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<blockquote data-quote="wanderingcoda" data-source="post: 2264691" data-attributes="member: 519644"><p>Hi all, relatively newly diagnosed diabetic here! I was pretty anxious before diagnosis and then more anxious with it since the diagnosis was pretty rough (took a while to be properly diagnosed T1 so I just thought I was dying of high blood sugars all the time and then hypoing all the time and thought I was dying of that) and then I started to get control when they finally got me on insulin/sorted my ratios and then COVID followed swiftly so I've basically been an anxious mess all year! I'm also a teacher so in theory may be back to school next week (my blood glucose shot up to 10.7 when that news came out!) and schools are saying they've accepted they won't be able to socially distance so with the data/reality in mind I had two questions. I'm T1, 28 and was super proud of getting my BMI down (18-19 atm) and hba1c down from 105 to 44 in 3 months. </p><p></p><p>1) Since I'm young is my risk actually worse than the general population - I see its so low but does my low hba1c and low BMI compromise this? I also live and work in deprived areas in London and have to tube in idk if that would be a factor or not). I'm simultaneously willing myself to be less 'at risk' so I can feel less anxious/at ease as things go back to normal (as I assume I won't be able to 'hide' forever) but I'm also worried my employers will find out under 40s aren't at risk and will call me in before I'm ready ...</p><p>2) If low BMI and low hba1c are risk factors should I be doing anything about this? All the advice is 'eat well', 'exercise well' but I'm now worried I'm 'too' controlled and should I ... 'let go' a bit? Seems silly though ... I also have a wedding dress to fit in to (whenever that wedding may be now ...) so I don't want to let go too much!!</p><p>Any advice? </p><p>Thanks all xxx</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wanderingcoda, post: 2264691, member: 519644"] Hi all, relatively newly diagnosed diabetic here! I was pretty anxious before diagnosis and then more anxious with it since the diagnosis was pretty rough (took a while to be properly diagnosed T1 so I just thought I was dying of high blood sugars all the time and then hypoing all the time and thought I was dying of that) and then I started to get control when they finally got me on insulin/sorted my ratios and then COVID followed swiftly so I've basically been an anxious mess all year! I'm also a teacher so in theory may be back to school next week (my blood glucose shot up to 10.7 when that news came out!) and schools are saying they've accepted they won't be able to socially distance so with the data/reality in mind I had two questions. I'm T1, 28 and was super proud of getting my BMI down (18-19 atm) and hba1c down from 105 to 44 in 3 months. 1) Since I'm young is my risk actually worse than the general population - I see its so low but does my low hba1c and low BMI compromise this? I also live and work in deprived areas in London and have to tube in idk if that would be a factor or not). I'm simultaneously willing myself to be less 'at risk' so I can feel less anxious/at ease as things go back to normal (as I assume I won't be able to 'hide' forever) but I'm also worried my employers will find out under 40s aren't at risk and will call me in before I'm ready ... 2) If low BMI and low hba1c are risk factors should I be doing anything about this? All the advice is 'eat well', 'exercise well' but I'm now worried I'm 'too' controlled and should I ... 'let go' a bit? Seems silly though ... I also have a wedding dress to fit in to (whenever that wedding may be now ...) so I don't want to let go too much!! Any advice? Thanks all xxx [/QUOTE]
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