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11-26-2008, 09:49 PM
|  | Junior Member | | Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Nowra Australia NSW
Posts: 2
| |  Gday All
Gday All..
I like to introduce myself,,,Im Craig from the South Coast NSW,,Nowra..
I am a Water Diabetic or as it is better known as Diabetes Insipidus.. 
IF !! you read my profile you,read more about me as i am a little shy.. 
I certainly am so happy to of found a forum and where i can relate to people in my situation..
I really get upset and hurt the way i tell people what i have and then they say,,,sorry never heard of it OR is there such a thing.. 
It will be an absolute pleaure in getting to know you ALL, 
Oh incase you wonder why the nic name as shags,,,always been a nic name ever since i was a pup {a kid}..LOL
Craig |
11-26-2008, 11:21 PM
| | Senior Member
I am a: Type 1.5 | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: RURAL NSW AUSTRALIA
Posts: 878
| | Hi Craig,
G'day from another Aussie and nearly a neighbour. Just up the road in Cold old Goulburn!!
Your Diabetes is very different to the people on this forum.
Diabetes Insipidus as you know is about fluid control or lack of it. You have to take medications to stop you drinking lots and peeing lots. It is caused by a tumor or damage to the brain.
Diabetes Melitis is a problem with the pancreas . It either stops producing insulin all together or the insulin is not as strong as it should be.This means that sugars cannot be used in the body for energy. The sugar is in the blood stream and this atracks water from the body. Causing a person to pee lots and drink lots.
Diabetes refers to water The Melitis and Insipidus is the difference.
My explanation is a very simple one and I'm sure others could go into a lot more detail. 
People can be very ignorant and don't relise their comments are hurtful. I hope that you can find some useful information here. Just talking about your experiences and concerns can help
I have met a few people with your disease over the years
I'm no expert on it. but would love to learn more.
By the way I love your nick name,I had a friend years ago with the same nick name.
__________________ Take care from Alicat61
Meds Byetta 10mgs twice day Started on 1st Feb 2008) Working well for me
Humalog 3 x day
Lantus daily
Metformin 1gm 3x a day
Aticand 32mg daily
Propranalol 40 mgs 2 x a day
150 mg aspirin daily (I need to have shares in my chemist shop) |
11-27-2008, 02:08 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: I come from the land down under
Posts: 369
| | Hi from another Aussie.
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11-27-2008, 04:44 AM
| | Junior Member | | Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Nowra Australia NSW
Posts: 2
| | | Gday Alicat & Kanga;
I thankyou both for your warm welcome..
Your welcome really means alot..
It is hard to beleive,it was EXACTLY 12 months to the day since i was in RPA having my tumour removed,,even now watching the show brings tears to my eyes,,why i cannot explain why,,,sorry but it affects me that way,but i still love the show in seeing all the great work they do to people..
Alicat;
People you know who has the same desease as me,,,Diabtes Insipidus,,,do they work as i cannot work again..
Oh by the way,,,i take MINIRIN tablets 3 times a day at every 8 hours,, morning at 6am,,,2pm and 10pm ..
Craig |
11-27-2008, 05:13 AM
|  | Senior Member | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Mt. Dandenong, Victoria, Australia
Posts: 1,710
| | hey craig! welcome aboard!
Shags is also the nickname of Ron Barassi. you probably haven't heard of him. LOL.
he is an idol in Melbourne - as this is the land of the AFL!
-- Joel.
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A1c's
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early July 2007: 16.2%; early Sept 2007: 8.0%; early Dec 2007: 5.9%; early Jun 2008: 6.4%; early Apr 2009: 6.4%
triglycerides: 89 (1.0); HDL chol: 50 (1.2); LDL chol: 19.5 (0.5); total cholesterol 87.5
Lantus before bed - 14u; Novorapid for meals (averaging 10-16u per day); Lowish carb diet |
11-27-2008, 05:22 AM
|  | Senior Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Hastings Melbourne Australia
Posts: 4,230
| | G'day Craig, I love the Nicname as it's very aussie to me.  The form of diabetes that you have is a unsusual one and we will lern heaps from you.
Welcome to DF. |
11-27-2008, 05:42 AM
|  | Senior Member | | Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Ohio
Posts: 5,665
| | Let me be the first American to greet you. I am not familiar with your form of Diabetes, so Thanks Alicat for explaining. Do you have to take insulin and count carbs Shags?
