AlisonM
Much missed Moderator
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1.5 LADA
Wednesday will see me 'celebrating' the end of my first year as a diabetic (there will not be a cake). I made a promise to myself the day I was diagnosed that I would get this thing under control by the time my first anniversary came around. Hah! Such innocence!! As of this date the Diabetes is firmly in charge and I begin to despair of ever having any control over my life again. It's proved all but impossible to get my numbers anywhere near the desired levels, I'm either too high or too low and never seem to stop long in between. Perhaps that's a function of the weird type of Big D I have, do other 1.5s have this much fun? Being dragged off to St Georges (DO NOT go there folks) after the police had to break in to save me was a terrible shock, I hadn't realised how ill I was. Looking back, I'd been struggling a long, long time and can't now see why it wasn't spotted before.
It gets me down that I do everything in my power to stay on the straight and narrow, eat sensibly, exercise and do everything I'm told and still I can't catch a break with the ever-blasted numbers. I've struggled with weight loss having done well in the early days to now being unable it seems to shift any at all, despite an increased exercise regime and calory counting. I follow a low fat, low salt, low GI diet which is surprisingly not as boring as I thought it might be and try not to have too many 'treats'. I really miss things like fresh fruit, fruit juice and spuds but on the whole it's not too bad.
On the plus side, I now have a job I love after being out of work for many years, even before I was diagnosed. I've seen the good side of PC Plod and the bad side of Dr Idiot, now replaced by Dr Sensible. I've found this wonderful place and want to thank you all for giving me so much support and encouragement. If it weren't for you I'd have given up but knowing you're here gives me the courage and determination to keep going because, however bad it is at times, I know there's others out there who know how I feel.
As I said in the title, what a year! I don't know what the next year holds, but I'm still determined not to let the Big D win.
It gets me down that I do everything in my power to stay on the straight and narrow, eat sensibly, exercise and do everything I'm told and still I can't catch a break with the ever-blasted numbers. I've struggled with weight loss having done well in the early days to now being unable it seems to shift any at all, despite an increased exercise regime and calory counting. I follow a low fat, low salt, low GI diet which is surprisingly not as boring as I thought it might be and try not to have too many 'treats'. I really miss things like fresh fruit, fruit juice and spuds but on the whole it's not too bad.
On the plus side, I now have a job I love after being out of work for many years, even before I was diagnosed. I've seen the good side of PC Plod and the bad side of Dr Idiot, now replaced by Dr Sensible. I've found this wonderful place and want to thank you all for giving me so much support and encouragement. If it weren't for you I'd have given up but knowing you're here gives me the courage and determination to keep going because, however bad it is at times, I know there's others out there who know how I feel.
As I said in the title, what a year! I don't know what the next year holds, but I'm still determined not to let the Big D win.
