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Need friends who can understand! Type 1.

slee2404

slee2404

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Location
Taunton
Type of diabetes
Type 1
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Insulin
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New to all this, diagnosed with type one. I work as a fitness instructor and lost all my energy and confidence... Where do I start?
 
Hi Slee, this forum is amazing for help and support. Feel free to message me if you want to chat.
 
What is it that you are finding difficult @slee2404?

Plenty of experienced diabetics here who will be able to help and will know where you are at because they have all been there.
 
Don't put too much pressure on yourself in these early days. It honestly does become second nature.

A bunch of us are meeting for lunch in London on Saturday 27th, why don't you come along
 
I found out Tuesday I was type 1, feel absolutely terrible everyday lost all confidence and to. Be honest don't understand any of this ...
 
Londoners very far for me but that would of been great thank you
 
Hang in there. Honest, its early days and you will get there. With your profession you will be telling us soon what works for you!!

Test and record readings and I hope you are under Hospital care?

Make sure you get your exemprion certificate for your prescriptions -and get your annual checks for eyes, feet put in place.

Honest.. You will be sble to tell us how you manage your job and fitness and so many of us are interested in fitness we will help you along the way..
 
Hi @slee2404 you've only had a few days to take all of this I'm not surprised you're feeling this way, don't feel like you must understand everything within a day/week/month - I've been diabetic 26 years and still don't understand somethings!

The forum is fantastic, as you can see already there are loads of us willing to listen, offer advice, there is always someone around for you to talk to.

Does anyone in your family have Diabetes?
 
Hey buddy - I was diagnosed 8 weeks ago and it's overwhelming the amount of things to understand but most importantly get the glucose levels into reasonable levels consistently and then start building up a greater understanding. You don't want to overload too early!

So much to learn for us all but you will find great information and support on this forum, I've learnt more here than from my diabetic team haha.
 
Hey @slee2404.

It's still very early days for you still...as I recall...I pretty much buried my head in the sand and sat and cried for two weeks solid weeks following diagnosis...there's no right or wrong way of dealing with it...you'll figure it all out in your own time...when you're ready...there's no hurry.

Good new's is...you're in exactly the right place...everyone here has been through it and can empathise with how you must be feeling right now...don't push yourself too hard...let it sink in...ask questions when you're ready and you will get no end of support and advice.

Big hugs :)
 
thanks for the kind words... i had a terrible year and suffrr from anxiety and depression. things just seem an effort and so many people who dont have it telling me what to do. i dont know who i can talk too
 
Honestly...you can talk to any of us here...we all get it. It's overwhelming at first but give yourself a little time...it'll all fall into place quicker than you expect...mostly through lots of testing and seeing how things affect you. Are you on any medication for anxiety and depression?

Unless a diabetes specialist nurse...a doctor or fellow diabetic giving advice...I personally would ignore them for you own good. There are an awful lot of people who think they are mini experts because auntie or uncle twice removed had it...or they read some random article in a magazine...living with it day to day is a whole different story. Honestly you can learn a whole lot more through this forum and through your own experience than you'll probably ever learn from any book...with the exception of one or two...I won't list them for you now as I realise you're already in overload mode...but just ask when you're ready.
 
yer... i hope i do get used to it. im down and lost. im on citroplan and propanol ... will this have affect? one of reasons im down is incant get out of bed in the morning and my exercise is proving a chorce when i absolutely love it.. but now energy is not there. its great you are talking to me thanks
 
Feeling the way you do is completely normal...you're still in shock mode, your head is reeling from your diagnosis and you've been dealt a hand of cards in a game you know nothing about...but I promise you...time is a great healer...in a few weeks time having lived with it day to day and a lot of testing...you will slowly but surely begin to understand how things affect you and either avoid them or bolus for them. Are you booked onto DAFNE course yet? This is a carb counting course, I've not done it myself but the many that have seem to have found it incredibly useful...a good question for you DN at your next appointment.

I don't know too much about drugs...I've been on a couple of anti depressants in my time but neither of the ones you mention so wouldn't like to comment...although I'm sure if you search it someone will have the answers for you.

How are your blood sugars at the moment? What kind of figure are you averaging? The reason I ask this is...that I think that maybe exercise will be the thing that pulls you through this...correct me if I'm wrong but exercise is supposed to be a huge mood enhancer...if you just force yourself out of bed in the morning and get on with your normal regime...you will feel a whole lot better for it...but remember that if you're going for a long run or jog...please take some fast acting glucose with you.

No need for thanks...I'm happy if I can help...I know what a terrible time this can be...I'm 15 years in now and have a very healthy, normal and happy life...as do many others here...I hope you will take some comfort from that.
 
My sugars are lowest 18 and sometime so high.


I'm on a course in 2 Weeks, and I'm going to see my doctor about he drugs.

It is horrible and wonder how people cope. It's really good to know it's not just me
 
Slee

First off.. Please ask to be referred to a diabetic consultant at a hospital..

GPs generally practice medicine. They do not deal with diabetes day in, day out...

Its good you are going on a course so quick. This will improve your understanding.

Its not easy. Initial diagnosis is **** scarey and difficult. I cried myself to sleep every night for 6 weeks..and it was like a grieving"... We have effectively lost that care free eating and drinking".... But hey, that can honestly be a benefit...(longterm I know that I would never had my health checked if I hadn't been diabetic)....

Nobody undiabetic really knows what it feels like. Nobody. Unless a GP has to test n jab everyday how can they possibly know how it really feels.

You will start to feel better, its not going to happen magically overnight... But it will happen.

Have you been signed off work?
 
Hola @slee2404

Welcome to the nut house - you will find plenty of support here. I know you are in a low place at the moment but this does change I can assure you of that.

By the way I know that you mentioned that you were worried about your profession but please don't be. Funnily enough, excuse the gallows humour, but embrace your unique position and profit from it. There are so many t1s and t2s looking for decent fitness advice.

Take care.
 
That's still pretty high...so not surprising you feel so rubbish. It could take a little while to get your blood sugars to a reasonable level but I promise you...again (lol) that once you do...you will feel so much better. I commented on another post just yesterday...recalling how I felt pre diagnosis and a few weeks after...the difference is immense...like a whole new lease of life.
 
I feel you will be writing a very different post in six months! I can't actually remember a time that I wasn't diabetic! But a few year ago a boy in my sons class probably around 10 years old was diagnosed and I remember feeling quite 'down' about it! I remember telling my diabetic nurse about it as I couldn't get it out of my head! I remember her saying it must stir some emotions, somehow, what has always been there for me I still wouldn't wish on my worse enemy let alone a ten year old boy!! Diabetes is hard but...you will feel much more confident in the months to come and the lack of energy etc will come back as the medication starts to make you feel more 'normal' As for the anxiety and depression, I can relate to this also through many trials and tribulations in life and diabetes does not really help the equation. Talk to your GP as a short course of counselling to get you through this difficult time may help you, somehow talking to someone unrelated to your life can be a godsend! You are a fitness instructor so I am sure you will embrace the healthy living aspect of living with diabetes! I am new to this forum like you but hope to stick around and would love to hear a future post from you!
 
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