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Newly diagnosed Type 1

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Welcome! One or two T1s on here who will be only too pleased to make your acquaintance. The other types are pretty amenable too 😉
 
Hi and welcome reece your in good company here. All power to your GP for recommending this place . What insulin regime are you on
 
long acting insulin once a day in morning , and Novorapid thought day when eating carbs, getting used to it now, was in critical care February with DKA , worse experience of my life!
 
Reece Sargent said:
long acting insulin once a day in morning , and Novorapid thought day when eating carbs, getting used to it now, was in critical care February with DKA , worse experience of my life!
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Oh goodness me you must of been terrified. Have you got good support around you your family etc x
 
Hello and welcome from a fellow T1. I was also diagnosed after suffering a DKA last year, a very nasty business. This forum is fantastic for getting answers to any questions you have and also support 🙂
 
Yeah got 2 beautiful children that keep me going but the DLA was a shock, woke up in hospital on all sorts of drips, but out after 3/4 days thank god, got brilliant diabetic consultant to, it seems like everyone is supportive on here which is so nice to see!
 
Good place to come for answers to any questions you have, or a good rant or just for a chat.

I was diagnosed with T1 at the age of 53. It is a steep learning curve at the start, but it then becoames the new normal. An excellent book I keep referring back to is Type1 Diabetes in children adolexcants and young adults by Ragnar Hanas. Ignore the age reference it is useful to anyone. A bit expensive but very useful and easy to understand.

Let us know how you get on and come back with any questions you have.
 
Hiya

22 is a blooming good age to be diagnosed - all the VERY best people are, you know!!!! LOL

And suddenly here you are, greeting someone who's the male equivalent of yourself - cos time flies when you're enjoying yourself - so just do that. Learn all you can about your diabetes and make friends with it. Yes it has certain rules, but they soon become habits and don't seem too onerous and as long as you keep to the rules and keep D happy - he'll treat you well too - and even cut you some slack occasionally to break out and enjoy stuff you don't normally eat which is important where children are concerned. Don't get me wrong - I LIKE cake. But they don't tend to give you a carb count on slices of birthday cake with thick fondant icing - so you have to teach yourself to guesstimate stuff pdq - which is no bad thing!

The first thing to learn is simply that each one of us is quite different - what works for me or doesn't when I eat whatever it is or do something - is never guaranteed to be the same for you, or anyone else - so don't be surprised if something doesn't work when it's worked OK for someone else or vice versa. And especially when the medical textbook say this or that will happen - doesn't mean to say it actually will either !

Good luck!
 
Hi Reece
Welcome aboard. I hope you find it useful. We're a friendly mob so don't be shy with questions, and as you'll see this place is great for a rant when you need one (we all need one at some point, some of us rant a fair bit 😉). Glad to hear you've got good medical support and family support that's really important. DKA is a horrible experience, not one I ever want to repeat, it took me a little while to come round from that experience, physically and emotionally, so give yourself a bit of time to come to terms with it. You'll adapt pretty quickly to all the jabbing and testing, I've been at it just over three years and I don't really remember what it was like not counting carbs anymore, it's a bit of a faff at first and there might be days when you think you'll never get used to it, but that's normal, as is the occasional day when it all just feels a bit too much. We're especially useful on those days because we all know how that feels 🙂
 
Hi Reece and welcome to the gang. Any questions or just want a rant, fire away. We're a friendly bunch and will help whenever we can.🙂
 
Welcome from a fellow type 1 and Suffolk dweller. Which hospital is your hospital - I wonder if we are at the same one? ( I'm at The West Suffolk in Bury st Eds)
 
Welcome aboard the good ship D. You're at the beginning of a learning curve, but people are very helpful and supportive on here.
 
Thanks for the messages of support, indeed if I have any questions or rants I will defiantly turn to here, nice to see such a support group of people on here, admittedly this all feels very alien to me at the moment , thanks for all the welcome messages 🙂
 
Hello and welcome to the D gang Reece 🙂

There is so much to take onboard to begin with but bit by bit things start to slot into place - apart from the days when things go haywire either for a good reason or sometimes without!

I'm glad to hear your gp recommended us and glad you decided to join. This forum has helped me so much and I hope it does the same for you 🙂
 
Morning, i was recently diagnosed T1 about 8wks ago and join this forum last week, i have to say its excellent and as you'll have noticed everyone is so friendly, its nice to know your not alone!

The recommended book is great (R Hanas) little pricey at £25 but well worth it (thanks everyone who recommended ), its quite large and certainly only for reading in chunks but explains things in nice plain English!

8wks in and I'm still learning every day, I've had to learn to take things in sm steps and accept i can't learn it all from one appointment! ☺
 
Welcome Reece, this forum is an excellent place and a lot of the members have helped me greatly 🙂 x
 
Kaylz said:
Welcome Reece, this forum is an excellent place and a lot of the members have helped me greatly 🙂 x
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Yeah as you can see in this thread, a lot of nice messages of support, and advice etc, nice to hear they've helped u a lot. Again just nice to see so many supportive people and people with type 1 in same boat as me 🙂
 
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