Ive been prescribed humulin insulin 70/30
I take 24 in the morning and 18 at night.
There has been alot of myths around insulin therapy like it causes certain issues which contributed to me not taking it for a long time.
Im just soo scared and feeling depressed having to take it every day of my life.
Im glad i can see folks here that can truly understand how i feel
Hi, and welcome to the forum. I hope you can find some help, reassurance and comfort here.
I have been type 1 for almost fifty years now and seem to be in better physical shape than most of the people I know of comparable age who haven’t got the condition. It is a daunting regime to get used to but I can assure you that it does get easier with time. As a teenager I had to boil urine in a test tube to assess its sugar content as there was no home blood testing available. The syringes were huge glass and stainless steel things that had to be sterilised in alcohol and the less said about the needles the better.
Nowadays I use Freestyle libre 2 for constant glucose monitoring and insulin pens for Lantus (slow acting) and Novorapid (fast acting) insulins. Normally four injections a day in total but these are not really a major issue. The needles available are variable in quality and you need to make sure you are being given good quality ones. I use BD microfine needles and have no problems with them but a former doctor kept changing them to a cheaper brand that came from Korea. They caused painful injections and bruising as well.
An important thing is to ensure variation of injection sites to mini risk of long term tissue damage as this will adversely affect insulin uptake.
Try not to despair about a life of diabetes management as it will get easier as you become more accustomed to it and take notice of the massive advances there have been in treating the condition. There will undoubtedly be more progress made in the coming years so we must all remain optimistic about the future.
I wish you every success with controlling your diabetes well and coming to terms with it.