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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Grant_Vicat" data-source="post: 1925567" data-attributes="member: 388932">Hi [USER=495598]@ktkrshw[/USER] I know exactly where you are coming from. When I started at university, aged 20, I had already been a Type 1 for 19 years. When I was 8, I was in a coma for 5 days: when I was 13, I was unable to read the name of the railway station on the opposite platform, yet my visual acuity was excellent normally; when I was 15, I showed signs of kidney disease. At university amongst other subjects I studied booze and free living until I was read the riot act at King's College Hospital. Like you I was depressed, mainly because I realised I had neglected what diabetic advice was available then (primitive, but preferable to my choice) and because I thought life would end in an abrupt and ghastly way. But I came to my senses and started regular use of the new blood sugar meters (massive) lent by the hospital. A few months later my father remarked "I think this is the first time you have realised what it's like to feel well." He was dead right,One of the problems is that in your depressed state, information becomes overwhelming, but I especially agree with those who have said use a meter. You will soon see what causes you to feel unwell, which can include: lethargy, nausea, excessive peeing and thirst, runny nose, diarrhoea, blurred vision, violent mood swings, headaches and not wanting to be with people. The blood meter revolutionised my life and dramatically slowed down kidney disease (they lasted until 2013), and retinopathy (the last laser treatment was in 1983) which enabled me to have a kidney/pancreas transplant in 2013. I have had a great life thanks to that clinic visit back in 1979. I sm now 60 and am able to drive, read, write, travel and celebrate 36 years of marriage, in fact today! I hope this, and the other posts, will shine a bright light at the end of what seems a monstrous tunnel. The very best of luck!</blockquote>

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