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Hi Danny. Diabetes is 24/7 and that 's a huge bind. We all have good and bad days and whatever you read, nobody finds it easy. Gotta just keep plodding and trying your best


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Hey Danny, You don't need to worry so much.Everybody in the world does face such kind of issues.Just thank god that you have been diagnosed with a disease that is treatable and controllable.

It is a pain n takes up a lot if your time each day! Every activity n goin out u have to think if u have a sugar fix in yer bag , car etc! U cant jus up n go! N goin on a niteOut i now have to makesure handbag is big enough to take my kit its a pain but ye have to jus get on with it, whats the alternative!


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Yeah there is no let up, and it can grind you down. Luckily the professionals who look after us are realising now that depression can often come from dealing with diabetes long term. I always try to look at it as, there are much worse diseases out there to get. In a sense we are lucky. Before I was diagnosed all my friends and family thought I had cancer and was going to die, they were too scared to tell me. So everyone was relieved it was only diabetes. They don't have to live with it every day of course. But I know people with multiple sclerosis and cystic fibrosis. I do feel lucky compared to them. One day at a time.

One thing that really lifted me up was going on the DAFNE course with other diabetics and sharing their experiences. See if you can sign up for that.

I had a load of trouble prior to joining this forum. I'd lost control of my diabetes for a number of years and things were gradually getting worse. Hypos coming out of the blue and my glucose meter was like the National Lottery, I couldn't guess what number I was going to get. My sleep patterns went all over the place, strugggling to sleep at night a few nights running and then I'd sleep for 12 hours straight the next night. As a result of what was happening, I lost a lot confidence to hold myself together and also found it tough to control emotions. I was hurting each day, not from pin pricks but from having less and less control of my diabetes.

I found putting more time into the diabetes helped to turn things around. Testing around 7 times a day instead of 3 or 4 times. Low carbing took away a lot of wild swings in blood sugar levels. Another thing was persistence, persistence to keep on testing and reviewing but also persistence in reading up about things I didn't understand.

Ed