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<blockquote data-quote="Sookie" data-source="post: 165657" data-attributes="member: 30736"><p>Hi JJWM!</p><p></p><p>I spent the last 7 years not injecting, eating the wrong foods and being ill all the time with my diabetes. I didn't want to know, everytime I thought about my diabetes I would remember my mother who died when i was 11 when she had no control of her diabetes. </p><p></p><p>I would lie to Doctors, to family and friends about my BG levels and even though they would confront me about it clearly pointing out that I was not under control, i still lied. I denied everything. AND i hated the lectures! Constantly being reminded about what would happen to me, constantly being asked if I had injected and what my BG's were...it drove me crazy. I felt like I was drowning in my diabetes.</p><p></p><p>Until one day the eye specialist asked me if i was planning to have children, when I said yes I plan to one day, he said to me that judging from my eyes I was not under control and that I needed to sort myself out now or having children would be out of the question. I could actually make my diabetes 3 times worse if I fell pregnant at my level. That scared me so much that it gave me the kick I needed, I never thought of myself before and didnt care but now it would affect my husband, my family and our future. Not that it didn't already...</p><p></p><p>So far I am working on controlling my diabetes, I am nowhere near a decent level and I struggle everyday with it. It has improved, my BG's are getting lower and I hope in the next few years I can speak to my Doctor about children and not hear any lectures. </p><p></p><p>What I can say is seek help and advice like your life depends on it (which it does i guess... hehe) If you're Doctor is driving you crazy, switch until you find the golden one. Stay up to date with a Diabetic community like this and expand your knowledge on how to improve your health and not constantly look at the negative points about Diabetes. Definately look into DAFNE like the above posts have suggested and in the mean time use this link that I was given <a href="http://www.bdec-e-learning.com" target="_blank">http://www.bdec-e-learning.com</a> . It explains the Carb to Insulin ratio and also has mini info articles which leads to a mini quiz. </p><p></p><p>Injections, get smaller needles and inject quickly, reduces pain (imo). BG meters, I personally use freestyle lite for the fact that you don't need a lot of blood for it to work, a pin prick size will do and in time you can test your blood in different areas, in the beginning I would suggest fingers.</p><p></p><p>Try to face the fact that the Pancreas is not working like other folk and we need to take insulin to survive. Once you come to terms with this, everything else will become easier to do.</p><p></p><p>You're not alone</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sookie, post: 165657, member: 30736"] Hi JJWM! I spent the last 7 years not injecting, eating the wrong foods and being ill all the time with my diabetes. I didn't want to know, everytime I thought about my diabetes I would remember my mother who died when i was 11 when she had no control of her diabetes. I would lie to Doctors, to family and friends about my BG levels and even though they would confront me about it clearly pointing out that I was not under control, i still lied. I denied everything. AND i hated the lectures! Constantly being reminded about what would happen to me, constantly being asked if I had injected and what my BG's were...it drove me crazy. I felt like I was drowning in my diabetes. Until one day the eye specialist asked me if i was planning to have children, when I said yes I plan to one day, he said to me that judging from my eyes I was not under control and that I needed to sort myself out now or having children would be out of the question. I could actually make my diabetes 3 times worse if I fell pregnant at my level. That scared me so much that it gave me the kick I needed, I never thought of myself before and didnt care but now it would affect my husband, my family and our future. Not that it didn't already... So far I am working on controlling my diabetes, I am nowhere near a decent level and I struggle everyday with it. It has improved, my BG's are getting lower and I hope in the next few years I can speak to my Doctor about children and not hear any lectures. What I can say is seek help and advice like your life depends on it (which it does i guess... hehe) If you're Doctor is driving you crazy, switch until you find the golden one. Stay up to date with a Diabetic community like this and expand your knowledge on how to improve your health and not constantly look at the negative points about Diabetes. Definately look into DAFNE like the above posts have suggested and in the mean time use this link that I was given [url=http://www.bdec-e-learning.com]http://www.bdec-e-learning.com[/url] . It explains the Carb to Insulin ratio and also has mini info articles which leads to a mini quiz. Injections, get smaller needles and inject quickly, reduces pain (imo). BG meters, I personally use freestyle lite for the fact that you don't need a lot of blood for it to work, a pin prick size will do and in time you can test your blood in different areas, in the beginning I would suggest fingers. Try to face the fact that the Pancreas is not working like other folk and we need to take insulin to survive. Once you come to terms with this, everything else will become easier to do. You're not alone [/QUOTE]
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