mummy2riley
New Member
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Hi everyone 🙂 In January of this year, after being told in January 2010 I had impaired fasting glucose, I was told i'd developed type 2. Came as quite a shock to be honest, to myself and my doctors, as i'm only 23, am not overweight and have no family history. I was put on Metformin 3 times daily and then had Gliclazide introduced 3 months ago after seeing no improvement in my sugar levels. After having more routine blood tests last week and being very ill the last 6 months, I was called in to see the diabetic specialists at the hospital yesterday who confirmed i'm actually an early detected type 1 and have now been put on insulin injections. Feeling very overwhelmed and a little scared right now and hoping this new routine of medication starts to make me feel like my old self again.
I have wonderful friends and family supporting me but I don't know any other diabetes sufferers and it'd be really nice to hear other peoples experiences and get a little bit of reassurance that it does all get easier! Injections was my worst nightmare and the prospect of having this routine for life is pretty daunting 🙂
I have wonderful friends and family supporting me but I don't know any other diabetes sufferers and it'd be really nice to hear other peoples experiences and get a little bit of reassurance that it does all get easier! Injections was my worst nightmare and the prospect of having this routine for life is pretty daunting 🙂