Getting Lazy!!!! Type 1.

[danielle_dw9547]

I posted on here a few weeks ago after being so poorly with a chest infection etc and I've only been diagnosed since February at the age of 25! So my new thing is, that I have got so lazy in taking insulin and checking my blood sugars!! I know it's terrible and when I was diagnosed I was exercising a lot and changed my diet completely but not I've slacked a hell of a lot since my first consultant appointment! My last Hba1c test results were only 2% off perfect compared to my first ones being super poor! So the last three months I was being strict with myself, being really good trying to get ontop of it, but now I've got really lazy! Sometimes I think "oh I'll be fine" when really I'm not and I should've probably taken some insulin with that lunch or something! I think I'm starting to struggle with getting my head round this! For instance, I went out for dinner with some of my girlfriends and I didn't take any insulin because I felt a little awkward leaving the table right before eating dinner!! Has anyone else hit a wall and lost all motivation at some point or is it just me?

Also my diabetic nurse NEVER calls me back even though I leave at least 2 voicemails! I feel so let down by my specialists at the moment and never there to help answer my questions or give me advice when I really need it!!!

 

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[urbanracer]

I posted on here a few weeks ago after being so poorly with a chest infection etc and I've only been diagnosed since February at the age of 25! So my new thing is, that I have got so lazy in taking insulin and checking my blood sugars!! I know it's terrible and when I was diagnosed I was exercising a lot and changed my diet completely but not I've slacked a hell of a lot since my first consultant appointment! My last Hba1c test results were only 2% off perfect compared to my first ones being super poor! So the last three months I was being strict with myself, being really good trying to get ontop of it, but now I've got really lazy! Sometimes I think "oh I'll be fine" when really I'm not and I should've probably taken some insulin with that lunch or something! I think I'm starting to struggle with getting my head round this! For instance, I went out for dinner with some of my girlfriends and I didn't take any insulin because I felt a little awkward leaving the table right before eating dinner!! Has anyone else hit a wall and lost all motivation at some point or is it just me?

Also my diabetic nurse NEVER calls me back even though I leave at least 2 voicemails! I feel so let down by my specialists at the moment and never there to help answer my questions or give me advice when I really need it!!!

Hi @danielle_dw9547

Yes it's common to 'burnout' although maybe not so common after just 4 months, but hey, I expect diabetes has come as shock to you and maybe it's a delayed reaction for you?

For myself, I focus on the complications that diabetes can bring and basically, I don't want them. You can get very ill, very quickly if you don't keep your BG numbers under control and that will have a much bigger impact on your life in the future than the tedious test/inject routine does right now.

So none of this is very pleasant but you need to find the motivation from somewhere, whether it's researching for and joining a local diabetes support group, or simply getting family members to check up on you and nag you into doing something. Or just log in here every day and we'll nag you!

Regarding your DN - the problem with voicemails is that you don't know for certain that they're being picked up. Have you asked anyone else if the DN is away on holiday? on sick leave? or if there is somebody else you can talk to?

Good luck and keep in touch.