I once had a manager who told me that he thought I was always thinking about something else----dead right I was because I was mind monitoring my condition.....!!!!!!Wow Snapsy - what an amazing read, I completely resonate with all of this. I feel like showing this to my consultant and DSN !!
Having type 1 at times can make me feel so alone, I can't share the multitude of thoughts that go through my mind with anyone else, but you have pinpointed exactly all of it in this post. It is always walking a tightrope to me, i've become less social since diagnosis but to be honest it is too much effort that no one else understands. To me it's a 24 hour condition, I am always either monitoring/thinking or doing something connected to my type 1, if I wake up at night I immediately think am I high/low. I am still waiting for it to become second nature so maybe I can go back to being my old carefree self again, but somehow I don't think that will happen..
It is also work in progress, constantly, each day tweaking and analysing, every event requires meticulous planning. I gave up my old sales job because the anxiety of having and worrying about hypos was too much and was wearing me out. I now have an easy desk job on alot less money, and of course less exercise but then I don't have to worry about the embarrassment of having a hypo in front of strangers in a meeting which had run over anymore.
I do take better care of myself nowadays, less alcohol, more exercise, better food, but all of that is the combined result of wanting to get better BG levels and to stick around to a ripe old age to watch my gorgeous daughter grow up.
I would say to a newly diagnosed T1 don't pay any attention to that video, It can be hard work but it's not as bad as that! 43 yrs T1 and i've never been that stressed!If you go to YouTube and type in #Type1uncut you will find some useful and informative video's of what it's like to live with type 1 diabetes, here's some information about how #Type1uncut came about:
https://www.diabetes.org.uk/Guide-to-diabetes/Type-1-Uncut-for-young-adults/
I quite like the following, it's an amusing take on the frustrations of everyday life with type 1 like testing, injecting and clinic appointments to name a few:
I guess nobody's going to take me seriously but if you're not stressed you'renot paying attention.I would say to a newly diagnosed T1 don't pay any attention to that video, It can be hard work but it's not as bad as that! 43 yrs T1 and i've never been that stressed!
I think if i'de seen that video when I was diagnosed at 16 it would have frightened the life out of me, not really what a newly diagnosed T1 needs, like I said it's not as bad as that is it?I don't think being stressed is going to help anyone concentrate.
As for the video, obviously over exaggerated but we all have days a bit like that.
like I said it's not as bad as that is it?
I don't do it in public if I can possibly avoid it, who would actually want people to see that?
Do people really get strange looks when they inject in public? I can't say i've ever had one and i've never been told to go into the lav to inject, perhaps i've just been lucky.
On the other foot, who would actually be in the slightest bit bothered about seeing someone doing an insulin shot?I don't do it in public if I can possibly avoid it, who would actually want people to see that?
I was at a restaurant the other week with a big group of people. My being diagnosed came up and I was asked a barrage of questions, including if I have to use insulin. I told them what the regime was and one person asked "So, will you have to give yourself an injection for this meal?". I told him I already had about 10 minutes ago. They were all nattering and didn't notice.People generally don't notice, or if they do don't care. I sat next to the same guy at work for 5 years and I always injected at my desk. It came up once in conversation and he was surprised that I had been doing it! If you act like it's normal and no big deal people will follow your lead.
You'd be surprised. Last year I took the grandkids out for the day, my 6 yr old granddaughter bought her best friend along.On the other foot, who would actually be in the slightest bit bothered about seeing someone doing an insulin shot?
Where does a diabetic Ninja put all their trust to defeat glucose?I always thought Diabetics and ninja's have more in common than people realise 
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