Ellie Jones
Well-Known Member
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
I was 25 at diagnoses, not sure what part of the conversation actually made me hit the deck, the, you?ll diabetic or the you?ll also about 6 weeks pregnant, neither piece of information was I expecting...
Life is far from over, your future remains the same, it just means that you will be approaching it in a different manner than you envisaged you would and in reality we are constantly having to revaluate our futures has we travel through all the twists and turns that life throws at us..
Take the time to learn and understand, by learning the relationship between your carbs, insulin and understanding how the other factors such as exercise, stress etc affect and impact on the workings is how you achieve good management, it can hard, at times confusing getting off the ground, but does pay dividends.. As the better you are at managing your diabetes the less impact it has on your day to day life...
Ask questions, there is no such thing as a silly question if you don?t know the answer...
If you feel the need to rant or a moan, go right ahead and do so, as we all know how you feel when family and friends may not... When for the humpty time someone says to you ?I couldn?t inject? and you so want to go off on one punch them on the nose, screaming nor could I, but do or die is a bloody persuasive argument...
I would also suggest investing in either Using Insulin by John Walsh or Think Like A pancreas, two very well written, easy to use/understand and a wealth of information for MDI control..
Life is far from over, your future remains the same, it just means that you will be approaching it in a different manner than you envisaged you would and in reality we are constantly having to revaluate our futures has we travel through all the twists and turns that life throws at us..
Take the time to learn and understand, by learning the relationship between your carbs, insulin and understanding how the other factors such as exercise, stress etc affect and impact on the workings is how you achieve good management, it can hard, at times confusing getting off the ground, but does pay dividends.. As the better you are at managing your diabetes the less impact it has on your day to day life...
Ask questions, there is no such thing as a silly question if you don?t know the answer...
If you feel the need to rant or a moan, go right ahead and do so, as we all know how you feel when family and friends may not... When for the humpty time someone says to you ?I couldn?t inject? and you so want to go off on one punch them on the nose, screaming nor could I, but do or die is a bloody persuasive argument...
I would also suggest investing in either Using Insulin by John Walsh or Think Like A pancreas, two very well written, easy to use/understand and a wealth of information for MDI control..