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Teenagers that are struggling with Type 1 Diabetes

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Hi Nathan, welcome to the forum 🙂 Care to tell us a little about yourself? Have you been diagnosed long?
 
Hi Nathan

I what way can you help? we know absolutely nowt about you, for all we know you could be a psychopath LOL

It's a bit strange to me to wade in and make claims like that without at least telling us why/how you think you can!
 
I am a Year 11 GCSE Student that is Type 1 Diabetic and i just would like to help others in the same position of GCSE Exams and how stressful they can be and i just think i can help because I have been diagnosed for 12 years and i have been transferred from the pump to injections and i would just like to help others in the same position
 
Nathan Wellum said:
I am a Year 11 GCSE Student that is Type 1 Diabetic and i just would like to help others in the same position of GCSE Exams and how stressful they can be and i just think i can help because I have been diagnosed for 12 years and i have been transferred from the pump to injections and i would just like to help others in the same position
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Thanks Nathan, it's a very kind offer to make 🙂 We don't get many people here on the forum your age, but if you go to https://www.diabetes.org.uk/Guide-to-diabetes/Teens there's an opportunity to comment on each of the pages there so you can share your experiences with others. Also, it would be very helpful if you could share your story or write a blog - both great ways to help support others who may be struggling with Type 1 as a teen, and especially exams 🙂 There's an exams page you can comment on at https://www.diabetes.org.uk/Guide-to-diabetes/Teens/Me-and-my-diabetes/School-and-college/Exams/ 🙂

Thanks again for your offer of help 🙂
 
Welcome to the forum Nathan. Thanks for your offer of help. It's helpful for everyone to know a bit about posters' experience and background.
What else is important in your life? Eg sports, interests, job?
What are you hoping to do next?
By the way, one of my jobs is invigilating university exams, so I've learned a bit, as well as doing my MSc since diagnosis.
 
Hello Nathan and welcome to the forum.
Nice to meet you and well done for offering your experiences to other youngsters.

Why did you change from a pump to injections, not many people do this so a bit more than curious?

Edited as it has been pointed out I had misread Nathans post.🙂
 
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Nathan said he changed from pump to injections. Unless that's a typo, it would be interesting to know the reason for the change.
 
Copepod said:
Nathan said he changed from pump to injections. Unless that's a typo, it would be interesting to know the reason for the change.
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Thanks have edited my post 🙂
 
Ah - does this hark back to pumps being provided no prob for children BUT they have to at some stage try to treat with MDI because it's too expensive to provide pumps for everyone?
 
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Ah - does this hark back to pumps being provided no prob for children BUT they have to at some stage try to treat with MDI because it's too expensive to provide pumps for everyone?
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I did wonder, when I read this, why the transfer from pump to MDI, but you've just given me the answer lol!
 
I'd be interested to hear your story Nathan, as to why you moved from the pump back to injections?

For info, although the NICE guidelines suggest children and adolescents on pumps are required to trial MDI, in practice this is rarely done, because (and I quote our consultant), no consultant would move a patient on to an inferior treatment regimen if their current treatment is working well for them. The usual reasons for a teenager going back to injections are either rejection of the pump by the young person (body image often being a contributory factor) or removal of the pump due to non compliance, i.e. insufficient blood glucose testing and insulin bolusing, leading to high DKA risk.
 
That's a far better philosophy to have - I think everyone with feelings absolutely cringed when they read the original version.
 
Welcome Nathan and thank you for sharing your Type1 experience ~ its great to know you are thinking of others who are in the same boat and want to share your story with them. Good lad, very thoughtful of you ~ and good luck with your exams and the future. Take care x
 
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