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<blockquote data-quote="abs" data-source="post: 285703" data-attributes="member: 44491"><p><strong>Did certain emotions come through?</strong></p><p>Wanted to die, hated the idea of needles still do - very needle phobic and was angry as i knew for a year something was wrong and given the fact that the HB1ac count came back as 12.5% showed that i was right. Wanted to blame GP's and everyone else telling me it was in my head when in fact it was real that no it was not stress causing me to show up positive a year before for a test. That i had gone there at the start of the week to be told i only wanted to be there for a chat no it was because i knew i had every single symptom of type 1 and enough was enough.</p><p></p><p><strong>Was your diagnosis handled well by your health team?</strong></p><p>My Gp said i was the worst person to get diabetes and there was a lot of stress for everyone into how i would deal with it and at one stage they had to inject me everyday and i would not have insulin at weekends. It meant that the crisis team took me more seriously as i really took the news badly. But the hospital were great, got to try tablets for a week to get me used to it, can ring the nurse or email her and have seen her 4 times now since end of march. They understand that there is some other issues going on in my life and that until its all sorted out i cant have certain treatments and work with that fact to help me.</p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>How did your family react to your diagnosis and how did that you make you feel?</strong></p><p>They were concerned that i would harm myself or not ever be able to inject myself. What made me angry was that not so much my family as parent used to be a nurse but friends and my support network for something else assumed i had done this to myself via my issues i had with food and that i had made things worse and done it on purpose.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Did your diagnosis make you feel different in any way?</p><p>It made me angry for why i had a fear of needles which i think is a positive thing and can try to deal with it. Im not sure if i have even accepted it all now months later. </p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>Has your diagnosis affected your work in any way?</strong></p><p>It means i find it hard to concentrate sometimes when levels up or low. That i needed to take time off to get it under control especially after having a hypo at work and not being able to treat it as no one to cover me which in hindsight was stupid of me especially considering i work in the health care sector.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="abs, post: 285703, member: 44491"] [b]Did certain emotions come through?[/b] Wanted to die, hated the idea of needles still do - very needle phobic and was angry as i knew for a year something was wrong and given the fact that the HB1ac count came back as 12.5% showed that i was right. Wanted to blame GP's and everyone else telling me it was in my head when in fact it was real that no it was not stress causing me to show up positive a year before for a test. That i had gone there at the start of the week to be told i only wanted to be there for a chat no it was because i knew i had every single symptom of type 1 and enough was enough. [b]Was your diagnosis handled well by your health team?[/b] My Gp said i was the worst person to get diabetes and there was a lot of stress for everyone into how i would deal with it and at one stage they had to inject me everyday and i would not have insulin at weekends. It meant that the crisis team took me more seriously as i really took the news badly. But the hospital were great, got to try tablets for a week to get me used to it, can ring the nurse or email her and have seen her 4 times now since end of march. They understand that there is some other issues going on in my life and that until its all sorted out i cant have certain treatments and work with that fact to help me. [b]How did your family react to your diagnosis and how did that you make you feel?[/b] They were concerned that i would harm myself or not ever be able to inject myself. What made me angry was that not so much my family as parent used to be a nurse but friends and my support network for something else assumed i had done this to myself via my issues i had with food and that i had made things worse and done it on purpose. Did your diagnosis make you feel different in any way? It made me angry for why i had a fear of needles which i think is a positive thing and can try to deal with it. Im not sure if i have even accepted it all now months later. [b]Has your diagnosis affected your work in any way?[/b] It means i find it hard to concentrate sometimes when levels up or low. That i needed to take time off to get it under control especially after having a hypo at work and not being able to treat it as no one to cover me which in hindsight was stupid of me especially considering i work in the health care sector. [/QUOTE]
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