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<blockquote data-quote="KK123" data-source="post: 2303993" data-attributes="member: 451727"><p>Hi there, in my opinion a month is nowhere NEAR time enough to even appreciate what you have suddenly been diagnosed with. It is like a bereavement and can take quite a while to come to grips with. You have been told this is something you can't control with diet alone, there are no 'lifestyle' choices you can make to get rid of it, there is NOTHING you can do to send it into remission, all the things you may hear that are attributed to type 2, not type 1 (and hardly easy or simple then). I suspect the way you are feeling is anger pure & simple. I was livid at my diagnosis and it took a few months to accept it but only when I became more experienced at it all. As for 'normal', well it will eventually become normal for you. Accept that you are only a month in and your feelings are perfectly natural, we're only human! Try and talk it through with your family if you can, they are probably treading on eggshells around you not knowing how to help. I wonder if you are able to get in touch with other type 1s of your age?, sometimes it can help to speak with people who have been through something similar. Many people are well meaning of course but have no idea what it is like to live as a type 1 in YOUR shoes, whether it's because they are not type 1 or they are but they're 30 years older or for many other reasons. I'm sending lots of good wishes to you because it can be a very lonely condition. x</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KK123, post: 2303993, member: 451727"] Hi there, in my opinion a month is nowhere NEAR time enough to even appreciate what you have suddenly been diagnosed with. It is like a bereavement and can take quite a while to come to grips with. You have been told this is something you can't control with diet alone, there are no 'lifestyle' choices you can make to get rid of it, there is NOTHING you can do to send it into remission, all the things you may hear that are attributed to type 2, not type 1 (and hardly easy or simple then). I suspect the way you are feeling is anger pure & simple. I was livid at my diagnosis and it took a few months to accept it but only when I became more experienced at it all. As for 'normal', well it will eventually become normal for you. Accept that you are only a month in and your feelings are perfectly natural, we're only human! Try and talk it through with your family if you can, they are probably treading on eggshells around you not knowing how to help. I wonder if you are able to get in touch with other type 1s of your age?, sometimes it can help to speak with people who have been through something similar. Many people are well meaning of course but have no idea what it is like to live as a type 1 in YOUR shoes, whether it's because they are not type 1 or they are but they're 30 years older or for many other reasons. I'm sending lots of good wishes to you because it can be a very lonely condition. x [/QUOTE]
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