Search
Search titles only
By:
Search titles only
By:
Home
Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New profile posts
Latest activity
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Log in
Register
Search
Search titles only
By:
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Install the app
Install
Reply to Thread
Guest, we'd love to know what you think about the forum! Take the
Diabetes Forum Survey 2024 »
Home
Forums
Diabetes Discussion
Newly Diagnosed
A new diagnoisee
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Message
<blockquote data-quote="EllieM" data-source="post: 2668133" data-attributes="member: 372717"><p>Hi [USER=583812]@sykwastaken[/USER] and welcome to the forums. I was diagnosed aged 8 more than 10 years before glucometers were invented so can't confirm by experience whether what you are experiencing is normal but can say that according to my understanding it's pretty normal for a new T1 to continue producing some insulin for some time.</p><p>Here's an article about it for children (Less than 12, so I realise you are a bit older than that, but the article says it is <em>less </em>common in children).</p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16629716/[/URL]</p><p></p><p></p><p>The causes of T1 diabetes are still a mystery, though heredity plays a small factor, it seems to be an autoimmune disease which gets triggered somehow. Theories as to possible triggers include a virus or an accident and to be honest I think it's likely that you'll ever know why you got it. (My mother was T1 who was diagnosed very late, with no T1 family members, so I got diagnosed very early because she noticed as soon as I got unusually thirsty.)</p><p></p><p>If your T1 diagnosis is accurate, and there's no reason to suppose otherwise, I would expect you to become completely dependent on insulin. But the progress made in controlling T1 over the last 50 years since I was diagnosed has been miraculous and prospects for new young T1s are improving all the time. I think a career as an astronaut is out but there are very few other things that it need stop you from doing.</p><p></p><p>Do you have frequent check ins with your team/hospital?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EllieM, post: 2668133, member: 372717"] Hi [USER=583812]@sykwastaken[/USER] and welcome to the forums. I was diagnosed aged 8 more than 10 years before glucometers were invented so can't confirm by experience whether what you are experiencing is normal but can say that according to my understanding it's pretty normal for a new T1 to continue producing some insulin for some time. Here's an article about it for children (Less than 12, so I realise you are a bit older than that, but the article says it is [I]less [/I]common in children). [URL unfurl="true"]https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16629716/[/URL] The causes of T1 diabetes are still a mystery, though heredity plays a small factor, it seems to be an autoimmune disease which gets triggered somehow. Theories as to possible triggers include a virus or an accident and to be honest I think it's likely that you'll ever know why you got it. (My mother was T1 who was diagnosed very late, with no T1 family members, so I got diagnosed very early because she noticed as soon as I got unusually thirsty.) If your T1 diagnosis is accurate, and there's no reason to suppose otherwise, I would expect you to become completely dependent on insulin. But the progress made in controlling T1 over the last 50 years since I was diagnosed has been miraculous and prospects for new young T1s are improving all the time. I think a career as an astronaut is out but there are very few other things that it need stop you from doing. Do you have frequent check ins with your team/hospital? [/QUOTE]
Verification
Post Reply
Home
Forums
Diabetes Discussion
Newly Diagnosed
A new diagnoisee
Top
Bottom
Find support, ask questions and share your experiences. Ad free.
Join the community »
This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this site, you are agreeing to our use of cookies.
Accept
Learn More.…