Newly Diagnosed T1

[Diav_S]

Welcome to the forum. I hope that you'll find any answers to the questions troubling you here. I was diagnosed with TD1 on January 1st, 2015. I hadn't quite dealt with it until a few months ago... And i can say for sure that yeah, life is going to seem rough for some time. Especially when there's no reason for it to happen in the first place. Like others said before, don't blame yourself. TD1 is an auto-immune disease and we don't know what caused it in the first place. As time goes by, you'll see that managing your blood glucose will become easier and easier. Eventually, it'll become a part of your everyday life, like washing your teeth. No one was perfectly fine in the first weeks of dealing with it. What matters is that you don't let it get to you. No door has closed because of diabetes. Keep regulating your health and you'll get back on track in no time. What i've learnt from my experience so far is that i can't do TOO much of anything. And that has given me a nice balance in my life. Which is something everyone should have in my opinion, not just diabetics. Anyway, too much of rumbling for me. Have a nice one and hopefully we can all help here, in this site. Take care!!

 

[fifibi]

I found out about 6 weeks ago that I had type 1 diabetes after having a funny turn at home which resulted in an ambulance being called out and having a blood sugar reading of 32+. I've always been reasonably healthy, never having to visit doctors or hospital so it's come as a huge shock to the system to find myself in hospital for a couple of days when it was first diagnosed, then following on all the little things like prescriptions and booking appointments, all of which I have no idea and luckily have a good support network with family and partner etc who are more up to speed with these things.
Have just managed to start back at the gym this week as was advised to not bother while my sugars were so high as this would result in a feeling of tiredness and slugish, which I was experiencing before going in to hospital without realising why. It's also such a lifestyle change at home and work, and am happy that the more I read on here I'm not the only person who loses my temper with it all on a regular basis!
My sugars are now at a good level although I still get the shakes and dizzyness etc when I drop below 10, this is apparently normal while my body adjusts the levels coming down, and I'm just starting to learn about carb counting which is giving me something to focus on instead of worrying when my next hypo will be! While this is all new still ill be happy to help anyone else who's in the same boat, I'm the only person I know with T1 so would be good to get another person's perspective.

HI I too was diagnosed this time last week after a scary episode and spent two days in hospital. I feel so anxious about it all and am struggling with my bs