- Messages
- 8
- Type of diabetes
- Type 1
- Treatment type
- Insulin
Hi,
So I an now 13 month's type 1; and after my first year of being diabetic - I am really struggling to try and keep my levels within range. If I was to wager a guess I'd say that my levels are now on average between 12-16 each day.
I tried for the first while to keep my levels around the 7 mark - however due to my 'previous' love of running 3-4 times a week, I was close to averaging a hypo 50% of the time I went out! So now, I barely exercise and constantly have the fear of my levels being normal of anticipation of having a hypo while doing everyday activities.
I even somehow managed to wake up in a 'hypo mode' this morning for the first time (feeling perfectly fine before going to bed last night) and now 4 hours after getting up I still feel horrid with a killer headache I can't seen to shake....
Within the past 2 months or so I'm even getting to a stage I consistently get annoyed by doing my Insulin and get aggressive upon the subject getting brought up. To think now being diagnosed over a year and with a minimum of 4 injections a day - at least 1,500 I've now injected myself (I know it's not a lot in comparison to those longer diagnosed... Sorry) but the thought of doing another each time is also really getting me down. I tried speaking to my diabetic nurse about it, but I generally feel these nothing worse than someone attempting to be sympathetic that has no idea how it feels as never going through it themselves.
To be honest, I don't really know what I'm looking for here - I don't know; Maybe if someone can give a tip or two that's been there themselves would be much appreciated.
Thanks,
Michael.
So I an now 13 month's type 1; and after my first year of being diabetic - I am really struggling to try and keep my levels within range. If I was to wager a guess I'd say that my levels are now on average between 12-16 each day.
I tried for the first while to keep my levels around the 7 mark - however due to my 'previous' love of running 3-4 times a week, I was close to averaging a hypo 50% of the time I went out! So now, I barely exercise and constantly have the fear of my levels being normal of anticipation of having a hypo while doing everyday activities.
I even somehow managed to wake up in a 'hypo mode' this morning for the first time (feeling perfectly fine before going to bed last night) and now 4 hours after getting up I still feel horrid with a killer headache I can't seen to shake....
Within the past 2 months or so I'm even getting to a stage I consistently get annoyed by doing my Insulin and get aggressive upon the subject getting brought up. To think now being diagnosed over a year and with a minimum of 4 injections a day - at least 1,500 I've now injected myself (I know it's not a lot in comparison to those longer diagnosed... Sorry) but the thought of doing another each time is also really getting me down. I tried speaking to my diabetic nurse about it, but I generally feel these nothing worse than someone attempting to be sympathetic that has no idea how it feels as never going through it themselves.
To be honest, I don't really know what I'm looking for here - I don't know; Maybe if someone can give a tip or two that's been there themselves would be much appreciated.
Thanks,
Michael.