__________________  Love doesn't make the world go around, but it makes the ride worthwhile.
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11-27-2008, 03:56 PM
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I am a: Type 1.5 | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: RURAL NSW AUSTRALIA
Posts: 878
| | Hi Again Craig,
RPA always makes me get emotional as well as My Mother had a huge operation 5 years ago . Plus the thought of the Dr Chris O'brien and his brain tumor. Plus I'm a big softy.
As for people and working again I don't know one was a child years ago. The other lady I think she may have been working but not 100%
Interesting about the tablets. Treatment used to be a powder you snorted up your nose
Diabetes the disease that makes injecting or snorting drugs legal !!
Joel New South Welshmen have heard of Ron Barassi We get more AFL then you people get Rugby League
__________________ Take care from Alicat61
Meds Byetta 10mgs twice day Started on 1st Feb 2008) Working well for me
Humalog 3 x day
Lantus daily
Metformin 1gm 3x a day
Aticand 32mg daily
Propranalol 40 mgs 2 x a day
150 mg aspirin daily (I need to have shares in my chemist shop) |
11-28-2008, 07:14 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Dublin, Ireland
Posts: 5,789
| | G'Day Shags,
So Penny, was the first American to welcome you, now I'll the first Irishman to say "Welcome to the forums"
Thanks to yourself and Alison for educating a little more today. You are very welcome here, we are all diabetics together, albeit of different flavours, but we're all sweet 
__________________  Cosmo the Duck: is with Gretchen in Cambridge, MA. Ping the Duck: is with Nancy
Metformin 500mg twice daily, Enap 5mg
Diagnosed T2 on 26th Nov'07, with BG of 21mmol/L (378mg/dL) and A1c of 11.6%.
Most recent A1c 10/09/09: 6.1%
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11-28-2008, 07:35 AM
|  | Senior Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: missouri
Posts: 1,524
| | | Hello, I'll be the second American to welcome you, Penny can be first because its her Birthday,lol! But,anyway welcome to the forum. I have to say I don't know about your type of diabetes,but I am very fascinated by it and I,also would like to know more about you and how you deal with your type of "D" You will love the forum and you'll be talking to the nicest people on earth! Welcome!
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Difficulties present choices:
we can either waste away from
our wounds or use them to grow our souls
The balance is,as always,delicate
We are constantly falling off one side are the other.
But the center is always there,waiting for us to discover it.
"Before you know kindness / as the deepest thing inside, / you must know sorrow / as the other deepest thing…. / Then it is only kindness / that makes sense anymore…."
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11-28-2008, 12:43 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Essex
Posts: 1,202
| | | Hi Craig! Hello, good evening and welcome to the forum, you've chosen a great site, warm and friendly people, loads of information, I'm sure you'll like it here.
It must me awful for you, having to go that often, can be quite a nuisance, but as the old proverb goes, when you have to go! you just have too.
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DX 8/2004
Current Meds
Metformin 500 mg
Ramipril 5mg
Aspirin 75mg
Simvastatin 20mg
2005/6 Getting my
Head around this
Condition.
07- HbA1C 5.2 ChOL 3.2
08- HbA1C 5.4 ChOL 4.2
09- HbA1C 5.5 CHOL 3.6 LDL 1.9 HDL 2.5
Triglycerides 0.60
Many people will try to tell you what you can’t eat with diabetes.
Most will be well-meaning.
Rather than compounding the problem by telling you what you should
eat, I’d recommend a simpler method, eat by your meter.
Buddy 7 Essex uk |
11-28-2008, 07:24 PM
| | Senior Member
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Gold Country (CA)
Posts: 1,673
| | | Hi, Craig! Welcome to the forums.
I'm quite interested in hearing about diabetes insipidus. I've heard of it before, but know nothing about it. Hopefully we can learn from each other! |
11-28-2008, 08:45 PM
| | Senior Member
I am a: Type 1.5 | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Victoria Canada
Posts: 1,365
| | | Welcome Craig..
pleased to meet you and very interested in your Diabetes.. I imagine it must be hard having to explain to just everybody what you have to do.. I am guessing RPA is a tv show about a hospital? So you are a star too!?
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Dx Sept 2004
A1c 5.2
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