Type 1'stars R Us

[WuTwo]

Hey all sorry not been on few days. Had diabetes nurse ring up today. She was pleased with my readings so far.

I'm not surprised; you're doing great!

 

[Delticmatt100]

I'm not surprised; you're doing great!

Ty so much.

 

[becca59]

Hey guys. Saw my gp yesterday as a general follow up from my discharge few days ago. He was concerned about how I’m type 1 diagnosed at 41 when he said should been much younger. So he’s sending me for X-ray on my Pancras to see how well it’s functioning. He reckons my pneumonia I had might caused my Pancras to slow down. So not sure if I’m needing insulin or not. Will let u know once X-ray date is set.

Oh please! I was 54 the GP needs to do some research. Not to say your pneumonia might not have caused problems. But GPs saying this worry me. Mine thought the same and I ended up in hospital because of his assumptions about age related diagnosis.

 

[WuTwo]

Well, my brain managed to function somehow and I am nearly done with the accounts I started today. Just one, fairly small section to go and then the poor hapless assistant gets to scan the lot (hundreds of pages......) ready for me to submit them to the accountant, for her to work her magic. But it all balances!

I work at this one all year, so today was just the final balance sheet but it's a total beeeyatch!

 

[Delticmatt100]

Hey guys my humalog coming to the end. I got other infridge as directed have to keep them cool. When I take new one from fridge can I use straight away or do I need to let it warm up a bit ?

 

[WuTwo]

I use 'em straight from the fridge but I know some people say it's painful. All I can say is suck it and see, so to speak.

 

[therower]

Hey guys my humalog coming to the end. I got other infridge as directed have to keep them cool. When I take new one from fridge can I use straight away or do I need to let it warm up a bit ?

You can use it straight away. Some people do find that cold insulin from the fridge can sting a bit when injecting.
You look fairly tough so you should be good.

 

[Delticmatt100]

Will I be ok to take out night before use next day ?

 

[WuTwo]

I do agree with the logic and the idea; it's just that in practice it never works for me. I find - always to my surprise - that I'm part way through an injection and my pen has run out! So I grab the next thingy from the fridge, whack it in the pen, air shoot and then inject what I truly hope is the balance outstanding...

 

[Japes]

Clearly you’ve never sat through one of my dad’s sermons when he used some anecdote about our family... death would have been preferable

I agreed, because whilst I'm not clergy family, current clergyperson has used me anecdotally and it drives me mad if done without asking first. (Words have been exchanged on more than one occasion.)

 

[Japes]

Good morning all. Had a play with my basal settings thru the night again and seemed to have sorted it, well for the next few days anyway.
Sending big ((HUGS)) to those dieing of the liturgy

I regularly die of the liturgy! But I'm a bit geeky that way...

 

[Japes]

Emerged from my pit of germs, more or less won the blood sugars battles, (upped basal a bit, worked on Sunday Morning doubling of bolus for everything else, hoping to be back to more usual doses soon.

Returned to work to discover most of the students have been off as well, and we all came back today!

Remind me next time I'm ill enough to do nothing more demanding than binge watch mindless TV, that watching the whole of "The Thorn Birds" is no more good for me than binge eating all the chocolate in the house!

 

[LooperCat]

Talking of clergymen and the like, have you seen this latest “research” https://www.diabetes.co.uk/news/201...uld-be-used-to-predict-diabetes-96330770.html
I wondered what to make of the bit "people using the words 'God' and 'pray' were 15 times more likely to have diabetes".

Shame it doesn’t say what type - I was told by several of my dad’s parishioners that my diagnosis was a test from god. I expect I failed

 

[Japes]

Talking of clergymen and the like, have you seen this latest “research” https://www.diabetes.co.uk/news/201...uld-be-used-to-predict-diabetes-96330770.html
I wondered what to make of the bit "people using the words 'God' and 'pray' were 15 times more likely to have diabetes".

How very odd. I had noted we have an extraordinarily high number of T2s at my church, (and I'd realised that before I was diagnosed either time) but wouldn't have put it down to being people who use those words. I do know I'm one of the rare non-T2s registered at my surgery, and the DSN I used to see did comment once she wasn't used to T2s in our area who took control of diet/exercise, and take it as seriously as I did in my T2 days.

Come to that, most of my church don't know about Facebook, they leave all that to me!

 

[Gaffer type 1]

Hi all
Been T1 for 2 weeks now, T2 for 2 years had my opportunity to turn things around but obviously I didn't.
In the afternoon last 3 days had hypo 4.1, my Job Is physical so needed a slurp of oj to bring me bak up.
Should I incorporate a bit more carb or sugar for my lunch.
Bolus 4 units, x3
Basal 10 units..

 

[Gaffer type 1]

I would much prefer to control things with food than insulin

 

[SueJB]

Hey guys. Saw my gp yesterday as a general follow up from my discharge few days ago. He was concerned about how I’m type 1 diagnosed at 41 when he said should been much younger. So he’s sending me for X-ray on my Pancras to see how well it’s functioning. He reckons my pneumonia I had might caused my Pancras to slow down. So not sure if I’m needing insulin or not. Will let u know once X-ray date is set.

Hiho @Deltic I was 64. Gp is obviously ilinformed

 

[Antje77]

I wondered what to make of the bit "people using the words 'God' and 'pray' were 15 times more likely to have diabetes".

I guess English speaking Christians are more likely to get diabetes and I may have been misdiagnosed as I do not use those words on facebook!

 

[Japes]

Hi all
Been T1 for 2 weeks now, T2 for 2 years had my opportunity to turn things around but obviously I didn't.
In the afternoon last 3 days had hypo 4.1, my Job Is physical so needed a slurp of oj to bring me bak up.
Should I incorporate a bit more carb or sugar for my lunch.
Bolus 4 units, x3
Basal 10 units..

Hello, @Gaffer type 1 from someone else who was originally diagnosed T2 (2.5 years) and is now LADA.

It's not so much a case of you failing to turn things round, it's more a case of no amount of controlling with diet/exercise is going to work for T1/LADA if that's the diagnosis. And believe me, I tried so hard to do that.... ultimately getting the diagnosis right, and the treatment right was such a relief.

Are you on the fixed doses for bolus just now? When I was first on insulin and on fixed doses I tended to have a snack mid-morning or afternoon if there was loads of physical activity in my day, and had hypo fixes nearby with my test kit. Once I could adjust my doses, I cut back on the bolus rather than add in more food.

 

[Japes]

Man flu????? you have no idea just how bad such a thing can be

But I like to share my lurgy so I'm glad you are enjoying it.

And as you can guess, yep like a really bad smell, I'm still around

Meh. It was a horrible lurgy!! But glad you're still around even if I've not quite forgiven you and my students for sharing so generously. Japes-flu - that's what I've had!!!