fishpalace
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- Type of diabetes
- Type 1
Welcome to the forum @fishpalace. For me it is almost 13 years, and as you say, it doesn't get any easier. Trying to explain to others what diabetes does to you is a frustrating process. Hang in there, we are here to assist.Hiya, i have had type 1 for coming up to 9 years and until about a year ago was dealing with it pretty well.
They say it becomes harder as time goes on and it certainly seems that way despite completing the DAPHNI course a couple of years ago. I have found that as I am trying to control and lower my blood sugars that I can often go below 4 and when I do it causes me to be difficult to deal with have problems with my family and find it hard to string sentences in a coherent way and I then get frustrated.
Does anyone else have this problem?
Paul
Hi @fishpalace ,
Welcome to the forum.
Unfortunately the incoherence & strange behaviour comes with the "package" when low.
What insulin regime are you on?
Hi Paul
A thousand welcomes to you.
43 years here and yes I get ratty.
Wife of 20 years son of 17 years both used to my rattiness and offer kindness and jelly babies but sometimes are ratty back!
Your family are probably worried and lets be honest everything they do or say will be wrong to you because of how you are feeling.
Please don't beat yourself up though you didn't ask for this condition.
If I am on the low side (below 3) I eat jelly babies and retire in to my garage where I make flowers out of tin cans and reindeer out of wood (yes the season is almost upon us).
This method might be considered odd but I hope you take my point.
Get out of the way and let the jelly babies (or whatever you take) work their magic.
Even after 43 years of it I get bamboozled by simple things if I am low and just be safe in the knowledge you have an excuse!
Wishing you all the best
Tony
ps
I am 49 years old so don't think I'm an oldie either!
Runs for cover as the oldies gang up on me.....
I have found that as I am trying to control and lower my blood sugars that I can often go below 4 and when I do it causes me to be difficult to deal with have problems with my family and find it hard to string sentences in a coherent way and I then get frustrated.
Do you mean your losing your hypo awareness symptoms @fishpalace
If so then you may have to run your bg levels higher for a period of weeks until your hypo awareness returns, your DSN will advise further.
Hi. When you say you count carbs before you eat do you mean that you adjust your Bolus to match the carbs in the meal? Sorry if that's obvious but some posters have meant that they adjust the carbs in the meal to match to a fixed Bolus (or Mixed insulin shot) which is not the same thing.
Welcome @fishpalace
I feel your pain re: hypos and the troubles they can cause. In the 23 years of having T1 I've had some cringeworthy ones including work experience, during an exam, at work, when shopping with friends, fainting when about to order my lunch at a baguette bar(!), middle of my hen do and so on. Also some dangerous ones as I was growing up during the night.
Annoyingly these all seemed unexplainable at the time as I generally had good hypo awareness. Retrospectively I began to become more aware of potential causes and now have really good hypo sensitivity, which is key. I'd encourage you to test frequently so you can catch any lows and maybe snack in between meals if you don't already.
I get frustrated too but as discussed in this thread communication is really important. Those around you don't have a clue what it feels like and why sometimes you may be able to recognise your symptoms and other times you don't.
Hope this helps a little.
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