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Hi all,

I've not long gotten out of hospital following a diagnosis of type 1. What I thought was going to be an easy GP appointment for a particularly bad bit of man flu turned into 72hrs of being told my potassium levels were dangerously low and I was about five litres short on fluids.

Luckily I've got close family and friends who've really turned up to help, and my local diabetes nurse hasn't left me alone in the world.

Long story short and I'm thirty one and freshly diagnosed, with an armful of paperwork and some ideas on how to test and inject.

Anyway, hello 🙂
 
A potted history of quite a lot of our lives since diagnosis there!

I think you'll be doing yourself quite a favour if you could invest in a book called Type 1 Diabetes in Children Adolescents and Young Adults by a chap called Ragnar Hanas cos it's very useful and helpful at whatever age you happen to be when diagnosed despite its title. Since it's written for non medical people to read and heed, it's much easier going than some books previously written for the purpose of teaching people how to self manage. ie it's written in plain English rather than Medicalese.

Welcome to the club no-one wanted to join - and good luck!
 
Welcome to the forum.
 
Hi and welcome from me too.

I know you will be feeling pretty overwhelmed at the moment, which is totally normal. I am 9 months down the line with it and it does slowly become your new normal. Having a good Diabetic Nurse and the support of family and friends is a great bonus and will help ease you into it but there is a lot to learn and trial and error is part of that, so it can be a bit of a roller coaster. Learning from people on this forum who have years/decades of experience of that trial and error process really makes a huge difference and it is fair to say that I would probably be huddled in a corner, wasting away, frightened to eat anything or in hospital DKA if it wasn't for the advice of the wonderful members of this forum. I hope you find it equally beneficial.
 
Hello and welcome to the forum. 🙂
 
Welcome to the forum, glad you found us.
 
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