Hello All,
I was enjoying my morning at work when the results of my blood tests came back following a routine GP visit after some random weight loss. Needless to say when I heard the results the world came down a bit like inception.
I spent the weekend in hospital starting out with a blood sugar of around 30 and had to wait for my ketones to come down before I could be discharged
Once I was out I had a mopey day or two at home but once I started to accept it and carry on I have not been overly bothered by it - in fact the only thing I hate is the finger pricking! I suffer from needle phobia also but the constant jabbing is starting to wear the phobia out. The needle goes in almost first time now (there has been a lot of hesitation from time to time).
I am now thinking of purchasing a Dexcom glucose monitor unit, if anyone who has one can give me some advice or has some stories about a CGM please let me know! I have done a lot of research into it and I firmly believe it will help me carry on my life as close to it used to be as possible.
People said the diet change will be the hardest, but there's next to no change for myself. I am a tea and coffee person, both without sugar and I hardly drink alcohol. My food is always cooked from scratch and I rarely eat junk food.
I am already back to work, had a week off. Only one minor hypo which is to be expected while we are still messing around with my doses. How many other problems can be solved with a small bag of jelly babies?! If only life was always this simple!!
So there we have it, just sharing my experience, would be nice to hear from other people who have found out they have type 1 out of the blue and how their are dealing with it all.
EB.
Didnt know they existed!
@TorqPenderloin my personal aim is to keep it in the mid 5's for as long as possible, I think its the perfectionist in me but thanks for those word about the numbers being good, I will stop stressing myself about it. Have you any tips for keeping them in the nice numbers? how long do you find it takes for your blood to rise following a quick acting snack. I have on two occasions panicked and eaten more than I needed to to cure a low blood sugar.
I am yet to speak to the nurse about my doses but 17 seems better, I woke up with 4.6 this morning (6.7 yesterday) but I suppose it takes a few days for Lantus to settle. Although last night around the time I was due for my Lantus, my levels started rising and even after injecting Lantus it went up to 11 (I think its on the graph) so I gave myself a correction dose and waited for it to stop rising.
@JennyNash It is mad isn't it, I thought it could have been anything else but type 1. Hope you are dealing with it well. I think working in an GP Practice maybe masked it a bit as the GPs were there when you needed them or something to that effect.
Well, it's nice that my pancreas still makes some insulin. Obviously, that really helps and my fasting levels are dead level with only 6-8 units of levemir to put it in perspective.@TorqPenderloin my personal aim is to keep it in the mid 5's for as long as possible, I think its the perfectionist in me but thanks for those word about the numbers being good, I will stop stressing myself about it. Have you any tips for keeping them in the nice numbers? how long do you find it takes for your blood to rise following a quick acting snack. I have on two occasions panicked and eaten more than I needed to to cure a low blood sugar.
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