Hi Kerry,
Yep - remember that fog - though it was 25 years a go and I was a teenager, so I think my parents really experienced the fog and I just wondered around trying to work out what on earth was going on. I think I was lucky 'cos my sugar was only 20 something - but then I am sure that type 1 had been coming on for the previous 6 months with that distinctive thirst that you get - also I vividly remember that insulin miracle - I remember my first injection in hospital and starting to feel better and less lethargic - I hadn't even realised that I hadn't been feeling well! I also remember a line of junior doctors coming to look at me and smell my breath!!!! a real live brand new diabetic on the ward was a draw.
Anyway - notes, and books and DAFNE - there is lots to learn and everyone is an individual so you will get to learn about yourself and how your body responds to foods and exercise really well as the months go on. Keep in touch with your diabetes team and you'll learn to manage it all. I guess the only advice is take care of yourself, it's not something you can ignore but it is something that you can manage and control (though I still find I get a curveball every now and again, and I think that is quite normal and that is why you have all that support and experience in place at the hospital, so you can just call them and learn from their experience too).
Don't panic - we are all here, and it will get clearer - good luck.
Yep - remember that fog - though it was 25 years a go and I was a teenager, so I think my parents really experienced the fog and I just wondered around trying to work out what on earth was going on. I think I was lucky 'cos my sugar was only 20 something - but then I am sure that type 1 had been coming on for the previous 6 months with that distinctive thirst that you get - also I vividly remember that insulin miracle - I remember my first injection in hospital and starting to feel better and less lethargic - I hadn't even realised that I hadn't been feeling well! I also remember a line of junior doctors coming to look at me and smell my breath!!!! a real live brand new diabetic on the ward was a draw.
Anyway - notes, and books and DAFNE - there is lots to learn and everyone is an individual so you will get to learn about yourself and how your body responds to foods and exercise really well as the months go on. Keep in touch with your diabetes team and you'll learn to manage it all. I guess the only advice is take care of yourself, it's not something you can ignore but it is something that you can manage and control (though I still find I get a curveball every now and again, and I think that is quite normal and that is why you have all that support and experience in place at the hospital, so you can just call them and learn from their experience too).
Don't panic - we are all here, and it will get clearer - good luck.
