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- Type of diabetes
- Type 1
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- Insulin
Hello to everyone, I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes a year and 5 month's ago at the age of 46. To be honest I felt great relief when I was diagnosed as I'd been feeling awful for over 5 month's. I was exhausted all the time and was working 5 days a week, looking back I have no idea how I managed to get out of bed every day! The doctor diagnosed me with ketones and as soon as he said that I knew what it meant, I was expecting the diagnosis as I had many other symptoms but it was still a shock and I cried when the doctor told me I had ketones and my BG was 18.6. The first person I told was my older sister who has been type 1 for 31 year's at the time. She was more upset than me and had to hang up the phone. I consider myself very lucky as I know a lot about type 1 due to my sister, she was diagnosed at 19 with late onset diabetes.