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Hi, I'm newly diagnosed T1 5 weeks ago at age 46. It's a massive learning curve isn't it.
I'm on Toujeo and Novorapid. I'm just about getting my head around it, but still got lots to learn!
Have you been on carb counting course yet?
 
Hi Dave and welcome to forum
 
Lucy Honeychurch said:
Hi, I'm newly diagnosed T1 5 weeks ago at age 46. It's a massive learning curve isn't it.
I'm on Toujeo and Novorapid. I'm just about getting my head around it, but still got lots to learn!
Have you been on carb counting course yet?
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I'm booked on a DAFNE course w/c 6th Feb, They tend to wait about 6 months before putting you on the course but you do get lots of coaching from a Diabetes Die titian in the meantime. Oh, this is at the Diabetic Centre at Manchester Royal.

Its good to know there are other late starters on here. On You Tube it is mainly teenagers with type 1 - or maybe its just teenage girls who like to vlog about it...

Anyhoo, nice to meet you Lucy especially as we are the same age and diagnosed within weeks of each other!
 
MrClogMan said:
I'm booked on a DAFNE course w/c 6th Feb, They tend to wait about 6 months before putting you on the course but you do get lots of coaching from a Diabetes Die titian in the meantime. Oh, this is at the Diabetic Centre at Manchester Royal.

Its good to know there are other late starters on here. On You Tube it is mainly teenagers with type 1 - or maybe its just teenage girls who like to vlog about it...

Anyhoo, nice to meet you Lucy especially as we are the same age and diagnosed within weeks of each other!
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Maybe you can start a new trend, silver surfers do slin.
 
Hi MrClogMan, welcome to the forum (even though you'd probably rather not be here). I'm similar to you, diagnosed out of the blue six months ago at 44 following a period of the "4T's" (tired, thin, thirsty & toilet).
Yes, it is a massive learning curve and six months in I'm still finding out about the new me.
This forum is a fantastic resource, full of really good information and the people on here are always willing to help and answer questions.
I don't know any other T1s so this is my only place to come and talk to people who understand.
My diet has completely changed to low carb (about 120g per day) and I feel a whole lot better now than I did pre diagnosis!
Regards
zx
 
Welcome, Dave.🙂 I'd love to show you a piccie of my Asturian clogs, but don't know how to - help, plz, those in the know!:D
 
MrClogMan said:
I'm booked on a DAFNE course w/c 6th Feb, They tend to wait about 6 months before putting you on the course but you do get lots of coaching from a Diabetes Die titian in the meantime. Oh, this is at the Diabetic Centre at Manchester Royal.

Its good to know there are other late starters on here. On You Tube it is mainly teenagers with type 1 - or maybe its just teenage girls who like to vlog about it...

Anyhoo, nice to meet you Lucy especially as we are the same age and diagnosed within weeks of each other!
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I was at the MRI when first diagnosed, I turned up with a letter from my GP addressed to the consultant by name, who happened that day to be working in another part of the hospital. I was directed to the other side of the site, then sent back. Given that my sugars were in the high 20s and my ketones were large, this was not fun. The receptionist was very apologetic and made me a cup of tea. I thought the staff there were very good.
 
You can link to an online photo by clicking the picture icon next to the smiley face, These are my clogs. Picture was uploaded on FB.

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I like that you wear clogs but I had wondered if you were a whippet owner or breeder with a good SOH. Some friends organised a get together for the Northern area of another forum, and since their handle was the Northern Cloggers, they negotiated to have badges made for all of us attending, even those visiting from other regions - in our case the Midlands Massif.

The badge makers were apparently a bit put out when they rejected the original wooden prototype with the curved, turned up point on the front! However in the finish we did get proper brown leather ones!
 
MrClogMan said:
You can link to an online photo by clicking the picture icon next to the smiley face, These are my clogs. Picture was uploaded on FB.

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Ooo, smart clogs, Dave. 🙂 The photo's my own, not online - mine don't have URLs!
 
Lucy Honeychurch said:
Hi, I'm newly diagnosed T1 5 weeks ago at age 46. It's a massive learning curve isn't it.
I'm on Toujeo and Novorapid. I'm just about getting my head around it, but still got lots to learn!
Have you been on carb counting course yet?
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Hi there Lucy. Welcome to you too.🙂
 
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