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<blockquote data-quote="hlt88" data-source="post: 1859058" data-attributes="member: 401404"><p>I feel for you. Your diagnosis situation is pretty much the same as my 21 year old son. Diagnosed age 17 - nearly 18 and came completely out of the blue - no history of T1 in our families. Interesting you say you were advised T1 onset was due to stress/traumatic experience - my son had recently taken his GCSE's examinations - he's not academic, I'd put a fair amount of pressure on him to revise - I often wonder if the stress of this was a trigger. However, prior to that about 6/8 months before he'd had whooping cough, so I guess his immune system was low. Anyway, like you he is ignoring his diabetes. I would say he NEVER tests his blood sugars, and he guesses insulin requirements for the carbs he's eaten. He has also recently completed a carb-counting course. He lies about testing his bs levels - says he's done it but he hasn't He finds the bs testing the worst part of diabetes management, so consequently he's not doing it. I've tried everything - crying, screaming, anger, pleading, supporting......NOTHING will make him test his bs levels. He's not interested in the Libre CGM either as he doesn't want anything attached to his body or visible to anyone - he's very cagey about letting ANYONE know he's a T1 diabetic - which is a worry to me as he is now living away from home at university. Needless to say his bs are very high all the time. I understand from his diabetes consultant that it is a common thing among young people that they don't manage their diabetes well during this part of their life.....and then suddenly, something kicks in - maturity? fear? responsibility? makes them start managing their diabetes. I am praying for this to kick in with my son. For you I would say you have also been in this denial/anger situation regards your diabetes, but it seems to me the fact that you have made contact on this forum shows you are gently moving into the phase of taking responsibility for your health. It might not be fully kicked in yet, but it's certainly in your thoughts and that's a good thing. I think a T1 diabetes diagnosis is depressing enough as it is to deal with......and especially when you are a young person and have many other things to deal with or learn about in life. I would suggest small steps each day. Don't dwell on when you didn't manage your T1 well, just focus on the positive management and the benefit this will have on your bs. If you could set yourself a target of testing your bs before a meal even just once a day that would mean you could see where your bs levels are, calculate your insulin dosage for your meal and also calculate a correction insulin dose also if you need to bring your bs levels down. This once a day bs test would allow you to give a managed insulin dose according to your bs level needs. Make that a routine that you can stick to and not necessarily to a time limit before you up your game. Just make it a routine that is as natural as the other routine things you do such as brushing your teeth. I feel if you can do this it is A) manageable B) not too intrusive on your day to day life C)…..I feel that after time of doing this routine....you will become "curious" during other times in your day wanting to know what your bs levels are up to and will sneak in another test.....and perhaps another...and over time you will see that you are managing your T1. I wish all good health, good health management and happiness to you and to all the T1's - especially the young adults, struggling to get back control......hang in there, small steps each day and you will succeed. God bless.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hlt88, post: 1859058, member: 401404"] I feel for you. Your diagnosis situation is pretty much the same as my 21 year old son. Diagnosed age 17 - nearly 18 and came completely out of the blue - no history of T1 in our families. Interesting you say you were advised T1 onset was due to stress/traumatic experience - my son had recently taken his GCSE's examinations - he's not academic, I'd put a fair amount of pressure on him to revise - I often wonder if the stress of this was a trigger. However, prior to that about 6/8 months before he'd had whooping cough, so I guess his immune system was low. Anyway, like you he is ignoring his diabetes. I would say he NEVER tests his blood sugars, and he guesses insulin requirements for the carbs he's eaten. He has also recently completed a carb-counting course. He lies about testing his bs levels - says he's done it but he hasn't He finds the bs testing the worst part of diabetes management, so consequently he's not doing it. I've tried everything - crying, screaming, anger, pleading, supporting......NOTHING will make him test his bs levels. He's not interested in the Libre CGM either as he doesn't want anything attached to his body or visible to anyone - he's very cagey about letting ANYONE know he's a T1 diabetic - which is a worry to me as he is now living away from home at university. Needless to say his bs are very high all the time. I understand from his diabetes consultant that it is a common thing among young people that they don't manage their diabetes well during this part of their life.....and then suddenly, something kicks in - maturity? fear? responsibility? makes them start managing their diabetes. I am praying for this to kick in with my son. For you I would say you have also been in this denial/anger situation regards your diabetes, but it seems to me the fact that you have made contact on this forum shows you are gently moving into the phase of taking responsibility for your health. It might not be fully kicked in yet, but it's certainly in your thoughts and that's a good thing. I think a T1 diabetes diagnosis is depressing enough as it is to deal with......and especially when you are a young person and have many other things to deal with or learn about in life. I would suggest small steps each day. Don't dwell on when you didn't manage your T1 well, just focus on the positive management and the benefit this will have on your bs. If you could set yourself a target of testing your bs before a meal even just once a day that would mean you could see where your bs levels are, calculate your insulin dosage for your meal and also calculate a correction insulin dose also if you need to bring your bs levels down. This once a day bs test would allow you to give a managed insulin dose according to your bs level needs. Make that a routine that you can stick to and not necessarily to a time limit before you up your game. Just make it a routine that is as natural as the other routine things you do such as brushing your teeth. I feel if you can do this it is A) manageable B) not too intrusive on your day to day life C)…..I feel that after time of doing this routine....you will become "curious" during other times in your day wanting to know what your bs levels are up to and will sneak in another test.....and perhaps another...and over time you will see that you are managing your T1. I wish all good health, good health management and happiness to you and to all the T1's - especially the young adults, struggling to get back control......hang in there, small steps each day and you will succeed. God bless. [/QUOTE]
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