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Overcoming My Fate

LordReptilia

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I’m 22 years old. I was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes when I was only 15 months old. I never experienced life without diabetes. As one would imagine, my parents basically managed my diabetes (for the most part) until I was old enough to do it myself. However, I wasn’t wanting to except this illness. I fell into a Diabetes Burnout by the age of 11. For roughly 8 or so years I only took insulin when absolutely necessary and literally checked my blood sugar maybe 20 times in the span of those 9 years. My A1C never fell below 10% until last year when I dropped it down to 8.5%!!!! My sugars had gotten so bad that the onset of puberty for me was delayed by 4 or so years and I didn’t hit it until sophomore or junior year. My fingers are now swollen at the knuckles and crooked/bent. Growing up, I had heard my older brother and my endocrinologist (pretty sure he told me too) telling me how at the rate I was going with my sugars, I wasn’t going to live past 21 years old. Well, come April 18th of last year; I’m sitting in my dorm room at the University of Kansas and I texted my brother with genuine sincerity “You were f***ing wrong.” I made it to 21 and I’m still kicking a year later. Alongside that I’ll-fated childhood being proven wrong, I now am noticing my fingers straightening out! Only took 21 years but I did it.
 
I’m 22 years old. I was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes when I was only 15 months old. I never experienced life without diabetes. As one would imagine, my parents basically managed my diabetes (for the most part) until I was old enough to do it myself. However, I wasn’t wanting to except this illness. I fell into a Diabetes Burnout by the age of 11. For roughly 8 or so years I only took insulin when absolutely necessary and literally checked my blood sugar maybe 20 times in the span of those 9 years. My A1C never fell below 10% until last year when I dropped it down to 8.5%!!!! My sugars had gotten so bad that the onset of puberty for me was delayed by 4 or so years and I didn’t hit it until sophomore or junior year. My fingers are now swollen at the knuckles and crooked/bent. Growing up, I had heard my older brother and my endocrinologist (pretty sure he told me too) telling me how at the rate I was going with my sugars, I wasn’t going to live past 21 years old. Well, come April 18th of last year; I’m sitting in my dorm room at the University of Kansas and I texted my brother with genuine sincerity “You were f***ing wrong.” I made it to 21 and I’m still kicking a year later. Alongside that I’ll-fated childhood being proven wrong, I now am noticing my fingers straightening out! Only took 21 years but I did it.

Take care of yourself buddy.
Life is very precious!
 
I thought I'd share you some fantastic news...

The University of Bath, in collaboration with medical scientists and academics worldwide are currently developing a needle-less, non-invasive, adhesive patch.

This is certainly revolutionary and when it has passed clinical trials, WHO and UK government approval, we will have to say goodbye to painful needles forever!

Watch this space...

http://www.bath.ac.uk/announcements/bloodless-revolution-in-diabetes-monitoring/

Anyway have a lovely bank holiday weekend!
 
I thought I'd share you some fantastic news...

The University of Bath, in collaboration with medical scientists and academics worldwide are currently developing a needle-less, non-invasive, adhesive patch.

This is certainly revolutionary and when it has passed clinical trials, WHO and UK government approval, we will have to say goodbye to painful needles forever!

Watch this space...

http://www.bath.ac.uk/announcements/bloodless-revolution-in-diabetes-monitoring/

Anyway have a lovely bank holiday weekend!

I guess the only issue with that situation is the fact that I don’t even feel needles when I take any sort of shots hahah. Don’t think I’ve ever felt them! Except actually the device that shot the tubing of my old pump into me hahah
 
I guess the only issue with that situation is the fact that I don’t even feel needles when I take any sort of shots hahah. Don’t think I’ve ever felt them! Except actually the device that shot the tubing of my old pump into me hahah

How often do you test daily?
Where are you based?

Andrew
 
I’ve recently sort of slacked off and have only really been checking twice a day, maybe three times. You? And I’m at the University of Kansas in Lawrence! You?

I’ve completed my undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in London.

I’m a semi pro tennis player and model for the top perfume companies and luxury clothing like Gucci, Giorgio Armani, Lacoste etc.

I’ve modelled for all of them.

What do you study?
 
I test my blood daily and often.

When my HBA1C was high, I was advised by my doc to test 6-8x a day.

Now about 2-3x.
 
I test my blood daily and often.

When my HBA1C was high, I was advised by my doc to test 6-8x a day.

Now about 2-3x.

Oh, nice! I’m majoring in Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, and Organismal Biology! When I finally started picking up on checking my sugar daily and doing it about 8-9 times a day, my endocrinologists nurse told me that was TOO much. It was annoying to say the least haha. How high has your A1C gotten?
 
Oh, nice! I’m majoring in Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, and Organismal Biology! When I finally started picking up on checking my sugar daily and doing it about 8-9 times a day, my endocrinologists nurse told me that was TOO much. It was annoying to say the least haha. How high has your A1C gotten?

The highest was on diagnosis with DKA at 85.

Now my A1c is 38.

You must be a very intelligent guy reading ecology!
 
I’ve had a similar history of denial, ignoring and burnout, you’re doing amazingly well to have turned it around like this. Onwards and upwards, eh?

It must! I’m already at the stage of bleeding behind my eyes and loving sense of my shins and feet:/
 
HBA1C chart ...

My last A1c was 38.

And yours?
 

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