Hello

[SammieJay]

Hi guys

Nice to meet you all.

I was diagnosed just 2 months ago at the age of 33. I'm finding it very hard to stay positive on those odd days when this go pearshaped. Any advice please on being able to stay positive?

 

[KARNAK]

Hi @SammieJay, Welcome to the forum🙂. We need a bit more info please. What type of diabetes do you have? medication you are on, diet you are following, so that we can help you. Please spend some time reading through forum lots of good friendly advice available.

 

[Morgane]

Hi!
I am sorry if I make mistakes in my text, but I am French 🙂
To me, when I was diagnosed and was in hospital, I saw a lot of people with diseases that can't be treated : Parkinson, Alzheimer and others...
So since this, I always think that I was "lucky" to "only" have my disease (Type1 diabetes) which can now be treated and with which we can live "almost" as before 🙂
Just; do not shut up on yourself and do not deprive yourself either. At first it is normal not to be super well adjusted but we learn how to do and especially do not hesitate to please you by eating sometimes, diabetes does not mean deprivation on meals😉
I hope things will get better to you, all the diabetics have lived what you're living; you're not the only 😉

 

[SammieJay]

Hi!
I am sorry if I do mistakes in my text but I am French 🙂
To me, when I was diagnosed and was in hospital, I saw a lot of people with diseases that can't be treated : Parkinson, Alzheimer and others...
So since this, I always think that I was "lucky" to "only" have my disease (Type1 diabetes) which can now be treated and with which we can live "almost" as before 🙂
Just; do not shut up on yourself and do not deprive yourself either. At first it is normal not to be super well adjusted but we learn how to do and especially do not hesitate to please you by eating sometimes, diabetes does not mean deprivation on meals😉
I hope things will get better to you, all the diabetics have lived what you're living; you're not the only 😉

Thanks it just feels like two steps forward and one step back at the moment and becomes overwhelming at times. I total agree their are people a lot worse of then me but sometimes it's hard to remember that.

 

[SammieJay]

Hi @SammieJay, Welcome to the forum🙂. We need a bit more info please. What type of diabetes do you have? medication you are on, diet you are following, so that we can help you. Please spend some time reading through forum lots of good friendly advice available.

Type 1
Hba1c May18 125 , July 18 74
Baseline - Abasaglar and Novo rapid with meal at a ratio of 1 unit to 25g

 

[Morgane]

Thanks it just feels like two steps forward and one step back at the moment and becomes overwhelming at times. I total agree their are people a lot worse of then me but sometimes it's hard to remember that.

Yeah, I understand that

By the way, don't hesitate to talk about this with your family, your good friends or just with people here; my relatives helped me a lot about this; (I aso have a friend who's diabetic since his 4yo and we have the same doctor, as I am diabetic since 1year we laugh about this and the differences between his habits and my habits 🙂 )
your life will get better i promise, it will just take some time to accept this disease and to start living with it and saying 'yeah, I have this disease but it's like this, and I will get stronger"🙂

 

[christophe]

I think it's safe to say we've all been there @SammieJay and the first couple of months are a bit of a daze.. but equally safe to say it gets controllable and to the point where you can push it to one side for a lot if the time, as long as you get your head around it.
Talking about what you think and asking what you need to know gets you in the right place.. it's still your life, same as it was apart from the food part which has work-arounds and options.. you'll get there..