Hi Everyone ((waves))
Basically i dont look after myself well enough and i know that if i dont do anything about it now, its going to cause me problems. I want to sort myself out but i just cant seem to get motivated to do anything.
I'm a 23yr old Type 1 diabetic and was diagnosed back in Oct 1989 (19years ago). Everything used to be great control wise, my HBA1C used to always be at about 6 and never had any problems or issues.
Then over the past couple of years everythings gone to pot
1) I dont eat properly - no breakfast, no set meals, constantly eating sugary rubbish or junk food.
2) I dont inject properly - miss injections, late injecting, not injecting the right amount
3) no exercise - not that i've really done any since i played netball at school (unless you count my pathetic attempt of going the gym that lasted about 4months!)
My blood sugar levels (In my opinion) arent that bad (no higher than 20 and my pre-breakfast ones are below 12 about 90% of the time.) I hardly have hypos and i've felt hyper a couple of times due to me missing my injections (when i feel like this i still dont do anything about it most of the time - i just sit there and think "I dont feel well")
I want to get myself back on track, but at the same time I cant be bothered to and I'm enjoying being "normal" and forgetting about being diabetic.
The only person who knows about the issues im having is my BF and he's angel and doesnt nag me or anything (cos he knows that im stubborn and will just look after myself even worse) but he does say that i need to sort myself and that he worries - and he's right - i do need to, so why cant i?
My mom is a nightmare, all she does is constantly go on at me about everything to do with my diabetes - "have you done your injection?" "whats your blood like?" "have you eaten?" "have you had enough to eat?" "you dont eat right!" "you dont do this right!" "you dont do that right!" and she just makes me feel even worse. I wish she'd just shut up and leave me alone.
I also feel down all the time and i guess this stems from my ex finishing with me back in May 07 - even since then things have gone downhill - i cry over the slightest things, when i have an arguement with my BF it feels like the worlds ending, i worry about things that dont need worrying about, i get paranoid etc. Maybe im depressed, i dont know. My BF wants me to go and see someone but i just cant do it. I dont want people thinking im mental, cos im not.
Any help would be appreciated x
Basically i dont look after myself well enough and i know that if i dont do anything about it now, its going to cause me problems. I want to sort myself out but i just cant seem to get motivated to do anything.
I'm a 23yr old Type 1 diabetic and was diagnosed back in Oct 1989 (19years ago). Everything used to be great control wise, my HBA1C used to always be at about 6 and never had any problems or issues.
Then over the past couple of years everythings gone to pot
1) I dont eat properly - no breakfast, no set meals, constantly eating sugary rubbish or junk food.
2) I dont inject properly - miss injections, late injecting, not injecting the right amount
3) no exercise - not that i've really done any since i played netball at school (unless you count my pathetic attempt of going the gym that lasted about 4months!)
My blood sugar levels (In my opinion) arent that bad (no higher than 20 and my pre-breakfast ones are below 12 about 90% of the time.) I hardly have hypos and i've felt hyper a couple of times due to me missing my injections (when i feel like this i still dont do anything about it most of the time - i just sit there and think "I dont feel well")
I want to get myself back on track, but at the same time I cant be bothered to and I'm enjoying being "normal" and forgetting about being diabetic.
The only person who knows about the issues im having is my BF and he's angel and doesnt nag me or anything (cos he knows that im stubborn and will just look after myself even worse) but he does say that i need to sort myself and that he worries - and he's right - i do need to, so why cant i?
My mom is a nightmare, all she does is constantly go on at me about everything to do with my diabetes - "have you done your injection?" "whats your blood like?" "have you eaten?" "have you had enough to eat?" "you dont eat right!" "you dont do this right!" "you dont do that right!" and she just makes me feel even worse. I wish she'd just shut up and leave me alone.
I also feel down all the time and i guess this stems from my ex finishing with me back in May 07 - even since then things have gone downhill - i cry over the slightest things, when i have an arguement with my BF it feels like the worlds ending, i worry about things that dont need worrying about, i get paranoid etc. Maybe im depressed, i dont know. My BF wants me to go and see someone but i just cant do it. I dont want people thinking im mental, cos im not.
Any help would be appreciated x