Type 1 Diagnosed 6 days ago!

[grahams mum]

welcome to the forum , i am a bit surprise that you are on novomix i thought they were offering this only to children so they did not have to inject at school i will suggest you to go on 3 + 1 injections a day especially because you are an adult with a very busy life i expect!!!?

 

[teapot8910]

Welcome to the forum 🙂 x

 

[RHepton]

Hi and welcome .. your diagnosis has similarities with mine, was diagnosed in May with type 1 after loosing 2 stone very rapidly, constant thirst and no energy I also had high ketones, managed to avoid a stay in hospital though. I was also put on a mixed insulin (humilin) and straight away felt better. I did find good control difficult though, after 3 months I changed to a basal/bolus regime (humalog/lantus) and was so much happier, my numbers have improved immensely, waiting to go on the DAFNE course next year (we're I live you have to be diagnosed a year before you can go on it, don't know why), anyway good luck, try and stay positive it's amazing how quickly all this just becomes part of your normal routine.

 

[fgmitch]

Hi all, Well had meeting with Diabetic nurse today - she's great I have to say. I said I'd like to change onto the basal/bolus regime and they're more than happy for me to do that. I'm going back on Wednesday and they will talk me through everything and get me started with it straight away and help me re. carb counting etc. I'm also going to a recruitment evening for the DAFNE course, but they said I couldn't attend the January one as it was too early - they like you to be doing the basal/bolus thing for at least 6 months. They said they would give me lots of information to get the most out of the new regime anyway but they like people to settle down with it before going on the week long course so you can then get the most out of it apparently. I did question this and they said they'd see but that it would probably be better to wait. Anyway, seems I can go and enjoy my birthday weekend without worrying - just told not to drink on an empty stomach and not too many! Feel a lot better having spoken with the nurse and changing to the new insulin, although it's more injections I'm hoping that I'll have much better control over sugars and also over what I can eat and when.
Oh, and I had a lovely email from a lady at work today who I've never met but learned I'd been diagnosed in the last week - she was so very supportive and something she said I will keep remembering - 'You're still the same person, you're you - but now just a bit more special'. Made me cry at work - but hey, it made me feel better.

 

[Northerner]

Wonderful news! You really will get to grips with this and feel so much better about things in no time 🙂 Great that you have found such a supportive nurse, and great that you can now look forward to your special birthday! 🙂 Let us know how things go!

 

[Nyadach]

Hiyas, and welcome. Think the DAFNE course will answer pretty much all your questions on food, drink, keeping weight where you want it etc, and your doses. So well done getting on a course so quick even if it will be in the new year. Booze wise, as you said have a meal before and personally always found it good to grab a burger or a kebab at the end of a night out on the way home to soak up and counter it. And leave everything till the morning to fix. Ok next exactly textbook on how to handle things but if it works you know your limits and adapt to it. And have a happy birthday 🙂

 

[trophywench]

Hiya, I re-iterate everything that's been said.

You do put the initial 'lost weight' back on very quickly, so don't worry about that, please. Over 39+ years I've put on 1st 4lbs from my original 8st 6lbs. The extra stone doesn't worry me at all because I was ill a few years back and lost weight and looked vile (my skin wasn't as elastic as it was until I was 50+. Bloody ageing process LOL)

One of the reasons they don't like you to go on DAFNE etc courses for at least 12 months is because a heck of a lot of T1's go through what they call the honeymoon period after diagnosis. They start off like you, then seem to need much less insulin, and then more and then less - and then do it again - it's just the insulin producing cells being not quite 100% dead ! LOL Give em a bit of a rest by injecting insulin for a bit and they go, 'Oh, perhaps I'll have another go then' - and mess you about. Can't say mine ever did though. They just all turned their toes up in one fell swoop.

If there will be a long delay getting the course, there is an online course you can do. It's very good but not half as good as a real live one. I have done both.

But anyway the space gives you a chance to get your head round it a bit. At the moment be guided by your DSN and ask every question that occurs to you, either of her or of us.

Even though you might worry in case it's a daft one, it isn't, because the only silly question is the one you didn't ask !

Oh and do ask your DSN on Weds to explain re what happens to BG re female hormones, because your monthlies usually will affect your BG and fore-warned is fore-armed.