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<blockquote data-quote="AntLockyer" data-source="post: 285663" data-attributes="member: 44530"><p><strong>Did certain emotions come through?</strong></p><p>I was relieved it was diabetes and not prostate cancer. Once I'd done a little research I thought it was well manageable and could have a positive effect on my life forcing me to eat well and excercise well and also gave me a kick up the bum to get on with my life and live everyday to it's fullest.</p><p></p><p><strong>Was your diagnosis handled well by your health team?</strong></p><p>It's taken 6 weeks for me to be correctly diagnosed as type 1 and given insulin. Tehre were bungles and guesses along the way that weren't handled well and contributed to making me a little anxious at times. Once at the diabetic centre things have been superb.</p><p></p><p><strong>How did your family react to your diagnosis and how did that you make you feel?</strong></p><p>My mum tried to educate me and it made me angry, I'd done my own research and knew what I wanted to do about my condition. She has been very supportive though and offered to pay for private medical if I wanted it. </p><p>My wife has been wonderful, learning all she can, cooking what I needed, embracing teh low carbness of it all and being an absolute rock. You can see why I married her.</p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Did your diagnosis make you feel different in any way?</strong></p><p>Made me embrace life more.</p><p><strong>Has your diagnosis affected your work in any way?</strong></p><p>Eyesight has been blurry at times which hasn't helped. Visits to the nurse has cost me time and I'm trying to catch up on that. The first couple of weeks I was thinking about diabetes more than my job.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AntLockyer, post: 285663, member: 44530"] [b]Did certain emotions come through?[/b] I was relieved it was diabetes and not prostate cancer. Once I'd done a little research I thought it was well manageable and could have a positive effect on my life forcing me to eat well and excercise well and also gave me a kick up the bum to get on with my life and live everyday to it's fullest. [b]Was your diagnosis handled well by your health team?[/b] It's taken 6 weeks for me to be correctly diagnosed as type 1 and given insulin. Tehre were bungles and guesses along the way that weren't handled well and contributed to making me a little anxious at times. Once at the diabetic centre things have been superb. [b]How did your family react to your diagnosis and how did that you make you feel?[/b] My mum tried to educate me and it made me angry, I'd done my own research and knew what I wanted to do about my condition. She has been very supportive though and offered to pay for private medical if I wanted it. My wife has been wonderful, learning all she can, cooking what I needed, embracing teh low carbness of it all and being an absolute rock. You can see why I married her. [b] Did your diagnosis make you feel different in any way?[/b] Made me embrace life more. [b]Has your diagnosis affected your work in any way?[/b] Eyesight has been blurry at times which hasn't helped. Visits to the nurse has cost me time and I'm trying to catch up on that. The first couple of weeks I was thinking about diabetes more than my job. [/QUOTE]
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