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Hi all,
I've been lurking for a while now and figured it was about time to pipe up. A little heads up this is part(/mostly) rant part support request!
So I'm 22 and called Nathan.
I was diagnosed type 1 in January of this year and it was a bit of a shock, No family history, bar my younger brother, wasn't showing any symptoms and went to the hospital for something completely unrelated, they happened to do a bg test and it read 26mmol. Got sent to my GP the following day then spent a couple of weeks going to the diabetic clinic then a few follow up visits, but mainly just keep email contact with my nurse.
I managed pretty well for the first couple of months, but then I started slipping and kinda feel that I'm just sliding down, my routine went out the window and my levels started swinging either way, usually veering towards high. Admittingly my diet isn't great due to my work shifts, I'm a chef I work 10am-10pm+ usually without a break, eating whatever happens to be made for staff lunch and dinner, and usually average 60-70 hours per week across 5 days in a high stress role. I now frequently swing between 2.5 and 25 in the same day.
I don't really know what I'm doing with my Novorapid, I just kinda work it on a 1 units sort of deals with 3 mmol (very roughly) and with my Insuman Basal I just do what my nurse advises which is 9 units in the morning and 6 in the evening.
I consistently feel overwhelmed and confused by it and frequently feel quite depressed by it and just drained, I want to just turn my back and ignore it but I'm sensible enough to know that would be a very bad thing to do.
It doesn't help that at work I have to stop frequently to do blood checks and injections and the other chefs view me as slacking because of it which I myself am starting to feel that I am. Yet I don't like mentioning that I kinda have to do it and don't have a choice.
So I guess the tl/dr version is that i have no idea what I'm doing and need some advice/guidence/support.
Thank you for reading this rant
I've been lurking for a while now and figured it was about time to pipe up. A little heads up this is part(/mostly) rant part support request!
So I'm 22 and called Nathan.
I was diagnosed type 1 in January of this year and it was a bit of a shock, No family history, bar my younger brother, wasn't showing any symptoms and went to the hospital for something completely unrelated, they happened to do a bg test and it read 26mmol. Got sent to my GP the following day then spent a couple of weeks going to the diabetic clinic then a few follow up visits, but mainly just keep email contact with my nurse.
I managed pretty well for the first couple of months, but then I started slipping and kinda feel that I'm just sliding down, my routine went out the window and my levels started swinging either way, usually veering towards high. Admittingly my diet isn't great due to my work shifts, I'm a chef I work 10am-10pm+ usually without a break, eating whatever happens to be made for staff lunch and dinner, and usually average 60-70 hours per week across 5 days in a high stress role. I now frequently swing between 2.5 and 25 in the same day.
I don't really know what I'm doing with my Novorapid, I just kinda work it on a 1 units sort of deals with 3 mmol (very roughly) and with my Insuman Basal I just do what my nurse advises which is 9 units in the morning and 6 in the evening.
I consistently feel overwhelmed and confused by it and frequently feel quite depressed by it and just drained, I want to just turn my back and ignore it but I'm sensible enough to know that would be a very bad thing to do.
It doesn't help that at work I have to stop frequently to do blood checks and injections and the other chefs view me as slacking because of it which I myself am starting to feel that I am. Yet I don't like mentioning that I kinda have to do it and don't have a choice.
So I guess the tl/dr version is that i have no idea what I'm doing and need some advice/guidence/support.
Thank you for reading this rant