Hello everyone,
I am a 32 year old male with no history of illness, slim and no history of diabetes in my family. I moved with my partner to Perth australia 2 years ago where i still live to this day. This week i was diagnosed with LADA type 1 diabetes which has turned my entire life upside down.
It all started 4 weeks ago when i went to teh GP and did a urine test becuase i had been waking up at night needing a pee for a few months prior. The urine test came up with high blood sugars so the GP over a few weeks took some tests. First was the glucose tolerance test which came back high (15 then 16) after hour 1 and two respectively. Then the A1C which actually came back "normal" meaning i havent had high blood sugar for long at all and then finally some other tests i dont fully understand about antibodies which came back indicative of type 1. Anyway i got the final results monday and then went in to see a specialist tuesday. He confirmed i have a latent form of type 1 which in maybe a month, several months or even years will lead to me being insulin dependant (clearly i hope years).
At the moment i dont have any of the obvious symptoms of diabetes which lead the specialist to conclude my pancreas is still making a healthy amount of insulin. He has put me on type 2 pills though to try and reduce the degradation of my pancreas and given me a blood glucose tester from which he only wants 2 readings over the next week - 1 fasting, 1 after my biggest meal on any particular day.
I have never ate badly and as i mentioned i am not fat but probably havent done that much exercise over the last 12 months. I have been chronically stressed in work for the last 6 months though which is why i went for the new job.
Whilst i have met people recently who are full fledged type 1 and say it is a breeze to manage i am still a total mental wreck. I have been all shades of white over the last 4 weeks, had all sorts of symptoms from shock/anxiety and i am sleeping very poorly each night. Im seeing a counsellor to try and deal with the anxiety and panic i have aswell as exercising very regularly, doing meditation classes and yoga.
I feel very alone about this and Perth does not seem to be very geared up for helping people (mentally) with this condition. I see tonnes of information everywhere about type 2 in perth but there is hardly anything for type 1, particularly my "brand" of type 1. I know the insulin is coming and i know it wont be that bad (the specialist made me do it to myself during our appointment just to show me) but i am very very very nervous, getting upset all the time, sleeping terribly, panicking and even considering returning to the UK over this just to be near family.
Can anyone help please i dont know how to deal with this!!!??????
Karl
I am a 32 year old male with no history of illness, slim and no history of diabetes in my family. I moved with my partner to Perth australia 2 years ago where i still live to this day. This week i was diagnosed with LADA type 1 diabetes which has turned my entire life upside down.
It all started 4 weeks ago when i went to teh GP and did a urine test becuase i had been waking up at night needing a pee for a few months prior. The urine test came up with high blood sugars so the GP over a few weeks took some tests. First was the glucose tolerance test which came back high (15 then 16) after hour 1 and two respectively. Then the A1C which actually came back "normal" meaning i havent had high blood sugar for long at all and then finally some other tests i dont fully understand about antibodies which came back indicative of type 1. Anyway i got the final results monday and then went in to see a specialist tuesday. He confirmed i have a latent form of type 1 which in maybe a month, several months or even years will lead to me being insulin dependant (clearly i hope years).
At the moment i dont have any of the obvious symptoms of diabetes which lead the specialist to conclude my pancreas is still making a healthy amount of insulin. He has put me on type 2 pills though to try and reduce the degradation of my pancreas and given me a blood glucose tester from which he only wants 2 readings over the next week - 1 fasting, 1 after my biggest meal on any particular day.
I have never ate badly and as i mentioned i am not fat but probably havent done that much exercise over the last 12 months. I have been chronically stressed in work for the last 6 months though which is why i went for the new job.
Whilst i have met people recently who are full fledged type 1 and say it is a breeze to manage i am still a total mental wreck. I have been all shades of white over the last 4 weeks, had all sorts of symptoms from shock/anxiety and i am sleeping very poorly each night. Im seeing a counsellor to try and deal with the anxiety and panic i have aswell as exercising very regularly, doing meditation classes and yoga.
I feel very alone about this and Perth does not seem to be very geared up for helping people (mentally) with this condition. I see tonnes of information everywhere about type 2 in perth but there is hardly anything for type 1, particularly my "brand" of type 1. I know the insulin is coming and i know it wont be that bad (the specialist made me do it to myself during our appointment just to show me) but i am very very very nervous, getting upset all the time, sleeping terribly, panicking and even considering returning to the UK over this just to be near family.
Can anyone help please i dont know how to deal with this!!!??????
Karl