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Wheatley82

Wheatley82

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Well we're do I start ! Got diagnosed with type 1 a little over a week ago now and still trying to come to terms with the impact it's going to have on my life ! Is this normal to feel like this ?
 
Wheatly hi- I am a parent[ son 16 dx a year now }and still learning!! how did you get diagnosed -you have joined a great forum -glad you found us so soon.There is alot to take in so dont feel overwhelmed there are lots of experienced people here who will advice you so feel free to ask away
 
Oh and just to add.it hasnt stopped him doing anything that he did do- prior to dx sports etc - -just abit more planning now
 
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Hi Wheatley

Welcome to the forum and the club no-one wanted to join!

Yes it is normal. No it isn't easy - esp to begin with. Yes it will get better.

It's kind-of akin to a bereavement, a sort of loss of the life we once had. And as such, it's not only normal but advisable to 'grieve'. Let it out. Have a rant. Shout Why ME? (to which you know very well there is no answer, but do it anyway) and weep as much as you need to. Whenever you need to. To that degree it's exactly the same as a breavement, at first you miss the person lots of times every waking hour. Then a couple of times a day. Then once every few days. Weeks. Months. Eventually rarely; although you still remember them, you aren't overcome with grief and racked with sobs each time you do.

However when I look back and consider it, I lost absolutely nowt really - except the ability to stuff myself with crap at the drop of a hat, but there again eating crap just makes you fat and sluggish and miserable -so really, that's a very positive advantage rather than a disadvantage!

And I've met some absolutely lovely people that I would never have met had it not been for my diabetes. (as well as other lovely folk that have no connection to it anyway)
 
Welcome to the forum Wheatley 🙂
 
im 30 its come as a massive shock to the way i live and ruining my career unfortunatly , ive sort of got my head round it all but im starting to realise its not just gonna go away like most iilnesses ! the work thing is what bugs me most im in the forces and type 1 is a big no no im gutted
 
there is another member who is a soldier- Type 1 - but I dont know how often he posts now- I think he does a support role {what ever that means]
 
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oh rite ! im a submariner and i cant see them having a shore base job for me its so frustrating
 
Oh - that does sound like it could be a no no, as you say - but then I have really no idea what doing your current job entails - or what qualities you need to possess in order to do it - other than the fact even without D I'm too claustrophobic to even go in one!

Still - I AM a great believer in the old 'when one door closes, another one opens' so I certainly hope that proves true for you.
 
Hi Wheatley and a warm welcome to the forum
 
Hi Wheatley - welcome to the forum
Sorry to hear about your diagnosis - I understand your frustrations.

I was diagnosed T1 - 15 months ago age 33. I work for the rail industry and although I am currently office based I had hoped to move into operations as part of my career development. Operations roles are however Safety Critical and my T1 now excludes me from these. It is indeed very frustrating. Hopefully your employer will be as accomodating as possible and may be obliged to find you another position - at least with equivalent salary. Good luck.

Job aside - there is a lot for you to take in at the moment but please know the fears, sadness, frustration etc when diagnosed have been felt by all of us and you are not alone. On day at a time is my advice.

This forum has helped me loads - I dont post much but I read eveyones comments and this has helped me get through the worst times since diagnosis. I wish you luck and take care

Melissa
 
Hi Wheatley,

And welcome (as a newbie it seems strange saying welcome!)

I've been a diabetic since the age of 12, which although traumatic at the time means that I've had plenty of time to get 'used to it' and I've lived more of my life with it that without. Over time things become less scary as your knowledge increases, and I won't lie I still have bad days and periods of time where nothing makes sense, especially at the moment when all I want to shout is WHY ME???... and you're right this won't go away any time soon but this disease will NOT win and we can have a relatively normal life, whatever that might be, with a bit of extra planning! I'm struggling at bit at the moment but my brother was diagnosed when he was 7 (think it made it worse for me knowing what was coming when I was diagnosed 2 years later) and you would never know that he was a diabetic with all the things that he does and continues to do.

It's a shame about your job, I can't imagine the frustrations that you must be feeling, there are very few jobs that diabetes stops us doing and it's unfortunate that yours is one of them - I hope you find something you enjoy as much very soon!

xx
 
hey vix one thing i can hold as being good is tht ive got away with it for 30 years ! i cant imagine how bad it would be as a youngster i admire people like yourself
 
well every cloud has a silver lining I guess, and it's important to find positives once in a while Wheatley 🙂 I can't say it's easy at whatever time in life you are diagnosed, swings and roundabouts I guess - yes it's not easy as a child being told that you can't have sweets and you have to do injections at school and watch what you eat, and look out of hypos in PE etc but I think we are also more accepting of some things at that age and I've never really known any different so I think I feel less like something has been taken away from me if I can't really remember much of my life differently. We all battle through it because we need to... I think it must have been tough for my parents watching both me and my brother grow up with diabetes but it could be worse (I must remind myself of that!)

xx
 
yeah true 1 im a social kind of guy on the drinking front aswell but this has just made me to worried to even have one drink nowadays and its putting me off going out
 
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