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<blockquote data-quote="beckysalvage" data-source="post: 1460949" data-attributes="member: 341974"><p>Hi [USER=400639]@CaptainKidd27[/USER] </p><p></p><p>I am a type 1 diabetic, and I was diagnosed ages 2. I therefore went through my teenage years hating having diabetes because I hated being even more different. I was admitted to hospital on more than one occasion for not taking my insulin. I dont think I did a blood test in about 5 years! My doctors were going crazy! I only really started taking my diabetes seriously about 5 years ago. I also suffer from depression and anxiety, and have found that talking to a professional really helps me. If you dont already see someone, ask your GP, they can set it up for you. Sadly, diabetes is not like other conditions where you can just forget about it until something really major comes up. If you are like me, I feel **** whenever I have a high blood sugar (its like being hungover but without the getting drunk fun part!) and I struggle to be productive which delightfully kick starts the anxiety. It will get easier... I was told its a little like quitting smoking... you have to do the routine of not smoking (or in our case injecting or blood testing) for a month or two, and then it becomes second nature. I now test my blood sugar all the time, and it has made a real difference to my day to day life since I no longer feel so ******! Of course, take each day as it comes... this morning I woke up with a blood sugar of 17.2. I did nothing different to usual last night, but bodies are crazy sometimes. Try not to get worried about this, we are all just doing the best we can. As for complications, despite having spent much of my teenage years denying my diabetes, I so far have no complications. But if a complication does develop for me, I now know I am doing everything I can to reverse it, and that is what matters. You are doing so well now, and that is the most important thing!</p><p></p><p>Becky xxx</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="beckysalvage, post: 1460949, member: 341974"] Hi [USER=400639]@CaptainKidd27[/USER] I am a type 1 diabetic, and I was diagnosed ages 2. I therefore went through my teenage years hating having diabetes because I hated being even more different. I was admitted to hospital on more than one occasion for not taking my insulin. I dont think I did a blood test in about 5 years! My doctors were going crazy! I only really started taking my diabetes seriously about 5 years ago. I also suffer from depression and anxiety, and have found that talking to a professional really helps me. If you dont already see someone, ask your GP, they can set it up for you. Sadly, diabetes is not like other conditions where you can just forget about it until something really major comes up. If you are like me, I feel **** whenever I have a high blood sugar (its like being hungover but without the getting drunk fun part!) and I struggle to be productive which delightfully kick starts the anxiety. It will get easier... I was told its a little like quitting smoking... you have to do the routine of not smoking (or in our case injecting or blood testing) for a month or two, and then it becomes second nature. I now test my blood sugar all the time, and it has made a real difference to my day to day life since I no longer feel so ******! Of course, take each day as it comes... this morning I woke up with a blood sugar of 17.2. I did nothing different to usual last night, but bodies are crazy sometimes. Try not to get worried about this, we are all just doing the best we can. As for complications, despite having spent much of my teenage years denying my diabetes, I so far have no complications. But if a complication does develop for me, I now know I am doing everything I can to reverse it, and that is what matters. You are doing so well now, and that is the most important thing! Becky xxx [/QUOTE]
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