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Hi everyone.
My name is Immy and I have type 1 diabetes. I was diagnosed in september 1998, when I was six years old.
I happened to stumble onto this forum by chance, and thought I'd take a look 🙂

I look forward to speaking to you all 🙂

Immy
 
heey, welcome and all that 🙂 x
 
Hi Immy. Welcome 🙂

What sort of regime are you on ? (insulin, MDI, etc)

Rob
 
Hi Immy, welcome to the forum 🙂 How have things been for you growing up? Do you manage to control your diabetes well? I look forward to hearing more from you - please feel free to ask anything you want! 🙂
 
Hi all 🙂

I'm on DAFNE insulin, glargine and novorapid.


As for growing up, not great to be honest, but things are steadily inproving. Up until about 2-3 years ago my diabetes was really badly controlled, to the point where the diabetes team had pretty much given up on trying to get me to test. I was also really bad for not taking my glargine back then, and my blood sugar would generally be running in the high twenties.
To cut a long story short, after a few hospital admissions, and being told that I had proteinurea, it gave me the kick up the backside to set things straight.
I'm still not the world's best diabetic, but my hba1c has come down from 14 to about 8, so I'm on the right track 🙂

My mum has also been type 1 for nearly 40 years, she too has been badly controlled and has now got severe complications. She wasn't the best role model, although I'm not using that as an excuse!!

Sorry for the essay 😛
 
Immy1992 said:
Hi all 🙂

I'm on DAFNE insulin, glargine and novorapid.


As for growing up, not great to be honest, but things are steadily inproving. Up until about 2-3 years ago my diabetes was really badly controlled, to the point where the diabetes team had pretty much given up on trying to get me to test. I was also really bad for not taking my glargine back then, and my blood sugar would generally be running in the high twenties.
To cut a long story short, after a few hospital admissions, and being told that I had proteinurea, it gave me the kick up the backside to set things straight.
I'm still not the world's best diabetic, but my hba1c has come down from 14 to about 8, so I'm on the right track 🙂

My mum has also been type 1 for nearly 40 years, she too has been badly controlled and has now got severe complications. She wasn't the best role model, although I'm not using that as an excuse!!

Sorry for the essay 😛
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im sorry to hear that, your like me with the testing. its just one thing after the other these days ha! i hope it gets easier for you 🙂
 
Thank you 🙂

I just always forget to do it, and then by the time I remember it's at a really awkward time when I can't just whip my testing kit out 😛
Also doesn't help that half the time I forget to put it in my handbag when I go out 😛
 
yeah i know how you feel. feels like everyone is staring when you do it in public but then you feel awkward just going to the toilet to do it!! ahh, the dilemma haha
 
Hi Immy,

I was diagnosed two years before you, just shy of my sixth birthday. You've found the right place to give you a kick up the arse from time to time and to ask for advice.

Tom
 
It's one of the hardest routines to get into (I can empathise from experience) but one of the most important.

But well done on getting your Hb down to the 8s. It's not far off the ideal and way better than 14 😱

I've only testing properly and routinely for the past couple of years and it's made a huge difference. I hope you can manage it, both of you.🙂

It's a shame about your mum but at least you've got better tools at your disposal. Such as us ! :D

Rob
 
yeah. when I was in school/college i used to do it under the desk. One teacher once mistook my meter as a mobile phone and started telling me off, until I showed her what it was, and she was pretty embarressed. I've never been particularly bothered about people knowing or seeing my test/inject though. I just tell them it's something I've got to do and to get over it lol.

Sorry I'm talking so much lol 😛
 
Immy1992 said:
yeah. when I was in school/college i used to do it under the desk. One teacher once mistook my meter as a mobile phone and started telling me off, until I showed her what it was, and she was pretty embarressed. I've never been particularly bothered about people knowing or seeing my test/inject though. I just tell them it's something I've got to do and to get over it lol.

Sorry I'm talking so much lol 😛
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i so wish i could have that attitude, i just can accept it even though i know i should! ahh im somewhat jealous haha.
 
I found that once people get over the whole "oh my god, why are you stabbing yourself??!!" they don't care and just let you get on with it.
I've learnt to check that there aren't any needle phobic people around first though, and to always be discreet. Cause i'm so used to it, I forget that injections freak a lot of people out lol
 
Immy1992 said:
I found that once people get over the whole "oh my god, why are you stabbing yourself??!!" they don't care and just let you get on with it.
I've learnt to check that there aren't any needle phobic people around first though, and to always be discreet. Cause i'm so used to it, I forget that injections freak a lot of people out lol
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ohmygod i always get 'why are you stabbing yourself?!' followed by the look that says 'are you on drugs?!'
 
I quite often get people asking to see the needle, and asking to watch me take it. I let them, cause I think the more people who are educated about it, the less of an adverse reaction it'll get.

And when I get the 'are you on drugs' look, I tell them I'm an addict, but only so I don't die 😛 Then I'll explain what the insulin is and what it does, and they generally just look at me like I'm either mad, or I'm in some weird cult or something 😛 Doesn't really bother me though
 
Immy1992 said:
I quite often get people asking to see the needle, and asking to watch me take it. I let them, cause I think the more people who are educated about it, the less of an adverse reaction it'll get.

And when I get the 'are you on drugs' look, I tell them I'm an addict, but only so I don't die 😛 Then I'll explain what the insulin is and what it does, and they generally just look at me like I'm either mad, or I'm in some weird cult or something 😛 Doesn't really bother me though
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id totally appreciate your look on it all! haha. you seem so laid back compared to me, i feel so stuffy! ha
 
I'm only laid back because I come from a family of nurses and diabetics.
My mum has the same attitude, so i picked it up from her.
That and I never liked the thought of taking my insulin in the toilets, so I didn't really have another choice lol

I can appreciate how hard it can be for other people, particuarly if they're only recently diagnosed.

Do you mind me asking how old you were/ when you were diagnosed?
 
I'm rather laid back with all the diabetes. Even if I do pump. I'm also a student nurse. All I find is that getting stressed out over the diabetes just makes it harder to deal with and things get worse. Oh well, best chill out, crack open a cold one and think that tomorrow's another day.
 
Welcome to the forum Immy and congratulations on getting your HbA1c down! 🙂
 
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