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06-26-2006, 09:54 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: MA
Posts: 7
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Just wanted to say hi...I am a Type 1 Diabetic and have been for about 8-9 years. I'm 27 years old and am now finally realizing that Diabetes is no joke and it's a challenge...well to me it is. I don't really know anyone with Diabetes and am here to talk with other people who might have the same fears and problems I have. Would love some advice and feedback. Please help, need people to chat with who share this awful disease!!!  :afraid |
06-26-2006, 10:06 PM
|  | Senior Member | | Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Manassas, in the Old Dominion
Posts: 6,538
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Originally Posted by jmoodi3 Just wanted to say hi...I am a Type 1 Diabetic and have been for about 8-9 years. I'm 27 years old and am now finally realizing that Diabetes is no joke and it's a challenge...well to me it is. I don't really know anyone with Diabetes and am here to talk with other people who might have the same fears and problems I have. Would love some advice and feedback. Please help, need people to chat with who share this awful disease!!! :afraid | The day it stops being a challenge, feel free to let us all know what the secret is...
Welcome to the forum...
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I'll mend myself before it gets me... |
06-26-2006, 10:29 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: North-Central Indiana
Posts: 3,732
| | Welcome jmoodi!!
This place is filled with all sorts of helpful information so be sure to read up on as much as you can.
I have been diabetic for 7 years and I still don't know the disease 100%. I learn something new everyday. Hope you stick around and ask all the questions you can. There are members here that would be more then willing to help you out. 
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~Sandi~
Pumping for almost 6 years
MM Purple 722 with Humalog
Symlin
Just because I've been on df for a whole day doesn't mean I'm ADDICTED... my chair is just COMFY... |
06-26-2006, 10:38 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Canada, ontario
Posts: 1,747
| | | hello and welcome |
06-27-2006, 05:09 AM
|  | Senior Member | | Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Vermont, 50 miles from nowhere
Posts: 2,396
| | | Hi and welcome.
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Val
Take care of your body. Where else are you going to live? |
06-27-2006, 05:14 AM
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I am a: Type 1.5 | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Grove City Ohio
Posts: 2,156
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 Hello and welcome to our little family  on the net 
__________________ Jim  Diagnosed April 1990 Pumping with the OmniPod now
Last A1C 7.1 ( February 2008 ) Diabetes & Endocrinology Center Of Ohio Website Proud Fan Of NASCAR Nextel Cup Driver Jimmie Johnson, Lowes #48 the 2006 AND 2007 Nextel Cup Champion. The opinions expressed are mine alone and do not necessarily represent
those of my wife who runs our house and makes more important decisions
than I do |
06-27-2006, 05:21 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Cincinnati, OH
Posts: 8,356
| | 24 years and still going here. And that's how long I've had diabetes, my age isn't much more (only 11 months more.) Diabetes is all I know (besides how to make women happy ) Welcome to the site, ask around, and hopefully you find it very useful.
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●Blue Ash, Ohio Police Dispatcher
●Type 1 diabetic for 25 years (11 months old)
●Animas pumper since December of 2002
~IR 1000 (Dec. 2002-Jan. 2005)
~IR 1200 (Jan. 2005 - ?)
●LifeScan OneTouch UltraSmart Diabetes is an Art, NOT a Science. You must master the control by skills and not by knowledge alone. |
06-27-2006, 05:23 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: May 2004 Location: NC
Posts: 7,266
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Originally Posted by camjen1 I have been diabetic for 7 years and I still don't know the disease 100%. I learn something new everyday. | LOL. I've been at it over 20 years and I'm still learing.
Welcome jmoodi3. We are here to help and support each other. Jump in anywhere and vent, ask questions, whatever.
__________________  Rest In Peace Jack- 5/1/08. You may be gone from us but you will never be forgotten. Our love goes with you.
I am a person. I WILL NOT allow myself to be defined by a number!!!!
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06-27-2006, 06:18 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: May 2004 Location: Knoxville, TN
Posts: 382
| | | jmoodi3-
It took me around 28 years to realize what you are realizing now so do not feel bad. As scary as it may be you will not get a handle on it until you face it head on and it sounds like you are ready to do that now. Welcome to the forum.
Mark
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Type 1 since 9/1974. On MDI: Lantus in am and pm, Novolin R at meals, Novolog for corrections. Following Dr. Richard Bernstein's program since May 2003.
Web based BG Log (Google Spreadsheets-Requires Google Account to view and to save a copy for use): mg/dl version / mmol version /// Latest A1c (12-14-07)
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06-27-2006, 06:42 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Rhode Island
Posts: 4,815
| | | Welcome to the forum. There are lots of great people and tons of information here. Don't be afraid to ask questions!
I was dx'd three years ago at the age of 40 and every day is a learning experience with this disease. I watched my younger brother grow up with diabetes and thought I knew what diabetes was all about. Boy was I wrong!
Karen |
06-27-2006, 07:01 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: CT
Posts: 129
| | Welcome - there are many people here with knowledge and experience in many areas. I don't think anyone has all the answers - no matter how long they've been at it. We are all still looking  |
06-27-2006, 07:56 AM
|  | Senior Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: CT
Posts: 4,588
| | You are FAR from alone! I know sometimes it's easy to feel that way- hey, I do sometimes- but this forum has helped me realize that there are so many out there who know and understand what I go through on a daily basis. Theres a TON of support and info to be found here...
Stick around and get to know us 
__________________ I’ve faced myself
To cross out what I’ve become
Erase myself
And let go of what I’ve done
Put to rest
What you thought of me
Well I cleaned this slate
With the hands
Of uncertainty
So let mercy come
And wash away
What I’ve done
I’ve faced myself
To cross out what I’ve become
Erase myself
And let go of what I’ve done
Linkin Park~ "What I've Done"  |
06-27-2006, 09:04 AM
| | Junior Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: MA
Posts: 7
| | | Yeah I've pretty much been in denial for 6 out of those 8 years...I would continuously skip insulin shots and just eat whatever I want. The past 6 months I have been working hard with my endocronologist to get tight control on my blood sugars, I guess the insulin to carb ratios that used to work for me don't anymore. I am currently taking 25 units Levemir, and use a 1:7 cab ratio for Humalog. My correction ratio is 1:40. My last A1C was a 10...not proud of that. My major fear is having a low blood sugar and passing out and never regaining consciousness. I am afraid of getting complications and I am afraid to die. Don't mean to depress you but just wonder how everyone else deals with it??? |
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