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sally mercer

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I do not have diabetes
Thank you for all your replies, I'm feeling more loved now. Diabetes is a difficult thing to navigate, it's a bit confusing in the early days. John is carrying on like he's fine but doesn't realise the impact the condition can have on his family members. He's still confused about how he was completely normal to having Type 1 in what seemed like a week. To him, it's a condition that you have diagnosed as a child and not in your late forties. When he was released from hospital I gave him a can of tomato soup, I may as well have given him a bowl of poison for dinner. It's a steep learning curve for everyone.
 
I was 53. Thought I was in the peak of fitness. Was even on my way to go paddleboarding when I took the call. It was just a checkup that I was supposed to fly through..
It takes some adjusting to...
 
Can happen at any time - My understanding is you get an infection (cold, cut gone bad, virus or whatever) the Beta-cells in the pancreas look similar to the infection to your immune system, and the immune system wipes them out.

Can be early on in life (most T1s) or at any point if you have the potential to be diabetic - you just haven't come across a look-a-like infection yet.

All food types can be handled as a T1 - just takes some work to understand what it does to our bodies when we eat something fast-carb (digests easily) or slow carb (usually carbs and fat or protein).

All possible and I'm still here - "Eats everything - especially with cheese on it"
 
I was [emoji[emoji6]] very unusual age according to the consultant at the time [emoji6] now and you are so right the change you have to make is huge… but your husband will get there he will start to understand how his body works with food and make the changes needed good luck to all of you as you’ve rightly said it effects everyone in the family.
 
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