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Message: <blockquote data-quote="urbanracer" data-source="post: 1234545" data-attributes="member: 140811">Hi [USER=134757]@Schillers[/USER] My official D day was also October 2014, just a few days before my birthday and a vacation in the Canaries, which was fun whilst trying to bring my glucose levels down. The big differences (I think) between yourself and me is that I was coming up to my 54th birthday and many people I'd spoken to during the preceding weeks had said "perhaps you're diabetic" in response to me boring them with a list of my symptoms. By the time the quack confirmed it, it wasn't a huge shock.I vaguely remember the taxi journey home from the hospital after being given my first insulin shot, I had 3 flex pens, a meter and some needles and I'm just sitting in the back of the taxi thinking I have to inject every day now!I do think that you need to try an work out what it is that's stoppping you from injecting, only then can you begin to tackle it. Sure I have off days, and sometimes I forget or can't be bothered but in the end I focus on what's important which for me is maintaining good health for as long as possible. I only have to read through the list of possible diabetic complications to make myself carry on with the daily chores of testing and injecting. Set a reminder alarm on your smartphone if remembering is the real issue.You mentioned being embarassed and whilst I suppose I can understand where you're coming from there's really no need for it. It's not like you gave yourself the illness through a decadent lifestyle or something. Barring a medical breakthrough, we are going to be stuck with diabetes for a long time so I hope you get this sorted.Good luck.</blockquote>

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