The scare stories do work for me (but will not be right for all) to motivate me to try and keep on top of this. So thank you @porl69 and @nessals946 for your bravery and honesty.
@NoKindOfSusie as mentioned I completely empathise with your mindset, as I was the same and actually think many T1's diagnosed as Adults are the same at a few months in. So I get the mind is in a dark place right now, and that's not going to change overnight no matter what anyone says to you right now.
But I've noticed a few of your comments "you don't know what you're doing", "your medical team don't tell you anything" and your numbers aren't where you want them to be, you can't exercise etc.
So lets concentrate on the practicalities (rather than your mindset) and the wealth of experience available here (the reason my readings are pretty good), and try and get you some good readings.
Can you post a thread detailing things like:
Basal - which, units, do you do one or two injections per day
Bolus - which, units, do you pre bolus (how long in advance)
Carb ratios
What you might typically eat in a day
Any exercise or activity (eg walking to work)
Testing - how often, what are your fasting and other readings, how have these changed over time, are they coming down?
Any HbA1c results you've had
Do you get hypers, hypos - how often
What books have you read on diabetes?
er, there's probably other stuff that would be useful that others can ask / add!
People here can help on the practicalities, we know stuff!
With someone as focused as you at tackling this, you should be able to get to good readings, get out there running again, and not live constantly with the levels of fear you have now within a few weeks.
@NoKindOfSusie as mentioned I completely empathise with your mindset, as I was the same and actually think many T1's diagnosed as Adults are the same at a few months in. So I get the mind is in a dark place right now, and that's not going to change overnight no matter what anyone says to you right now.
But I've noticed a few of your comments "you don't know what you're doing", "your medical team don't tell you anything" and your numbers aren't where you want them to be, you can't exercise etc.
So lets concentrate on the practicalities (rather than your mindset) and the wealth of experience available here (the reason my readings are pretty good), and try and get you some good readings.
Can you post a thread detailing things like:
Basal - which, units, do you do one or two injections per day
Bolus - which, units, do you pre bolus (how long in advance)
Carb ratios
What you might typically eat in a day
Any exercise or activity (eg walking to work)
Testing - how often, what are your fasting and other readings, how have these changed over time, are they coming down?
Any HbA1c results you've had
Do you get hypers, hypos - how often
What books have you read on diabetes?
er, there's probably other stuff that would be useful that others can ask / add!
People here can help on the practicalities, we know stuff!
With someone as focused as you at tackling this, you should be able to get to good readings, get out there running again, and not live constantly with the levels of fear you have now within a few weeks.