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<blockquote data-quote="Scott-C" data-source="post: 1627621" data-attributes="member: 374531"><p>Hi, [USER=454606]@caitlinx[/USER] , and welcome to the forum!</p><p></p><p>All those feelings you're having are perfectly normal. It might not seem like it at the moment, but they won't last forever. You'll reach a point where you'll realise, aye, ok, I've got this sussed, I can do this.</p><p></p><p>After you've learned a bit more about how insulin, food and exercise work together, I suspect you'll be surprised about how unrestricted your life will be.</p><p></p><p>I was dx'd about the same age as you (and, by coincidence, the symptoms first developed while I was studying in Glasgow) and I had all these thoughts like, oh no, I'll just be eating "special diabetic food" for the rest of my life.</p><p></p><p>You're maybe on a fixed dose regime at the moment, and that can be quite limiting. But, give it time, the docs are just doing that to reduce the variables involved to let them figure out a few things and to make it more predictable for you in these early days.</p><p></p><p>But, as time goes by, you'll start learning about how to assess yourself how much insulin is needed for each meal, and the timing of it, and that will make you able to confidently walk into any of the fine establishments in Byres Road/Ashton Lane, and make your own mind up about what you're going to eat, where and when.</p><p></p><p>That brings back a lot of the freedom which you might be missing at the moment. Heck, you'll be able to have a few beers and finish off with a Scoobie snack from the Maggie van outside the Botanics at the end of the night if you want!</p><p></p><p>I'm not going to say it's all going to be a doddle - there's a lot to learn and think about, T1 has an unpredictable aspect to it, and hypos aren't much fun, but, with a bit of time, you figure out little tips and tricks which makes it much, much easier than it seems right now.</p><p></p><p>You can find ways of co-operating with it. That might seem a strange word to use - co-operation - but I try to think of it as a bit of my body has stopped working, so I need to help it, me, out. So I'm helping it, not fighting it. A little nudge up with some sugar if I'm going too low, a little nudge down with insulin if I'm going too high.</p><p></p><p>I dwelt a lot on the "it's for life" angle too after dx. But even that faded after I figured out how to use insulin and food properly and realised, yep, it's for life, but it's going to be a damned good life. I'm 30 years into this now, been away backpacking, held down a professional career, go out for a curry and beer when I feel like it. There is no reason why T1 should hold you back.</p><p></p><p>Plus, you've got the advantage of being a gallus Glasgow gal, so if T1 gets you down, you can just hit it with some weegie attitude! You'll be fine, Caitlin.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Scott-C, post: 1627621, member: 374531"] Hi, [USER=454606]@caitlinx[/USER] , and welcome to the forum! All those feelings you're having are perfectly normal. It might not seem like it at the moment, but they won't last forever. You'll reach a point where you'll realise, aye, ok, I've got this sussed, I can do this. After you've learned a bit more about how insulin, food and exercise work together, I suspect you'll be surprised about how unrestricted your life will be. I was dx'd about the same age as you (and, by coincidence, the symptoms first developed while I was studying in Glasgow) and I had all these thoughts like, oh no, I'll just be eating "special diabetic food" for the rest of my life. You're maybe on a fixed dose regime at the moment, and that can be quite limiting. But, give it time, the docs are just doing that to reduce the variables involved to let them figure out a few things and to make it more predictable for you in these early days. But, as time goes by, you'll start learning about how to assess yourself how much insulin is needed for each meal, and the timing of it, and that will make you able to confidently walk into any of the fine establishments in Byres Road/Ashton Lane, and make your own mind up about what you're going to eat, where and when. That brings back a lot of the freedom which you might be missing at the moment. Heck, you'll be able to have a few beers and finish off with a Scoobie snack from the Maggie van outside the Botanics at the end of the night if you want! I'm not going to say it's all going to be a doddle - there's a lot to learn and think about, T1 has an unpredictable aspect to it, and hypos aren't much fun, but, with a bit of time, you figure out little tips and tricks which makes it much, much easier than it seems right now. You can find ways of co-operating with it. That might seem a strange word to use - co-operation - but I try to think of it as a bit of my body has stopped working, so I need to help it, me, out. So I'm helping it, not fighting it. A little nudge up with some sugar if I'm going too low, a little nudge down with insulin if I'm going too high. I dwelt a lot on the "it's for life" angle too after dx. But even that faded after I figured out how to use insulin and food properly and realised, yep, it's for life, but it's going to be a damned good life. I'm 30 years into this now, been away backpacking, held down a professional career, go out for a curry and beer when I feel like it. There is no reason why T1 should hold you back. Plus, you've got the advantage of being a gallus Glasgow gal, so if T1 gets you down, you can just hit it with some weegie attitude! You'll be fine, Caitlin. [/QUOTE]
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