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Hey I have been on the site for over a yearish... now but never actually posted or registered on the forum..

But I thought I might aswell signup and say hey....

I am a Type1 Diabetic, and was diagnosed when I was 17(I think heh) I am now 22! I initially started loosing weight and drinking/peeing a lot! I didn't think anything was wrong as it came on gradually.. but people kept telling me to see a doctor and that I was diabetic obivously I didn't think anything of it, but regardless I went to see the doctor after about a month and even he said it was doubtfull at my age anyhow he gave me a blood test form to go get my blood tested so about 2weeks later I got off my ass and did the blood test, anyhow that evening I was just making a nice big pasta! and sat down and eat about 1/2 of it when my dad got a call from my docotor about 6pm. The doctor asked my dad if I was with him and if I was still ok? obviously I was, I was sat next to him, the doctor then told him they have a bed waiting for me at the hospital and if we needed an abulance... I didn't! I was fine as fas as I was concerned, anyhow once at the hospital they do a blood sugar test twice and it didn't register... they then did it a 3rd time on a different machine at which it regered 72.5! the highest they havd ever seen... I was in hospital 3days and then finally wen't home.

I have had big issues with my diabetes, it's been extremely up and down... I have never been good with my insullin but lately I have been trying to get better and manage it correctly. my last hbac1 was 8.7 IIRC, but need to get it down, so far I eat Apline Muselie in the morning and soup for lunch, some times I have a brown baguette with the soup too and just whatever me and my partner feel like in the evening, I was have a lot of deserts after tea but I have now cut them out completely. I think the biggest problem for me is taking my insullin I always take it after my meal, but am trying to get into the habbit of taking it before!! (When do you take your's?) Also, what do you eat?

My partner has noticed that I have Diarrhea, now I haddn't really noticed at it isn't extremely runny or anything but it is very soft poo and I can't remember when I had a hard poo last? is this of any concern d oyou think?

I am starting late but with a baby girl due in September I think it is fianlly time to sort my habbit out and would love to see a hbac1 of 5/6

I apperciate any comments you guys have :).

Thanks

P.S. There will prob bee loads!! of spelling mistakes! :mrgreen: heh
 
Hi,
You think your story strange, well mime was similar but I was in my 50s and they kept me in for 10 days, type one hits in many different ways. I'm lucky, I found some good advice at the start and it has helped me to keep a good HbA1c.
Ok, what steps can you take to control the monster?
You haven't said what type of insulin you are taking, I hope its a basal bolus regime (ie novorapid, humalogue or Apidra before meals(bolus) and lantus or levimir for your basal, I don't have experience of the biphasic insulins.
I think that there are 2 equally important parts to basic control.
The first is to work out your bolus insulin dose correctly. This depends upon how many carbohydrates you are eating, so you therefore need to be able to count them. Their type is also important as sometimes you need to adjust timing for slower working carbs.(but thats lesson 2!)
Equally important is that your basal is corrrect. That should be dealing with the glucose created by your liver and should keep your blood glucose very steady in between meals. (lesson 3?)
Probably the best thing to do is to get onto a DAFNE course where they will teach you these things and you can also get to know other type1s . You should ask your healthcare team about this.
However, from what I've read some areas don't do courses or have long waiting lists. There is a very good online alternative available from the hospital in Bournemouth
http://www.bdec-e-learning.com/
I should add that you should use you meter as a tool, if you record your levels before and 2 hours after meals and at bedtime and first thing you can quickly get an idea of patterns and where you may need to make changes.
Probably too much info, sorry but I hope some of it is useful :)
 
Yes I am on novarapid(and 38units of glargine at night)... I kinda have it worked I normally take about 6-10units during meals, for soup I think I have managed that at about 4units... I might need to drop it to 2.. as I have only recently gone on to just soup nothing else (I'm 6ft weighing in at 14.5ST I don't look fat but have a little belly I need too loose heh),

I'm in the isle of man and have never heard of the DAFNE course, I have seen a nurse about carb counting but still... I can count carbs when on packet's just about! lol but how am I supposed to coun't a meal I make or a meal at the resturant?? TBH I'm not going to say I have never been offered advice etc, I know I have but I have been a very self dependant person and stubbon really so not paid much attention hence why I'm in the situation now, I have also been neglagent.

I will defantly be look on t he bdec site!

Dam meters! lol, I hate pricking my self all the time, it doesn't hurt just annoying... I have tried keeping uptodate on it, but will try harder.

So you recommend 2hours before my meal and 2hours after for testing my bloods? that would give a good monitoring indication?

Also I forgot to mention in my first post I work two jobs, day job tue-sat 9-5.30 and on Wed and Friday I also work in a pizza place, 6pm-12.30am Wed and 6pm-1.30am Sat, will this affect my bloods working such a long shift?

P.S. Better to much than too little! :)
 
I think what phoenix said was to test before your meal, then 2 hrs after the meal. That is what you need to do.

Ken.
 
devboy, take it one step at a time, it's loads of information to take in. Lots of new terminology and different ways of doing things. Get one thing right then move on to the next.

Carb counting becomes second nature after a while, but restaurants are definitely the hardest and even experienced people make mistakes sometimes. I've counted carbs for 27 years and still slip up, especially if it's somewhere new. But it's a good way to learn.

Understanding what different types of carb do to your blood sugar, and how quickly, is also really important, and the only way to learn this is to test test and test again! Get used to it! I totally understand where you are coming from, I was diagnosed at 14 and had a pretty reckless youth doing all the "wrong" things. Not any more. :wink:
 
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