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Originally Posted by anmi Hy all,
I am new around here and also with a new diabetes... I really mean that I was healthy yesterday and in a day or two I found out that I have type 1 diabetes. Well, to be honest, I was feeling bad for 3 months before descovering the cause... I had no idea and no clue this could be... I was thinking about having problems with my heart, with the minerals... anyway, I was not thinking about diabetes because I had no clue about the symptoms.
Anyway, I took some analyses and ... BOOM... 354 blood glucose... and that is how I got ta o a hospital where I stood around 8 days and found out that I have type 1 diabetes, that I will depend all my life on insuline and so on...
What can I say? I was angry, mad, sad, the general question ... why me? But I got over quickly and started let's say a new way to see the life and ... the food  ... which is actually my problem...
The point is that I got out of the hospital 2 weeks ago and since then, I start to get more and more weight even if I eat only what the doctor prescribe me. It is true that before getting in the hospital I lost around 6 kg in two weeks... I was below my normal weight but I still am a little afraid of getting more than I should have... Is this a normal thing? Does the insulin have any impact or contribute to the body's weight? I take insuline 4 times per day and I have to eat 200 HC...
Thanks in advance for any advice because being so new I really need them. |
Hey there
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Sorry to hear about your recent diagnosis~ I know it can be quite shock to the system
, not to mention scary and overwhelming. However, at least now you know what you are dealing with and know that there are things you can do to control this disease. It's not a death sentence by any means- people live normal lives nowadays- keep that in mind.
As for weight gain~ being that your blood sugars are becoming more regulated, you are going to gain a little bit of weight. Don't forget that when you were dx'ed, you were losing weight due to no nutrients being let into your cells via insulin... now that your body has insulin available- your body is holding onto the nutrients &, hence, you are going to gain some weight back.
Diabetes reallyis a balancing act... It's a matter of balancing food, insulin, exercise, stress, etc... and it's not easy. But, as you go on, you will learn and it will become easier. Know that we are here to help you if you should need us~ don't be shy to pop in with any questions.
Hang in there
