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My name is Vicky and I am 42 years old, I was diagnosed with Type 1 a week ago which has come as such a shock although I was feeling very poorly for a few weeks leading upto this (with the main symptom being blurry vision - previous to this no problems with eyes). I feel so afraid about the future, I am finding there is so much to learn and I am not quite sure how I will get there with this. I started looking at this forum this morning and already I do feel this is helping me.
I feel like every day is a rollercoaster of emotions but I want to be stronger. My blood sugar levels are very up and down so I think this is adding to the way that I feel. I had a positive day yesterday but then last night had a hypo and think I over treated this (as I was panicking about having a hypo) and my blood sugars rocketed and then I had effects of a hyper. This morning I feel off in myself with a sicky headache and my eyes feel slightly blurry - is this normal?
I am currently doing the finger prick tests but have read a lot about the libre 2 sensor system which sounds amazing. At the moment my nurse says that I need to stick with the finger pricking and not to introduce something else new. I just wondered what people’s thoughts were on this?
Any advice for a newly diagnosed T1 would be much appreciated
Many thanks
My name is Vicky and I am 42 years old, I was diagnosed with Type 1 a week ago which has come as such a shock although I was feeling very poorly for a few weeks leading upto this (with the main symptom being blurry vision - previous to this no problems with eyes). I feel so afraid about the future, I am finding there is so much to learn and I am not quite sure how I will get there with this. I started looking at this forum this morning and already I do feel this is helping me.
I feel like every day is a rollercoaster of emotions but I want to be stronger. My blood sugar levels are very up and down so I think this is adding to the way that I feel. I had a positive day yesterday but then last night had a hypo and think I over treated this (as I was panicking about having a hypo) and my blood sugars rocketed and then I had effects of a hyper. This morning I feel off in myself with a sicky headache and my eyes feel slightly blurry - is this normal?
I am currently doing the finger prick tests but have read a lot about the libre 2 sensor system which sounds amazing. At the moment my nurse says that I need to stick with the finger pricking and not to introduce something else new. I just wondered what people’s thoughts were on this?
Any advice for a newly diagnosed T1 would be much appreciated
Many thanks