - lacking energy, feeling tired all the time, had started getting blurred vision too so I stopped exercising for a while to see if it would help - that's when I started to lose weight & feel even more terrible! So I went to the docs to get checked out & got sent straight to A&E! Scary stuff...

Anyway, I'm hopefully starting to get to grips with things now, am on Lantus & Humalog, learning to carb count and fit this new & strange condition into my life. I'm back running again & have my energy back... mostly!! Still learning... :confused:
 
Hi, and welcome to the forum. Sounds like you're another 'late developer' there are quite a few of us on here. Until I was diagnosed ( aged 52) I thought it was something you developed in childhood. Northerner, our wonderful Admin guy was diagnosed just before he was about to run a marathon (think Ive got that right)
There's a lot to take in at first, do ask anything on here that you're not sure about.
 
Hi Robin! Yes, I was the same, thought that type 1 was something you were born with or developed early on. When the doc mentioned diabetes, I thought type 2 (although I really knew very little about either) & was horrified at the thought of injections 😱. It's amazing what you can get used to when you have to though!!
 
Welcome to the forum SlowRunner. I have found people on this forum very helpful.

Being diagnosed as an adult seems to be more common than it used to be. I too was diagnosed in my early 50s. All a big surprise and a steep learning curve. However it is amazing how much better you feel with a bit of insulin in you!!

There is a lot to learn at the start but it does get easier, and you gradually get better at it. Don't worry if it takes a bit of time to get your levels sorted out. The early stages are a bit wobbly whilst you go through the Honeymoon Period, during which your pancreas sometimes decides to join in again using the final few beta cells that have not yet been destroyed.

Keep in touch and let us know how you get on and keep asking questions.
 
Hi and welcome to the forum. Not a lot of help from me I'm afraid. Just wanted to make you feel at home :D
 
Hi welcome to the forum. There are lots of people that can offer help and advice on here.
 
Hi and welcome from another late starter at 42. Glad you found us 🙂
 
Hello and welcome to the forum. You'll soon get the hang of things.
 
Hiya! - Oooh I was still a baby - 22 ! LOL

Mike did a straw poll on here and another forum when he was involved with the NICE Guidelines a couple of years ago - and found that it's about a 50/50 split between u21 and 21+ at diagnosis.

I tell you what Robin - strikes me this Marathon running is dangerous - aren't you glad you never did it? We wouldn't want T1 now would we? LOL
 
Hello Slowrunner
Another late blooming flower here, two years ago aged 40. Quite the shock for you I'd guess, but glad to hear you're getting used to all the jabbing 🙂
 
SlowRunner said:
Hi, I'm newly diagnosed (21 December 2015) with type 1 diabetes. It was a bit of a shock, I had no idea about diabetes before diagnosis! I'm a runner & had just trained for & run my first marathon. I felt like I couldn't recover properly from it - lacking energy, feeling tired all the time, had started getting blurred vision too so I stopped exercising for a while to see if it would help - that's when I started to lose weight & feel even more terrible! So I went to the docs to get checked out & got sent straight to A&E! Scary stuff...

Anyway, I'm hopefully starting to get to grips with things now, am on Lantus & Humalog, learning to carb count and fit this new & strange condition into my life. I'm back running again & have my energy back... mostly!! Still learning... :confused:
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Hi Slowrunner, welcome to the forum - from another slow runner who was diagnosed the week before running a marathon! 😱 🙂 I'd had symptoms for quite a bit, having run a half-marathon about three months earlier in my slowest ever time and feeling awful. I put the symptoms down to other things until I caught a virus which pushed my pancreas over the edge and I ended up in A&E.

The good news is that I got back running again and did the Great South Run 4 months later and have run a few halves since (been diagnosed 7.5 years now). It's a steep learning curve but you will get there. The running will really help with your levels and insulin sensitivity, so well done getting back to it 🙂 A couple of books you might find helpful - the Diabetic Athlete's Handbook and Type 1 Diabetes in Children Adolescents (yes, ignore the title, I was 49 ay diagnosis! 🙄)

Please let us know if you have any questions and we will be very happy to help! 🙂
 
Hi Slowrunner, and welcome 🙂

I'm another late bloomer, diagnosed at the age of 44. I thought it couldn't possibly be diabetes when my vision went blurry, because I didn't realise adults could get type 1 - then I lost a stone in weight I couldn't afford and like you, got sent straight to A&E ...
 
Hi Slowrunner - welcome to the forum!
I was diagnosed as type 1.5 last year at 30!
This forum is great for support and everyone is lovely here 🙂
 
Hello and welcome Slowrunner 🙂

I followed the rules and was diagnosed as a child 😉
Good to hear you have renewed energy after getting an insulin supply back in place, it is a steep learning curve at first but it does start to fall into place bit by bit 🙂
 
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The good news is that I got back running again and did the Great South Run 4 months later and have run a few halves since (been diagnosed 7.5 years now). It's a steep learning curve but you will get there. The running will really help with your levels and insulin sensitivity, so well done getting back to it 🙂 A couple of books you might find helpful - the Diabetic Athlete's Handbook and Type 1 Diabetes in Children Adolescents (yes, ignore the title, I was 49 ay diagnosis! 🙄)
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Great to hear that you got back into running again! I started getting symptoms whilst training for my marathon, one long run I rang my other half in tears asking him to fetch me - 7 miles of pure hell, blurred vision, pins & needles in my hands and feet, felt like I was going backwards & still 11 miles to go! Should perhaps have got myself checked out then but carried on regardless - I'm quite surprised that running the marathon didn't finish me off. I even had "I survived" engraved on the back of the medal 😛. Will look into those books you mentioned, I like reading... If I can find the time!
 
Thank you everyone for such a lovely welcome 🙂🙂
 
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