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07-14-2008, 10:32 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: birmingham, uk
Posts: 111
| | | new here. :)
hiya my name is sammy.
im 19
and live in the UK, Birmingham.
i got diabetes type 1 last year in march.
im not coping to well and been in hospital twice as DKA.
im trying to manage it the best i can though.
i just thought id join so i can speak with other people who are like me with diabetes.
atm im using humalog mix50 twice a day (injections). |
07-14-2008, 10:35 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Rothesay, New Brunswick Canada, eh
Posts: 6,602
| | | Welcome sammy.
Glad you found us.
No need for DKA. It doesn't take a whole lot of effort to manage this. Are you working with a doctor? |
07-14-2008, 10:35 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Knoxville, TN
Posts: 6,284
| | | Welcome Sammy, glad you found the forums. Can't offer you advice as i'm not on insulin, but i'm sure some of our T1 experts will be along soon. This is a great place for encouragement, advice and information.
__________________ T2, diagnosed 8/31/06.
Byetta 5 mcg
HCTZ 12.5 mg every other day for BP
Enalapril 20 mg 1 daily (ace-inhibitor)
Lower carb dieter (approx. 75 total carbs/day, more on weekends), taking chromium, multivitamin and fish oil tablets Initial A1C 8/06: 9.6
11/06: 6.2.
03/07: 5.3
06/07: 5.4
10/07: 5.3
05/08: 6.2 (right after dealing with shingles and bronchitis)  |
07-14-2008, 10:42 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
Posts: 1,739
| | Hi Sammy, Welcome to DF! Glad you found us. Stick around, ask questions and tell us more about yourself. Assuming that you have Type 1 Diabetes: injecting a mix just twice a day seems a little inflexible for a 19 year old... I can only see that approach being successful if you do the same thing at the same time each day, eat the same meals every day, same activity etc... at 19 I'm sure you have more of a life than that 
__________________ ~ Frank Metabolic Syndrome Dx'd March 2003. Started MM 712 Pump April 2004. MM 722 + Contour Link April 2008. "...type 2 diabetes is associated with obesity... [so] most people assume that the excess weight causes the diabetes. But... it's possible that diabetes causes obesity" "One of the causes of your diabetes is a poor choice of ancestors." - Gretchen Becker - The First Year: Type 2 Diabetes: An Essential Guide for the Newly Diagnosed |
07-14-2008, 11:15 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: birmingham, uk
Posts: 111
| | | erm well i was on four a day injections bu i cant manage that. i have a few problems with food and dealing with taking my injections. which i am getting help for now. i also have other problems im getting help for.
yeh i have my diabetes doctor she wanted to admit me into hospital, shes really nice. i also am working with my diabetes nurse and seeing her this week sometime.
i actually dont have much of a life atm so i dunno. things are just hard atm.
so i hope being here and talking to you will help a lot, because i dont know anyone with diabetes at all. |
07-14-2008, 11:41 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Knoxville, TN
Posts: 6,284
| | You may not have known many diabetics in the past, but now you have your very own "diabetic" family....absolutely the sweetest bunch of folks around! 
__________________ T2, diagnosed 8/31/06.
Byetta 5 mcg
HCTZ 12.5 mg every other day for BP
Enalapril 20 mg 1 daily (ace-inhibitor)
Lower carb dieter (approx. 75 total carbs/day, more on weekends), taking chromium, multivitamin and fish oil tablets Initial A1C 8/06: 9.6
11/06: 6.2.
03/07: 5.3
06/07: 5.4
10/07: 5.3
05/08: 6.2 (right after dealing with shingles and bronchitis) |
07-14-2008, 11:44 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Northern California
Posts: 6,426
| | | Welcome to Diabetes Forums sammy. Glad you found us. |
07-14-2008, 11:49 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: birmingham, uk
Posts: 111
| | awww thats really sweet thing to say 
i am glad i found this forum. there isnt really any like this one, ive looked, and i have been reading this for a few months and only just joined today. really glad i have |
07-14-2008, 11:58 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Vermont
Posts: 1,200
| | Quote:
Originally Posted by princesslinda  ... sweetest bunch of folks around! | Quote:
Originally Posted by -sammy- ...really sweet... | Where's the nutrition label on this thread? I feel like I should bolus or something 
__________________ Diagnosed Type 2 on Sept 11, 2007 - A1c 8.8, Dec 2007 A1c 6.0, Apr 2008 A1c 5.7
No meds, daily 81mg aspirin and multivitamin, nutrition & exercise. Lacto-ovo vegetarian since Sept 1986You can call me   |
07-14-2008, 12:04 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: birmingham, uk
Posts: 111
| | hahahahaha
ooo are you vegetarian. i am too. nearly 4 months tho so not that long. but ive wanted to be for a long time and now i can im old enough lol. i tried to when i was younger but couldnt manage it because of my mother wouldnt buy the alternatives lol. |
07-14-2008, 01:20 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Essex
Posts: 238
| | Hi-Sammy!!
Good evening and welcome to the DF, it will appear you're coping with the help of your Dr and nurse, your age tells me, the professionals and your family, will be a great support to you.
Hope to see you post much more, great place, great people, you'll like it on this site.
B/7 ESSEX UK. |
07-14-2008, 05:13 PM
|  | Senior Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Derby,UK
Posts: 740
| | | Hey Sammy welcome to DF
The guys and gals here are great
Try to get hold of a book called "think like a pancreas" it's pretty helpfull also "using insulin" you can get them through amazon. All i'll say is test, test, test that's the only way you know whats happening.
take care and good luck
Azz |
07-14-2008, 06:07 PM
|  | Junior Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Utah
Posts: 52
| | | hey dude, what's up! i just joined a week ago, so i'm semi-new too. This forum's already helped me a bunch and I finally feel like there's people who know what I'm going through with this diabetes stuff. you'll love it on this thing, and I hope you're doing okay! =]
__________________ dxed: 02/2007
07/03/2008 A1c: 7.8
"Every blessing ignored becomes a curse."-Paulo Coelho |
07-14-2008, 06:39 PM
|  | Junior Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Northampton, UK
Posts: 46
| | Quote:
Originally Posted by -sammy- hahahahaha
ooo are you vegetarian. i am too. nearly 4 months tho so not that long. but ive wanted to be for a long time and now i can im old enough lol. i tried to when i was younger but couldnt manage it because of my mother wouldnt buy the alternatives lol. |
Veggies Together!!!
Welcome to the Diabetes club.
I couldn't help but notice that you seemed a bit despondant. So here is a hug (cue HUG), and I hope that things will become easier now you are on here. I wish I'd had the Forum when I was a teenager .
To repeat, welcome.
Jen |
07-15-2008, 06:49 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: birmingham, uk
Posts: 111
| | yeah a little bit. aww thanks for the hug (hug back)
and cool ill check out that book thanks.
yeah i hope it becomes easier too now im here, thanks everyone |
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