I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes today

HyruleGuardian · 08-22-2007, 10:11 PM

I had been feeling like crap for the past month or so. Yesterday I was working up on a roof and I got really lightheaded and nearly passed out. The guys I was working with had to help me down the ladder because I couldn't do it myself. So I went to the doctor yesterday and got some blood tests done. The results came in today and he told me I had type 1 diabetes. He explained everything and told me I had to take insulin daily for the rest of my life and change my eating habits. Basically how it's going to change my life completely.

Does anyone else have this and how has your life changed? I can make the changes, but I seriously am feeling depressed right now. I've lived healthy my entire life and I somehow got stuck with diabetes. It just sucks.

bigheart09 · 08-22-2007, 10:27 PM

My bf got diagnosed with Type I at age 24. He has to take insulin everyday and watch what he eats. PM me if you need to.

Miss Firecracker · 08-22-2007, 10:30 PM

I am close to a family that is just full of diabetics, some with type 1 and some with type 2.

They pretty much know to keep candy in their bags wherever they go for when they feel the lows coming on. They are pros at it and are a fabulous family. And it hasn't stopped a single one of them from achieving anything they set their minds to do.

I am sorry to hear that you will have to change your diet. That is just so hard. But it can be done.

Dako · 08-22-2007, 10:47 PM

I'm sorry you got this news, but you can live with it through monitoring your levels and learning all you can. It runs in my family, and my sis just started insulin.

Have you gotten a tester and some literature to read?

CarnelianButterfly · 08-22-2007, 10:49 PM

My friend has been taking insulin since she was 13, I lived with her for a couple years. Her life doesn't suck at all. She's careful and healthy, she's got other serious health issues that complicate her diabetes too, but she manages very well. The big thing to understand is that you are in control of it, you need to listen to your doctors and work hard to do what they tell you.

You're going to need to be more aware of your body, heat, exercise, and food. Your diet changes maybe hard, but after living with my friend, I know that the food she ate isn't bland or boring. I've cooked for her several times, all sugar free or reduced sugar, I enjoyed eating them, too. A good investment for your ease to transition would be to get a good cook book for diabetic cooking. Splenda is a good sugar substitute.

There will be hard times, crashes can take a lot out of you, but you can get thru them. You can live a full life and enjoy living very much.

thyroxine · 08-22-2007, 10:57 PM

While my family is littered with diabetics, they're mainly all Type 2.

My boyfriend's best friend says that by being diagnosed as a Type 1 Diabetic was the best thing to happen to him. He says he's in the best shape of his life because he has to be. It's strange...but that's his view on it. One thing he does recommend is actually look at going to a home brewing store and picking up straight dextrose/glucose (talk to your doctor about it first though!) They sell it for brewing, but it is the same stuff (only in a different form) as the expensive glucose tablets. Apparently this has saved his life on more than one occasion.

**avman** · 08-22-2007, 11:29 PM

My wife has had type 1 diabetes for the past 28 years. Yes she has to be careful and monitor her blood sugar very carefully. But she has led a very full life and still has none of the complications that many other diabetics has because she takes good care of herself.

With proper care you will still be able to do everything that you want to in your life. And as technology changes you will get new options to manage your diabetes in a way that suits you best.

I know this is a big shock but you are going to be ok.

08-22-2007, 10:11 PM	#1
HyruleGuardian Offline Silver Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Gender: Male Age: 21 Posts: 567	I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes today I had been feeling like crap for the past month or so. Yesterday I was working up on a roof and I got really lightheaded and nearly passed out. The guys I was working with had to help me down the ladder because I couldn't do it myself. So I went to the doctor yesterday and got some blood tests done. The results came in today and he told me I had type 1 diabetes. He explained everything and told me I had to take insulin daily for the rest of my life and change my eating habits. Basically how it's going to change my life completely. Does anyone else have this and how has your life changed? I can make the changes, but I seriously am feeling depressed right now. I've lived healthy my entire life and I somehow got stuck with diabetes. It just sucks.

08-22-2007, 10:57 PM	#6
thyroxine Offline Bronze Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: New Mexico Gender: Female Age: 24 Posts: 231	While my family is littered with diabetics, they're mainly all Type 2. My boyfriend's best friend says that by being diagnosed as a Type 1 Diabetic was the best thing to happen to him. He says he's in the best shape of his life because he has to be. It's strange...but that's his view on it. One thing he does recommend is actually look at going to a home brewing store and picking up straight dextrose/glucose (talk to your doctor about it first though!) They sell it for brewing, but it is the same stuff (only in a different form) as the expensive glucose tablets. Apparently this has saved his life on more than one occasion. __________________ "Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra and then suddenly it flips over, pinning you underneath. At night, the ice weasels come." -- Matt Groening, "Life in Hell"

08-22-2007, 11:29 PM	#7
avman Online Administrator Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Minnesota Gender: Male Age: 42 Posts: 6,526	My wife has had type 1 diabetes for the past 28 years. Yes she has to be careful and monitor her blood sugar very carefully. But she has led a very full life and still has none of the complications that many other diabetics has because she takes good care of herself. With proper care you will still be able to do everything that you want to in your life. And as technology changes you will get new options to manage your diabetes in a way that suits you best. I know this is a big shock but you are going to be ok. __________________ "Children are a wonderful gift . . . They have an extraordinary capacity to see into the heart of things and to expose sham and humbug for what they are." Desmond Tutu

08-22-2007, 10:27 PM	#2
bigheart09 Offline Silver Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: East Coast Gender: Female Age: 30 Posts: 695	My bf got diagnosed with Type I at age 24. He has to take insulin everyday and watch what he eats. PM me if you need to.

08-22-2007, 10:30 PM	#3
Miss Firecracker Offline Platinum Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Gender: Female Posts: 4,155	I am close to a family that is just full of diabetics, some with type 1 and some with type 2. They pretty much know to keep candy in their bags wherever they go for when they feel the lows coming on. They are pros at it and are a fabulous family. And it hasn't stopped a single one of them from achieving anything they set their minds to do. I am sorry to hear that you will have to change your diet. That is just so hard. But it can be done.

08-22-2007, 10:47 PM	#4
Dako Offline Platinum Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Gender: None Specified Posts: 9,114	I'm sorry you got this news, but you can live with it through monitoring your levels and learning all you can. It runs in my family, and my sis just started insulin. Have you gotten a tester and some literature to read?

08-22-2007, 10:49 PM	#5
CarnelianButterfly Offline Platinum Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Too far from home Gender: Female Age: 28 Posts: 4,473	My friend has been taking insulin since she was 13, I lived with her for a couple years. Her life doesn't suck at all. She's careful and healthy, she's got other serious health issues that complicate her diabetes too, but she manages very well. The big thing to understand is that you are in control of it, you need to listen to your doctors and work hard to do what they tell you. You're going to need to be more aware of your body, heat, exercise, and food. Your diet changes maybe hard, but after living with my friend, I know that the food she ate isn't bland or boring. I've cooked for her several times, all sugar free or reduced sugar, I enjoyed eating them, too. A good investment for your ease to transition would be to get a good cook book for diabetic cooking. Splenda is a good sugar substitute. There will be hard times, crashes can take a lot out of you, but you can get thru them. You can live a full life and enjoy living very much.