Hi there,
first of all I'd like to introduce myself, so you might understand my story a little bit better.
My name is Nadine, I'm 23 years old, currently living in the Netherlands but moving to the UK in 3 weeks.. (this is also why my english is not perfect, but that's not what this is about right now)
I've been diagnosed with diabetes type 1 when I was 8 years old. As far as I can remember my blood sugar levels haven't been under control.. My HbA1c has been way too high for years, even though I've tried so many times to stabilise it: I just couldn't seem to get it under control. My doctors have always been pretty negative towards me and always said that I'm too hard to handle. The past 4 months I've been working really hard to try and keep my bloodsugars perfect, but as you can understand my body is completely confused now and I feel horrible when my blood sugar level is around 6. Even though I'm really trying to hold on to (finally) living a healthier life, I'm really scared about the concequenses of my past when I move to England. Am I even going to get basic health insurance? Will they cover my insulin and the rest of the supplies I need for my diabetes? I've been looking through so many websites and still I have no idea what's going to happen when I'm there. I really hope for a fresh and new start, where I can continue my way to live a healthier life. I'm already really scared for the complications that are waiting for me in the future, even more because I've always been living without any complications, my annual blood results are perfect (except my hba1c) but I know I have to change this before anything bad happens!
As I'm reading my post now, I know this is written a bit hysterical, my apologies for that. I just don't even know where to start thinking, let alone writing anymore!
ps. this post is probably a bit off topic, but the main reason of starting my post was my everlasting burn out.
first of all I'd like to introduce myself, so you might understand my story a little bit better.
My name is Nadine, I'm 23 years old, currently living in the Netherlands but moving to the UK in 3 weeks.. (this is also why my english is not perfect, but that's not what this is about right now)
I've been diagnosed with diabetes type 1 when I was 8 years old. As far as I can remember my blood sugar levels haven't been under control.. My HbA1c has been way too high for years, even though I've tried so many times to stabilise it: I just couldn't seem to get it under control. My doctors have always been pretty negative towards me and always said that I'm too hard to handle. The past 4 months I've been working really hard to try and keep my bloodsugars perfect, but as you can understand my body is completely confused now and I feel horrible when my blood sugar level is around 6. Even though I'm really trying to hold on to (finally) living a healthier life, I'm really scared about the concequenses of my past when I move to England. Am I even going to get basic health insurance? Will they cover my insulin and the rest of the supplies I need for my diabetes? I've been looking through so many websites and still I have no idea what's going to happen when I'm there. I really hope for a fresh and new start, where I can continue my way to live a healthier life. I'm already really scared for the complications that are waiting for me in the future, even more because I've always been living without any complications, my annual blood results are perfect (except my hba1c) but I know I have to change this before anything bad happens!
As I'm reading my post now, I know this is written a bit hysterical, my apologies for that. I just don't even know where to start thinking, let alone writing anymore!
ps. this post is probably a bit off topic, but the main reason of starting my post was my everlasting burn out.
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