Mandarin
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Hi
I was diagnosed with type 1 71/2 years ago and spent most of that time being very complacent about it, trying not to let it affect me, not testing (always injecting though)and just brushing aside the early morning ambulance visits. I never saw my specialist or nurse, basically I think that I was in denial.
Last year I had a hypo that scared the hell out of me, mainly because I didnt have the leg cramps that were a warning system to my family that something was wrong. After seeing my doctor, nurse and specialist and being given all kinds of scare stories by them ie brain cells dying off the longer you are unconcious, I became obsessive about it, worrying about everything I ate drank or did and then was put on anti depressants for a few months.
I was told that I had no hypo awareness (i once tested myself in front of my nurse and the result was 1.7 and I didnt feel it). They then got me started with carbohydrate counting, which thinking back on it makes me wonder why I wasnt told about this in the very early days as it seems to me the most logical way of dealing with it.
I am now finding it very difficult to find a balance between complacency and obsession.
A few days ago, for no aparrent reason my sugars dropped dramatically and suddenly and I spent about a day and a half struggling to get them up above 4. (the lowest reading was 1.8. I seem to be maintaining between 6 and 12 at the moment which feels safe.
I have only just found this forum - I didnt know they existed - and am looking forward to chatting with people who dont just sympathise but actually understand what it is like to live with diabetes.
Well that briefly is my diabetic story.
I was diagnosed with type 1 71/2 years ago and spent most of that time being very complacent about it, trying not to let it affect me, not testing (always injecting though)and just brushing aside the early morning ambulance visits. I never saw my specialist or nurse, basically I think that I was in denial.
Last year I had a hypo that scared the hell out of me, mainly because I didnt have the leg cramps that were a warning system to my family that something was wrong. After seeing my doctor, nurse and specialist and being given all kinds of scare stories by them ie brain cells dying off the longer you are unconcious, I became obsessive about it, worrying about everything I ate drank or did and then was put on anti depressants for a few months.
I was told that I had no hypo awareness (i once tested myself in front of my nurse and the result was 1.7 and I didnt feel it). They then got me started with carbohydrate counting, which thinking back on it makes me wonder why I wasnt told about this in the very early days as it seems to me the most logical way of dealing with it.
I am now finding it very difficult to find a balance between complacency and obsession.
A few days ago, for no aparrent reason my sugars dropped dramatically and suddenly and I spent about a day and a half struggling to get them up above 4. (the lowest reading was 1.8. I seem to be maintaining between 6 and 12 at the moment which feels safe.
I have only just found this forum - I didnt know they existed - and am looking forward to chatting with people who dont just sympathise but actually understand what it is like to live with diabetes.
Well that briefly is my diabetic story.