I am 80 years old, still working, and distressed to have recently been diagnosed as a Type 1 Diabetic. I'm on my second week, keto readings going down but glucose still high. My insulin has been increased again. I'm slowly getting my head round the implications of this disease and fightng to stay positive. There's a lot to learn isn't there? All pretty frightening.
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Hello. My name is Chris.
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Kaylz
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Hi Chris and welcome to the forum 🙂
Wow 80! it certainly will be a big change for you, it was a big enough change for me at 24
Yes there is a lot to learn but it's a marathon not a sprint so don't worry too much, if you have any questions in particular you'd like to ask then please do feel free to ask away, we're a friendly and knowledgeable bunch between us
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Wow 80! it certainly will be a big change for you, it was a big enough change for me at 24
Yes there is a lot to learn but it's a marathon not a sprint so don't worry too much, if you have any questions in particular you'd like to ask then please do feel free to ask away, we're a friendly and knowledgeable bunch between us
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Pumper_Sue
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Hello Chris and welcome to the forum.
Not to worry about your high numbers as it's safer to bring them down nice and slow.
Take one day at a time and you will be fine. There's always something to learn about diabetes and even people on insulin for 50/60/70 years still can and do learn new things 🙂
Any new diagnoses is scary but let me assure you though, you will be fine.
Just ask any questions you want as someone will be able to offer support and or suggestions.
Not to worry about your high numbers as it's safer to bring them down nice and slow.
Take one day at a time and you will be fine. There's always something to learn about diabetes and even people on insulin for 50/60/70 years still can and do learn new things 🙂
Any new diagnoses is scary but let me assure you though, you will be fine.
Just ask any questions you want as someone will be able to offer support and or suggestions.
Flower
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Hello and welcome @CCS 🙂 Glad you've found us - sorry you needed to.
It is a huge shock and a very steep learning curve to suddenly be handed the running of your own insulin supply. Take it slowly and give your body time to adjust to lower numbers- keep some hypo treatments like jelly babies/fruit pastilles/glucose tablets to hand wherever you are in case your numbers go too low.
This forum has a wealth of experience, knowledge and support so please ask anything you want to know and someone will be able to help.🙂
It is a huge shock and a very steep learning curve to suddenly be handed the running of your own insulin supply. Take it slowly and give your body time to adjust to lower numbers- keep some hypo treatments like jelly babies/fruit pastilles/glucose tablets to hand wherever you are in case your numbers go too low.
This forum has a wealth of experience, knowledge and support so please ask anything you want to know and someone will be able to help.🙂
TheClockworkDodo
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Hello Chris, and welcome 🙂
There is a lot to learn at first, but you will be surprised how quickly you pick it all up - very soon it will become second nature and you will be able to get on with your life and think of testing and injecting and so on as a minor nuisance. As Sue says, it's safer to bring your blood sugar down slowly, so don't worry, your readings will get to normal levels eventually now you're on insulin. Also, the doses they put you on at first are a "best guess" so it's normal to have to tweak them a bit over time.
If there's anything in particular you're struggling with, or you have any questions, please do ask - as Flower says, someone here is sure to be able to help. And please don't be afraid to ring your hospital Diabetes Specialist Nurse (assuming you have one - if you don't, ask your GP to be referred to one!) any time you need help with things like adjusting the insulin - DSNs are the real experts in type 1.
There is a lot to learn at first, but you will be surprised how quickly you pick it all up - very soon it will become second nature and you will be able to get on with your life and think of testing and injecting and so on as a minor nuisance. As Sue says, it's safer to bring your blood sugar down slowly, so don't worry, your readings will get to normal levels eventually now you're on insulin. Also, the doses they put you on at first are a "best guess" so it's normal to have to tweak them a bit over time.
If there's anything in particular you're struggling with, or you have any questions, please do ask - as Flower says, someone here is sure to be able to help. And please don't be afraid to ring your hospital Diabetes Specialist Nurse (assuming you have one - if you don't, ask your GP to be referred to one!) any time you need help with things like adjusting the insulin - DSNs are the real experts in type 1.
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