I’ve been type 1 for 3.5 years, age 20 diagnosed at 16, full time smoker. Was in quite bad control for first two years but doctor always happy with hb1acs.
I’ve noticed
Warm/burning feeling in hands and feet at night
ED
Frequently urinating whilst bgs is in perfect range
Night sweats
My bgs are lower before I notice a hypo, they are now 2.5-3 before I realize whereas they were 3.8/3.9 when I realized them.
Sometimes I get quite dizzy after sitting lying down.
Sometimes it’s hard for me to warm my feet in the cold months.
I feel it is time I face reality as it seems for all these symptoms to coexist it would be too coincidental for the cause to be anything other than neuropathy. When I was diagnosed I was so sad and embarrassed I tried to block it out until two years in i noticed the burning/warm feet at night and decided to get my bgs in check and have been in decent check since.
My bgs when I go to bed is typically between 5-9 but when I wake up it’s 12-18 without drinking/ eating for hours
It goes with out saying I’ve given up smoking and joined the gym this week. In a hope to get myself in the best posssible health.
I’m just wondering does anyone think there’s hope of my symptoms going away with enough nutrients, excercise and improved circulation that my nerves may somewhat recover and my condition will improve. I do not need relief medication as the burning is not that painful yet. I’ve heard of some people’s nerves repairing but there’s no medical evidence.
Let me be a lesson to all young diabetics that want to be normal and ignore there diabetes. I have thrown away the opportunity to live a nice life and have a wife and kids, grow old in comfort. Two years of neglecting my diabetes has cost me the next fifty years of happiness. What angers me is doctors say if you don’t look after yourself there will be complications way down the line, those complications are not far down the line at al 2YEARS!!! If you’ve been in bad control for a while and feel fine your lucky, but rest assured there is damage being done every minute your bgs is high, it’s not until you feel it it is too late. My heart is shattered, I’m a 20 man who can’t have proper sex and kneels on the side of his bed every night begging god for one more chance, if I could turn back the clock I would have never let my bgs rise above 8 or below five, I would have never smoked and I would’ve lead a much healthier life. But I can’t. I was devastated to be diagnosed with t1D thinking it would ruin my life, what I wouldn’t do to be a newly diagnosed T1D equipped with the right knowledge and medication to live a long, healthy and happy life.