I've lost the plot!!

[noblehead]

Hi @NinaB73 and so sorry to hear about the loss of your dog.

Time is a great healer and as much as it hurts now things will get easier.

Your collie pup will keep you pre-occupied and getting out for long walks will certainly help clear your mind, however if things do get too much there's no shame in going to your Dr's and asking for help.

Best wishes and take care.

 

[azure]

Venting is good @NinaB73 Type 1 can be very hard sometimes - especially when things go pear-shaped and you get in a rollercoaster of highs and lows. Highs are frustrating and I totally understand why you find it hard to be calm about them.

I went through a very stressful period a couple of years ago, and what helped me, trivial as it sounds, is deep breathing. It calmed the panic.

 

[NinaB73]

No -- D never wins -- we keep fighting he good fight -- I would treat myself as though I were sick ( sick day rules ) -- more effort but could help break the current cycle you are in

Hi @NinaB73 and so sorry to hear about the loss of your dog.

Time is a great healer and as much as it hurts now things will get easier.

Your collie pup will keep you pre-occupied and getting out for long walks will certainly help clear your mind, however if things do get too much there's no shame in going to your Dr's and asking for help.

Best wishes and take care.

Venting is good @NinaB73 Type 1 can be very hard sometimes - especially when things go pear-shaped and you get in a rollercoaster of highs and lows. Highs are frustrating and I totally understand why you find it hard to be calm about them.

I went through a very stressful period a couple of years ago, and what helped me, trivial as it sounds, is deep breathing. It calmed the panic.

Thank you @noblehead and @azure ,and everyone else whom has posted, your words are kind and I feel much better today for having had a lovely afternoon nap! 3 hours to be precise!! What a wonder sleep is! When I posted last night my sugar levels had reached 25!! A first in a very long time and it didn't seem to want to budge! and yes you get it @azure, it is sheer panic when the levels get that high and you feel so out of control, I had blinding headaches and a feeling of guilt about my existing conditions and the damage I could of been causing. Don't get me wrong, my puppy is lovely, just so full on and my beloved cat of ten years seems to be living in fear! But the reason for getting another dog was because I missed all the lovely long walks and as you all know exercise is so great!

Posting on here like that is unlike me, to wear my heart on my sleeve, but no one else knows like a fellow Diabetic just what the constant highs and lows mean and although I have lovely folk here at home it still washes over them just what that high sugar level means both physically and mentally.

Thanks all! Nina x

 

[NinaB73]

Oh my dear! A collie!!!
You need extra extra hugging.
I am soooo jealous.

It will be absolutely horrendous. And in 2 years time, every time you remember all the antics, you will grin with (retrospective) joy.

Come here and vent, please. With pics.

(Please don't think I am glossing over you blood glucose issues - I'm not - but I can promise you that the puppy will give you back so much more than you expect. Have another hug)

@Brunneria, your words cheered me up no end!! Thank you and yes I will try and get a pic sorted! You are right to be jealous as she is beautiful just I've put myself on the back burner to devote my full attention on her, maybe time to delegate a bit more....

 

[NinaB73]

Hi, I'm not 100%.. But it's lazer treatment for diabetic macular oedema.. Where as the injections are for AMD "age-related macular degeneration." Which is a swelling of fluid.. Distorting as opposed to retinopathy bleeding with the aforementioned, which blocks the vision regarding the light hitting the retina..? I think..
I have a similar course of injections in my right eye.. Of course they blame it on the "boogie". But strangely no retinopathy...

Funny enough.. i acquired a dog full time about a year ago when my elderly mum lost the plot.. (I did promise he'd have a home if anything happened.)

I got the best end of the deal.. My mum now resides with my sister.. The eye thing, however it turns out? The left one is still good! But so far. Regarding the right. It has some pretty good periods. But doesn't seem to get worse when they decide I need it treated after the monthly scans.... In all, so far. I've had a course of 6 monthly injections in the eyeball. Then about 4 every other month.. I see em again next week.. The odds are I should get away with it with the jab...

The "plot" does seem to thicken the old one gets..

That's interesting @Jaylee, I am always interested to hear of other's experiences with the dreaded 'eye jabs'. Lucentis and Eyelea are now licensed to treat many more conditions than they were originally licensed for. I originally had a vein occlusion but it is now the DMO that is more problematic. (I also have it in the other eye not being injected) but I think that due to the damage caused by the occlusion the injections are really beneficial for the added DMO in that eye. On my most recent appointment my consultant told me that although not yet licensed for retinopathy, those patients having the injections for other reasons are finding a really positive effect in healing and slowing down existing retinopathy. But of course that is off the record but encouraging, the drug is still relatively new in the treatment of diabetic eye conditions but looks promising, for that reason it looks as though my treatment of regular injections will continue until a future alternative. I would like to add that the injections keep me seeing and the alternative doesn't bare thinking about....just something we have to do I guess and it seems you are having good results too! Like you I'm hanging on to the lefty!
Thank you for responding to my post it means a lot and I'm sure I recall you posting a picture of your dog and commenting on how beautiful it looked, I'm pretty determined to enjoy her!

 

[Jaylee]

That's interesting @Jaylee, I am always interested to hear of other's experiences with the dreaded 'eye jabs'. Lucentis and Eyelea are now licensed to treat many more conditions than they were originally licensed for. I originally had a vein occlusion but it is now the DMO that is more problematic. (I also have it in the other eye not being injected) but I think that due to the damage caused by the occlusion the injections are really beneficial for the added DMO in that eye. On my most recent appointment my consultant told me that although not yet licensed for retinopathy, those patients having the injections for other reasons are finding a really positive effect in healing and slowing down existing retinopathy. But of course that is off the record but encouraging, the drug is still relatively new in the treatment of diabetic eye conditions but looks promising, for that reason it looks as though my treatment of regular injections will continue until a future alternative. I would like to add that the injections keep me seeing and the alternative doesn't bare thinking about....just something we have to do I guess and it seems you are having good results too! Like you I'm hanging on to the lefty!
Thank you for responding to my post it means a lot and I'm sure I recall you posting a picture of your dog and commenting on how beautiful it looked, I'm pretty determined to enjoy her!

Hi,

The eye thing I still haven't fully got my head round. (Excuse the intentional pun.) though the consultants seem happy with my progress. (I'm not moaning about it either.) Though I'm certain I am just another Guinea pig.. A little more research on my behalf is needed to know what I'm talking about on that subject.. It did come as a surprise after a clean scan for many years.

My dog drive me crackers.. But in a positive way.. Lol