Work done.. it is the driving that is the worst. Yesterday I thought I was going into hypo.. turns out it was the sun through the windscreen and a diesel engine at traffic lights replicating the heat and mild shakes worryingly well!
From the messages above, the most common word seems to be "welcome", thank you..
I think my progression from being my usual pre T1 self to here is probably quite familiar. Hardly a care in the world one moment then feeling something isn't at all right, lost several kilos over Christmas, drinking almost any liquid I could get hold of, badly deteriorating vision.. the whole lot. The doctor had a diagnosis waiting for me before I walked into the surgery! The spanner in the works was he was expecting to say T2, when we went through diet and lifestyle and all the usual questions he was changing his mind.. a bit of blood taken and tested, it was more like here are your needles and off you go..
I have been reading a lot since ... my novo rapid and tujeo appears to be working well for me. I was always a bit aware of foods and their properties ( one of my apprenticeships (a baker no less!!) gave me lots of insight into nutrition) so I get what carb counting is doing for me. I turned down a day course in Leicester because I read their documentation outlining the course content but I am kicking myself now because it would have been a rare chance to speak to other people in the same boat.. didn't realise how important that is until I was in a room for an hour with a handful of people trying out the Libre system.. I have had an appointment with the local diabetes clinic in Hinckley and I think next time I will be able to ask some better questions than before. That's if they don't get answered here first!
Ok I have rambled on further than I thought.. I didn't realise what kind of release there is just to talk about things with people who simply get it.
My initial feeling on diagnosis and it still is with me, was a kind of relief that it wasn't something worse.. not to belittle the situation but honestly I would choose this over a lot of other possibilities.. I know I can work around this, I know all you people have and are every day and that is an inspiration.
There is one thing making life difficult.. when is 1g of carb not the same as any other 1g of carb. The answer appears to be, any time it feels like it!
