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- Type of diabetes
- Type 1
- Treatment type
- Insulin
After T1 diagnosis, at what point did the penny drop for you that you've got a serious condition? I've had a few pennies drop, a handful of change - you might say. Significantly:
- A week after diagnosis. Discharged from hospital and feeling "Oh I must be better now" then asking my parents how long I'll need to have injections for. Their reply? 'Forever'. Pretty blunt and still sticks in my head even today, I was 8.
- Walking into the operating theatre for the first of a series of eye operations to restore and save my sight. I broke down and cried.
If you're struggling to "get your head around it", as I've seen many say, then don't give up. It took some of us quite a while too
- A week after diagnosis. Discharged from hospital and feeling "Oh I must be better now" then asking my parents how long I'll need to have injections for. Their reply? 'Forever'. Pretty blunt and still sticks in my head even today, I was 8.
- Walking into the operating theatre for the first of a series of eye operations to restore and save my sight. I broke down and cried.
If you're struggling to "get your head around it", as I've seen many say, then don't give up. It took some of us quite a while too