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06-30-2006, 09:08 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: London
Posts: 5
| |  Newbie - Present!
Hello all! I've just registered and I was just recently diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. Which is a real kick in the teeth as I'm terrified! of needles. Anyways. Hope to chat to some of you soon. E-mail me or IM or post. I don't care.
E.
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06-30-2006, 10:04 AM
|  | Senior Member | | Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Ohio
Posts: 4,636
| | | Hi Moonpaws and welcome. How old are you? I just wonder because you were diagnosed as type 1. The needles are hard at first, not because of pain, but just the thought of it. After awhile, it is just second nature, and just a pain because you have to do it.
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17 post cards from round 1
3 postcards from round 1/2
And 1 from Ed
I will remember you
Will you remember me
Don't let your life pass you by
Weep not for the memories.
I'm so tired but I can't sleep
Standing on the edge of something
much too deep
It's funny how we feel so much
but cannot say a word
We are screaming inside
But we cannot be heard
Sarah McLachlan
8/26/08 A1C 6.4
Cholesterol below 100
BP 114/64
Still anemic
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06-30-2006, 10:26 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Rhode Island
Posts: 4,815
| | | Welcome to the forum. I was terrified of needles. It took me at least 30 mins to inject myself the first time, but as Penny stated, it becomes second nature and you don't even think about it.
Karen |
06-30-2006, 10:39 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: CT
Posts: 4,588
| | Welcome  ... hope we'll get to know you 
__________________ 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"  |
06-30-2006, 12:56 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Buffalo, NY
Posts: 451
| | Welcome welcome!
Sorry to hear about your recent diagnosis. It is certainly a lot of information to digest all at once and quite a lifestyle change. We are all here for you if you have any questions.
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Lex
Diagnosed July 1997 as Type 1
Correctly diagnosed April 2006 as Type 2
Taking: 1 mg Amaryl 1x a day, Byetta 5 mcg 2x a day
Tried: Novolog, Novolog 70/30, Lantus, Humalog, Humilin L and many many others
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06-30-2006, 12:58 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Elgin, IL
Posts: 209
| | | Welcome Moonpaws!
__________________  Jacqui Diagonally parked in a parallel universe
5/06 A1C 8
9/06 A1C 6.4
ActoplusMet 15/mg/500mg x 2
Levothyroxine 50mcg x1
Pravachol 40mg x 1
Prevacid 30mg x 1
Clonazepam 1mg x1 (for restless leg syndrome, but he seems to think it will help my migraines too)
Lisinopril 10mg x2
(mostly) Healthy diet
Exercise
"this whole friggin town is uphill....."  |
06-30-2006, 01:26 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: League City, Texas
Posts: 21
| | | WELCOME Dear Lady
I know that you will find this site to be helpful in a lot of ways. We're all here, at least randomly, to help any way that we can. Best of everything to you.
John 
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Metformin 500 mg (2 pills for 1000 mg twice daily)
Byetta 5MCG (twice daily)
Glimepiride 4 mg  |
06-30-2006, 05:10 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Ontario Canada
Posts: 3,213
| | Hi E: Sorry that you were dxd. and are Terrified of needles.  I hope that
you learn to adapt. I'm glad that you found us though. Hopefully we and
all the posted info in the Forums will be able to help you. Anything else you
want to know, just ask. Good to meet you.
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Type 1 for 46 yrs. %%%%%%%%%%
Dxd. Dec./1961 %%%%%%%%%%
MDI ~ %%%%%%%%%% ***CARLIE*** ~*~*~*~*~*~
*Good Luck 07-08 Sens*
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06-30-2006, 05:22 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: California
Posts: 59
| | Hi Moonpaws!
Nice to meet you!
Here's the trick with the needle, find a fat spot and inject really fast - it won't hurt that way. I used to inject real slow at first - ouch!
If you still have a hard time, they sell these nifty injection devices online, they've a bit expensive about $50.
Welcome!
__________________  "Just Sweet Enough!" Pumping Insulin since 6/20/06
Minimed Paradigm 722
Humalog |
07-01-2006, 12:10 PM
| | Junior Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: London
Posts: 5
| |  Thanks all! :)
Thanks everyone! I'll be online for a little while if you want to e-mail me. Flameroses1945@aol.com. Hope to chat soon.
E x  |
07-01-2006, 03:10 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Ottawa, Canada
Posts: 3,293
| | Hello and welcome to this wonderful place!  |
07-01-2006, 04:17 PM
|  | Junior Member
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Texas
Posts: 42
| | Welcome, Moon!
If it makes you feel any better, there was a time where I couldn't even prick my own finger to do my own meter reading, and then one day, I just did it with the encouragment of my father-in-law (a fellow Diabetic). I just stared at my finger for several minutes and then did it. After that, it was smooth sailing.
I know this may not be similiar to injections, but just an example of how time heals.
Just a side not, though... for some reason, I cannot let anybody go ANYWHERE near my fingers with a needle. So, when I go to the doctors, I always have to tell the nurse, "Hey, you can use your own meters, but I have to do the pricking!" ....as I pull out my needle pen. 
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Diagnosed May 2003 as Type 2
Taking: 1000 mg Metformin 2x a day, Glyburide 2.5mg 1x a day
May 2006: A1C: 6.6%
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07-01-2006, 05:15 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Cary, North Carolina
Posts: 35
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Originally Posted by Moonpaws1945 Hello all! I've just registered and I was just recently diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. Which is a real kick in the teeth as I'm terrified! of needles. Anyways. Hope to chat to some of you soon. E-mail me or IM or post. I don't care.
E.
| Welcome Moonpaws
I had the same issue with needles. As a child it tooh half of the Dr's staff to hold me down to give me a shot and when I was diagnosed it took a while to get used to the shots but over time you will get used to it and someday think back and laugh at the thought that you once were "terrified of needles" |
07-01-2006, 06:43 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Melbourne OZ
Posts: 106
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G'Day Moonpaws and welcome to the club.Take Care. |
07-02-2006, 12:16 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: London
Posts: 5
| | | Thanks. I had trouble doing that too. (Shudders) needles and sharps suck! |
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