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Type 1'stars R Us

Afternoon all. That’s uni finished until after Easter now, last of the exams this morning. Embarrassingly my high glucose alarm went off after a bit of an adrenaline spike, just my phone buzzing in my bag rather than Spike yelling “HIGH GLUCOSE!!” at the top of it’s digital lungs... Dosed insulin from my watch to kill it and carried on. Amusingly I was working on a question about insulin doses at the time... Running a steady 5.6 now

Sat at home feeling a little weird, essay submitted, exams all done and nothing hanging over me except the house is a complete ****-hole at the moment. And I REALLY don’t want to be dealing with that just now. Might hit Netflix and do some knitting. I have a sock to finish.

@Razzamuffin - I think you do get used to it after a while. It’s just how life is now. I was diagnosed at 23 and spent the best part of two decades resenting it, ignoring it, and generally not coping well. I’ve finally accepted it now, and while the odd flash of anger about it rears it’s ugly head, I do feel that now I’ve grabbed it by the short and curlies and I’m not letting it rule my life any more. You can’t fight it, you have to work with it.
 
Hi all, everything pretty steady here at the moment.

@Razzamuffin I agree with @Juicyj, the honeymoon period means your pancreas is still spitting out unpredictable bits of insulin which can make managing diabetes a nightmare. Diagnosed 34ish years ago so don't remember how long it lasted for me, but life was defo easier once it was over. There are days when I don't think that much about diabetes as I just go through the routines, albeit they're tedious; there are other (fewer) days when I resent never having a day off. That's when I try to remember that there are other long-term conditions that would limit my lifestyle in ways I'd really struggle to cope with. Don't always manage to make myself feel better on those days, and I get fed up with people who make assumptions about diabetes and have no idea how much work is actually involved in calculating all the time and being prepared for hypos and all the rest of it. But it hasn't stopped me doing anything I've wanted to in all that time. It will improve for you, honest!
 
Coopsy91 said:
Morning, Back to work now, sailing around new zealand. Managing T1 offshore has its own challenges :O
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Hi and a big welcome to the forum @Coopsy91
I love being by the water, I love rivers, canals, lakes and gazing out to sea, but it is so vast so maybe it's down to me having the water sign, Pisces
Take care
 

That would be amazing, I’d love to see you. Come along and next round is in March, it needs to be confirmed though.
 
Razzamuffin said:
My glucometre already has that function, the past 7 days average is 7.4, 30 day average is 7.7, I havnt hit 90 days yet so it's just copying my 30 day average at 7.7 lol
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Is that actually an HbA1c function on your glucometer, or just an average of your readings? They're two different numbers. Blood glucose on a home meter is measured in mmol/l and HbA1c in mmol/mol (some other countries quote it as a percentage figure, there's plenty of conversion tables online) - and it's measured from venous blood taken at your clinic or GP surgery and sent away for analysis. Because glucose binds irreversibly to the haemoglobin of the red blood cells, and they have an average lifespan of 90 days, it gives an indication of your control over the last three months. Aka the "lie detector" test Ideally for a type one they like it to be around 50 or so. We're supposed to have one at least annually in the UK.
 

Wait theres more blood tests? My metre just gives me an average reading of blood glucose levels in mmol/L

I dont want anymore tests, not after that horrible episode in hospital, my veins ran away from them needles and they needed to take blood from the arteries in the wrists!!!!
 
Erm, I don't want to be a killjoy but diabetics usually have their blood taken every 3 to 6 months...
At the least they'll check hba1c and kidney function, often tests for cholesterol, vitamin D and B, thyroid or liver function are included as well.
Sorry.
 
Hi @Razzamuffin I am getting used to having diabetes a bit.. 2 and some months now. I stopped saying I'm a diabetic because this seems to label me.... I am more than a disease. I eat loads and am sometimes so full my belly aches, quantity of yums. I can give you some food ideas and there are lots on the other forum too.
Not sure about the headaches and stuff but I do get fed up at the constant pricking and poking but I mostly sleep OK.
I don't know what to say really, suppose it might depend on how long since you were diagnosed.
Anyway, hope Friday finds you in fine form, sleep well
Sue
 
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Hba1c I kinda get. But why the rest?


Diagnosed on new years, so its been a massive change with health, definitely headaches, having a bottomless pit
And other things lol.

Atm I'm trying to just immerse myself in to gaming and binge on Netflix.

I don't know too much going on.
But today is going ok.
 
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