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- Type of diabetes
- Type 1
- Treatment type
- Insulin
Ok so firstly please do not let this post offend you if you are really struggling with Type one or you have to deal with complications or other medical conditions, or other issues in general. I have felt compelled to write this piece to reassure anybody newly diagnosed and new to this forum to please not allow some of the very negative posts to bring you down or mislead you into thinking dealing with this condition will always be difficult.
In my own experience of being type one since September, I don't know what all the fuss is about. I think it is such an easy condition to live with compared to many other much worse ailments.I prick my finger 3-8 times per day and inject myself when I eat, generally 2-4 times per day. When I am exercising and eating low carb I generally only need to inject the slow release Insulin. I have had one hypo which wasn't the worst experience of my life and i generally keep my blood sugars between 4 & 7. Am I lucky in this respect? maybe but maybe you will be too.
When I first started reading the threads on this forum I convinced myself that the future was pretty grim, this so does not have to be the case. Type one is so much easier to live with now than what it was ten or even five years ago (according to my consultant).
I can only speak for myself (30 year old male no commitments outside of work) but it has had such a minimal impact on my life. On a plus side I enjoy body building and insulin is very anabolic, great for building muscle! I have met an incredible girl who was not remotely put off by me being diabetic (that was a crazy thought that first went through my head). So my message is please be positive there isn't really anything to be that down about in the scheme of things!!!!
In my own experience of being type one since September, I don't know what all the fuss is about. I think it is such an easy condition to live with compared to many other much worse ailments.I prick my finger 3-8 times per day and inject myself when I eat, generally 2-4 times per day. When I am exercising and eating low carb I generally only need to inject the slow release Insulin. I have had one hypo which wasn't the worst experience of my life and i generally keep my blood sugars between 4 & 7. Am I lucky in this respect? maybe but maybe you will be too.
When I first started reading the threads on this forum I convinced myself that the future was pretty grim, this so does not have to be the case. Type one is so much easier to live with now than what it was ten or even five years ago (according to my consultant).
I can only speak for myself (30 year old male no commitments outside of work) but it has had such a minimal impact on my life. On a plus side I enjoy body building and insulin is very anabolic, great for building muscle! I have met an incredible girl who was not remotely put off by me being diabetic (that was a crazy thought that first went through my head). So my message is please be positive there isn't really anything to be that down about in the scheme of things!!!!