tommyg2014
Member
- Messages
- 21
- Type of diabetes
- Type 1
- Treatment type
- Insulin
hi all,
i found out i had T1 diabetes in july last year. At the time of being diagnosed i was forced out of my job basically and i have been on ESA for a while now,
I live alone and have no body to speak to about this stuff, the people i do try speak to have not got a clue what im dealing with but they are all 'experts' on diabetes even tho they dont know the difference between T1 and T2.
In the first few months i had quite a few bad hypos, as low as 1.2 one time which really scared me. Which has led to my problem, i was thinking keeping it slightly high is better then slightly low... WRONG now im really struggling to get any sort of control on it, my readings are allways high and its took its toll, im absolutely exhausted all the time. my sleep pattern is all over the place im having like 3-4 2hr sleeps through the day and when i do sleep i wake up with cramps in the calf's , when i am awake i cant move from the couch/bed i hate it, my eyes are every starting to go funny i think as my right eye keeps losing focus and going blurry which is very scary at 30 years old!
i have had another job since i lost my last job but they had to let me go as i couldn't go in all the time as i was so tired and took days off.
the DSN ect dont really do much to help, ive yet to see any dietitian, foot specialist or had any 'real' support.
i know its all down to myself in the end but im really struggling and real i have no one to help me, thanks for listening and i look forward to hearing from you all
i found out i had T1 diabetes in july last year. At the time of being diagnosed i was forced out of my job basically and i have been on ESA for a while now,
I live alone and have no body to speak to about this stuff, the people i do try speak to have not got a clue what im dealing with but they are all 'experts' on diabetes even tho they dont know the difference between T1 and T2.
In the first few months i had quite a few bad hypos, as low as 1.2 one time which really scared me. Which has led to my problem, i was thinking keeping it slightly high is better then slightly low... WRONG now im really struggling to get any sort of control on it, my readings are allways high and its took its toll, im absolutely exhausted all the time. my sleep pattern is all over the place im having like 3-4 2hr sleeps through the day and when i do sleep i wake up with cramps in the calf's , when i am awake i cant move from the couch/bed i hate it, my eyes are every starting to go funny i think as my right eye keeps losing focus and going blurry which is very scary at 30 years old!
i have had another job since i lost my last job but they had to let me go as i couldn't go in all the time as i was so tired and took days off.
the DSN ect dont really do much to help, ive yet to see any dietitian, foot specialist or had any 'real' support.
i know its all down to myself in the end but im really struggling and real i have no one to help me, thanks for listening and i look forward to hearing from you all