type1since82
Newbie
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- Type of diabetes
- Type 1
- Treatment type
- Pump
I'm new here and live in the USA. I've been a T1 since the age of 2, I'm 43 now. I've been on the pump since the age of 20 and got pregnant. I've lost a child at 2 months old because my husband at the time put our son in our bed before he left for work thinking I'd be up in the next hour.....I didn't wake until my mom showed up due to not bringing my kids over to watch for my college classes 7 hours later. The pump kept pumping insulin which they assumed caused my convulsions and me rolling on my baby and suffocating him . I still don't forgive myself 22 years later. My levels have always been all over the place even if I do the exact same things the next day with the exact foods. The rollercoaster of it all... sucks. I finally was able to get a libre2 sensor which helps. But when you're low or too low you just don't hear those alarms or like someone else said can't think right to do anything about it. I've got sooooo many stories. I now work as a cashier at a gas station and my customers have seen some of my lows.... I act like I'm on drugs or drunk. I can't even work my register sometimes during this and have cried in front of them but I'll explain it to my regulars when I see them next and ya know apologize for my stupid behavior because that's how I feel. I've come across a few customers with the pump also and they check on me . It's a never ending cycle of emotions as a type 1. Which of course stress effects the sugars on either direction also! I found out over the years that if you drink alcohol your blood sugars will sky rocket then crash due to the type of carb but to eat without giving a bolus before going to sleep afterwards. It's a must. Tubes of frosting are easy to carry for lows and don't require us to put the effort into chewing or swallowing because sometimes me it's the last thing I want to do and takes to much focus that I don't have! I have worked so many different types of jobs including factory work, welding, bar tending/waitressing. I have never ate on a schedule or "meals". Dang it....I lost track, sugar is dropping. If you want to talk I'm here though