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07-05-2008, 09:48 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Northampton, UK
Posts: 46
| | | Hello :)
Hello
My name is Jen and I'm a type 1 diabetic, diagnosed when I was two years old (in 1978). My blood sugars have been very difficult to control since I reached puberty, and while I've had many good years on it, I still struggle to prevent sugars from swinging up and down.
On the positive side, I've lived with this for 30 years, without many complications, and I hope I can help people who are just starting out as well as finding some solutions myself 
Hello again
Jen |
07-05-2008, 10:08 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Hastings Melbourne Australia
Posts: 2,643
| | Hello Jen & welcome to DF. I was diagnosed in 1971 when I was 10 and I too was all over the place plus thin like death warmed up. 
Anyway you have come to a helpful place Jen and you will find lots of Brit's who have the same disease as we have.
__________________ We inject to stay alive!!! So that i can enjoy what you enjoy!!!  A1C for July '08 5.9 MMOL/L
Peter... Insulins Novorapid and Levemir.
So I am well armed to enjoy food of any kind!!!  |
07-05-2008, 11:19 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Northampton, UK
Posts: 46
| | Thank you for the welcome, and I like the Signature "My Pancreas is on strike" .
I was always porky as a child, and still am, partially because my ma thinks if there isn't 3 different types of carbs at dinner, it's not a proper meal  ) *.
Thank you again for the welcome
Jen
*And I'm a pig who'll eat anything that isn't nailed down |
07-05-2008, 11:53 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Hastings Melbourne Australia
Posts: 2,643
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Originally Posted by JenBarker  Thank you for the welcome, and I like the Signature "My Pancreas is on strike" . | Yes you will find that there is a few of those LOL
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I was always porky as a child, and still am, partially because my ma thinks if there isn't 3 different types of carbs at dinner, it's not a proper meal ) *.
Thank you again for the welcome
Jen
*And I'm a pig who'll eat anything that isn't nailed down | Aww Jen.  Thankyou.
__________________ We inject to stay alive!!! So that i can enjoy what you enjoy!!! A1C for July '08 5.9 MMOL/L
Peter... Insulins Novorapid and Levemir.
So I am well armed to enjoy food of any kind!!! |
07-05-2008, 11:58 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Kansas, US
Posts: 1,019
| | Welcome! Quote:
Originally Posted by JenBarker And I'm a pig who'll eat anything that isn't nailed down | I think that I can relate. As part of my welcome to you, I'm including a picture of myself: 
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Eddy
DXed 2007/04 = advanced-stage DKA, A1c of 12.9%, and BMI of 21.3
post-DX A1c = 5.4% @ 2008/07; 5.2% @ 2008/04; 5.3% @ 2007/12; 5.3% @ 2007/08
c-peptide = 0.0% @ 2008/07
current BMI = 26.0 (86kg on 182cm); want to get back to 23-24
basal = 2U human N @ 0630, 5U detemir @ 0630, 11U detemir @ 1200, 17U detemir @ 2030
bolus = 1:15 I:C ratio; varying mix of aspart, human R, human N
not a low-CHO eater... not even close!
last updated 2008/08/18
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07-06-2008, 01:27 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Hastings Melbourne Australia
Posts: 2,643
| |  Confessed
Hey Ed, OK we are indeed FAT!!! and I am guilty of that fact.
Why empathize it?
__________________ We inject to stay alive!!! So that i can enjoy what you enjoy!!! A1C for July '08 5.9 MMOL/L
Peter... Insulins Novorapid and Levemir.
So I am well armed to enjoy food of any kind!!! |
07-06-2008, 05:01 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Kansas, US
Posts: 1,019
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Originally Posted by ant hill OK we are indeed FAT!!! and I am guilty of that fact.
Why empathize it? | Nah. That's a little pig, included by virtue of the love of eating. Were I to foray into the realm of fat-or-not, I'd have included a picture of a bigger pig. 
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Eddy
DXed 2007/04 = advanced-stage DKA, A1c of 12.9%, and BMI of 21.3
post-DX A1c = 5.4% @ 2008/07; 5.2% @ 2008/04; 5.3% @ 2007/12; 5.3% @ 2007/08
c-peptide = 0.0% @ 2008/07
current BMI = 26.0 (86kg on 182cm); want to get back to 23-24
basal = 2U human N @ 0630, 5U detemir @ 0630, 11U detemir @ 1200, 17U detemir @ 2030
bolus = 1:15 I:C ratio; varying mix of aspart, human R, human N
not a low-CHO eater... not even close!
last updated 2008/08/18
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07-06-2008, 09:46 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: B.C., Canada
Posts: 1,877
| | | Welcome to DF! You've found an awsome resource!
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Happiness isn't getting what you want.....
It's wanting what you've got.
Last A1C - 5.9
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07-06-2008, 08:11 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Hastings Melbourne Australia
Posts: 2,643
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Originally Posted by Eddy Nah. That's a little pig, included by virtue of the love of eating. | And I am gilty of that too. 
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Were I to foray into the realm of fat-or-not, I'd have included a picture of a bigger pig. | Oh, *Get's sweat off the brow*
__________________ We inject to stay alive!!! So that i can enjoy what you enjoy!!! A1C for July '08 5.9 MMOL/L
Peter... Insulins Novorapid and Levemir.
So I am well armed to enjoy food of any kind!!! |
07-06-2008, 08:31 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Rothesay, New Brunswick Canada, eh
Posts: 6,453
| | Oink Jen!
__________________ Michael Pollan on CBC
In Defense of Food with Michael Pollan T1 1975, MM 722 pump
A1C 7/08 5.9%
HDL - 1.55 (59.9)
LDL - 1.76 (68.1)
Triglicerides - 0.44 (40.0)
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07-06-2008, 08:36 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Northampton, UK
Posts: 46
| | I thought it was a very handsome pig, compared with say, John Prescott*. Quote:
Originally Posted by Eddy Were I to foray into the realm of fat-or-not, I'd have included a picture of a bigger pig. | O, I didn't realise you had a picture of me  I hope it's not THAT pic .
OINK!
Jen**
*I'm sorry, I disgust myself.
**currently running at 5.1mmol (12am) 5.9 (1am) and 13.6 (3:16). |
07-07-2008, 06:18 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Rhode Island
Posts: 4,499
| | | HI Jen & Welcome. Nice folks here and tons of valuable information too!
Karen |
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