Hi everyone
I'm a 29 year old male from Scotland living in Ireland who's just found out this week that I have type I diabetes.
After a few weeks of my fiance telling me to go to the doctors after having lost about 3 stone in the last couple of months I went and following blood tests discovered I had blood sugar levels of 12.3 and was diabetic. The fact I found this out on the way up to my stag at a lodge in the highlands wasn't exact;y ideal and spent a weekend there feeling quite disconnected and depressed and probably spent more time on the phone with my fiance than is appropriate for a stag do. I really had no idea what to do as I hadn't really been told anything other than avoid sugary things and don't drink too much. Which I did though looking back I probably shouldn't have had the 3/4 beers a day I did have.
I was originally told over the phone that I was type 2 but after visiting the hospital on my return to see a diabetic nurse who tested my ketones turns out I'm type 1 and had a ketone reading of 6.2. I've been injecting insulin and testing my glucose and ketones every day now since Tuesday which hasn't been too bad but it's quite a thought I'll be doing this for the rest of my life. We've largely cleared the ketones but my glucose levels this weekend have generally been in the 10-15 range. I want to start counting carbs as soon as possible to try and take some control. The nurse has been great but is telling me to keep injection levels as they are now based on a sliding scale but don't seem enough to me. I suppose I'm worried about the long term damage I'm currently doing. She's talked about getting me on the DAFNE course which I'm keen to do.
I was also planning on doing a half marathon this summer before diagnosis which I'd still like to do but will need to talk to the doctor/nurse about that I suppose. Got an appointment on Tuesday so hopefully that moves things forwards a bit. I imagine the same sort of story as the one above gets posted in this forum all the time but I feel better for typing it out if nothing else.
My fiance has been really great and come to my appointments with me. If it wasn't for her I'd probably still not have seen a doctor and probably wouldn't be diagnosed until I was in hospital. We're getting married back in Scotland next month and hopefully I have things stabilised a bit by then. Going to NZ for 3 weeks for the honeymoon so really it's essential things are under control by then.
Anyway - hello everyone!
I'm a 29 year old male from Scotland living in Ireland who's just found out this week that I have type I diabetes.
After a few weeks of my fiance telling me to go to the doctors after having lost about 3 stone in the last couple of months I went and following blood tests discovered I had blood sugar levels of 12.3 and was diabetic. The fact I found this out on the way up to my stag at a lodge in the highlands wasn't exact;y ideal and spent a weekend there feeling quite disconnected and depressed and probably spent more time on the phone with my fiance than is appropriate for a stag do. I really had no idea what to do as I hadn't really been told anything other than avoid sugary things and don't drink too much. Which I did though looking back I probably shouldn't have had the 3/4 beers a day I did have.
I was originally told over the phone that I was type 2 but after visiting the hospital on my return to see a diabetic nurse who tested my ketones turns out I'm type 1 and had a ketone reading of 6.2. I've been injecting insulin and testing my glucose and ketones every day now since Tuesday which hasn't been too bad but it's quite a thought I'll be doing this for the rest of my life. We've largely cleared the ketones but my glucose levels this weekend have generally been in the 10-15 range. I want to start counting carbs as soon as possible to try and take some control. The nurse has been great but is telling me to keep injection levels as they are now based on a sliding scale but don't seem enough to me. I suppose I'm worried about the long term damage I'm currently doing. She's talked about getting me on the DAFNE course which I'm keen to do.
I was also planning on doing a half marathon this summer before diagnosis which I'd still like to do but will need to talk to the doctor/nurse about that I suppose. Got an appointment on Tuesday so hopefully that moves things forwards a bit. I imagine the same sort of story as the one above gets posted in this forum all the time but I feel better for typing it out if nothing else.
My fiance has been really great and come to my appointments with me. If it wasn't for her I'd probably still not have seen a doctor and probably wouldn't be diagnosed until I was in hospital. We're getting married back in Scotland next month and hopefully I have things stabilised a bit by then. Going to NZ for 3 weeks for the honeymoon so really it's essential things are under control by then.
Anyway - hello everyone!