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Doghouse

Doghouse

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Hi All, I'm Doghouse, an appropriate avatar will follow, when the dog strikes a suitable pose!
I'm a late onset type 1, (March 2009) which came as a surprise both to me and to my doctor. He had tried treating me with Metformin and other things before he realised.
I have an engineering background, so getting to grips with carb counting, was quite straightforward, I have had HbA1C of around 6.3 for 18 months. However there seems to be so many other things to consider, and hypos and hypers seem to pop up from nowhere. Yes - I have a few questions?
I spend what time I can walking in Snowdonia, walking the dog, or cycling, so I have found out how to maintain a reasonable control of blood sugar under these conditions.
Bye for now
 
Hi Doghouse and welcome to the forum. There are several people on here with late onset type 1 so I am sure you will find someone who will empathise with you.

Have a good look around and ask as many questions as you like. You may get an answer or if not someone is likely to be able to direct you towards a source that will help.

Snowdonia is beautiful - you must enjoy your leisure time there.
 
Hi Doghouse, welcome to the forum.

I love Snowdonia, it's where I spent my scouting years and had a few family walks and cycle trips there as well (we lived in Colwyn Bay).

I think that you'll find this forum a pretty good place to be too.

Andy 🙂
 
Hi Doghouse love the name been there a few times lol,welcome to the forum
 
Doghouse said:
Hi All, I'm Doghouse, an appropriate avatar will follow, when the dog strikes a suitable pose!
I'm a late onset type 1, (March 2009) which came as a surprise both to me and to my doctor. He had tried treating me with Metformin and other things before he realised.
I have an engineering background, so getting to grips with carb counting, was quite straightforward, I have had HbA1C of around 6.3 for 18 months. However there seems to be so many other things to consider, and hypos and hypers seem to pop up from nowhere. Yes - I have a few questions?
I spend what time I can walking in Snowdonia, walking the dog, or cycling, so I have found out how to maintain a reasonable control of blood sugar under these conditions.
Bye for now
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Hi Doghouse, welcome to the forum 🙂 I was also diagnosed later in life, although for me the diabetes was undetected until I caught a virus and ended up in hospital with DKA. The consultant thinks I may have been undiagnosed and slowly losing insulin production for a couple of years prior to that.

Sounds like you are doing well, maintaining a good HbA1c 🙂 Although I have always been lucky with my control, I'm still learning new things all the time to help me avoid the highs and lows - you'll get lots of help and support here and learn so much from others' experiences!

I look forward to hearing more from you! 🙂
 
Hi Doghouse. Welcome 🙂

Sounds like you are one of a growing club of late onset T1s.:D

A partially (but randomly) working pancreas adds in another variable just to make the balancing act a bit more interesting! 🙄

Rob
 
Welcome to the forum Doghouse! 🙂
 
Welcome Doghouse, from another T1D diagnosed as an adult. Looking forward to your avatar. There's an informal group of people with diabetes who enjoy the mountains (MAD - Mountains for Active Diabetics) at http://www.diabetic.friendsinhighplaces.org/
 
Thank you all for your greetings, I feel at home already.

Northener: I understand that T1 is probably due to an exaggerated response my immune system had to a virus that normally would hardly be noticed. The symptoms came on over a period of about 2 months, by which time I was glad to start injections.

Copepod: I have visited the MAD website. I was advised by a mutual friend to contact Nikki, for guidance on glucose control in the mountains. Really I have worked it out for myself, but I would still like to meet her. She had had diabetes much longer than me, and so would know much more.
 
Hi doghouse and welcome from me too 🙂

Perhaps you may now understand the indignation expressed by many on here about the tripe that is headlined in the popular media about diabetes and its causes! We have members diagnosed from infancy through to venerable northerners (my auntie was diagnosed T1 in her 60's!) so, to attribute it to lifestyle or poor diet alone, seems ill-informed at best!
Glad to hear that you've already had access to some useful stuff - rest assured that there's plenty of that available here.

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There's an informal group of people with diabetes who enjoy the mountains (MAD - Mountains for Active Diabetics) at http://www.diabetic.friendsinhighplaces.org/
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I often wondered about the definition of MAD ..... 😛
 
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