Welcome to Diabetes Forums!
You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and access our other features. By joining our free community you will have access to post topics, communicate privately with other members (PM), respond to polls, upload content and access many other special features.
Registration is fast, simple and absolutely free so please, join our community today!
If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact contact us.
|
 | 
06-04-2005, 03:55 PM
|  | Member | | Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Seattle area, Black Diamond, Wa
Posts: 115
| | | Hello
Hi, I was diagnosed on wed with type I, Im totally new to this. Anyways just wanted to say hello, looked like a good forum to learn and meet others on. |
06-04-2005, 04:27 PM
|  | Senior Member | | Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Manassas, in the Old Dominion
Posts: 6,539
| | | Sorry about the bad news, but welcome to the forums. As you may have gathered, you'll find a lot of sympathy and support here!
__________________
I'll mend myself before it gets me... |
06-04-2005, 04:31 PM
|  | Senior Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: CT
Posts: 4,588
| | Welcome BJC411,
So glad you found us, I think you will happy you did  . This is an awesome place for support, encouragement, advice, info, and good old-fashioned fun too :p
I'm also Type 1, dx'ed 3 years ago...which in some ways feels like it was so long ago, but also almost feels like it was yesterday at the same time. I'm currently on the MM Paradigm 511 pump. I'm doing ok, but could be doing better control wise. The last few weeks my numbers have been crazy which I'm not sure is due to pump issues or what  , but I'm trying to get back on track. No doubt, Diabetes can be a difficult disease to manage, but it can be done and you can live a long, healthy, and happy life regardless of whether you have it or not.
My advice to you would be to keep learning all you can about your disease, gather a good medical team and team for support (like this one or other support group), test often, and manage your blood sugar as best as possible. Yes, you will run into tough times, we all have had them, but your diabetes can be controlled if the effort is made. Essentially, managing your diabetes is really just keeping a healthy lifestyle. I'm not saying that's easy (it's not  ), but once you get into a routine things do fall into place .
Good luck to you and I hope to see you around the forums! 
Andrea 
__________________ 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"  |
06-04-2005, 04:49 PM
|  | Senior Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: SF Bay Area
Posts: 2,869
| | | It's nice to meet you BJC411! I'm T1 also, for 14 years now.
HeatherP
__________________ 
To err is human, to purr feline >^.^<
T1 since 1991, Cozmo Pump 11/05
|
06-04-2005, 06:38 PM
|  | Member | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Michigan
Posts: 302
| | | Hi BJC411!!
Sorry to hear about your diagnosis, My daughter was diagnosed in March 2005.
This is a wonderful place filled with wonderful people that have a lot a great advice and a few good jokes...
Tell us a litte about yourself, oh and Welcome!!!
Kelly
__________________
Confirmed with T1 on March 8th 2005
What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us.
--Ralph Waldo Emerson
|
06-04-2005, 09:46 PM
| | Member | | Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Seattle area, Black Diamond, Wa
Posts: 115
| | Thanks everyone, well Im 25, live near Seattle WA. I pretty much should have gone to the doc's month's ago when I started feeling crappy, but I didn't. My a1c was at 13%, I actually had my bg down to 139 this afternoon but thay are back up around 300 again(hope I am saying all this right) I take half a glyburide 5mg pill in the morning and 10 units of 70/30 at 6&6, also humalog before meals if I'm over 200 bg. I sure dont feel that great even when my numbers seem to go down, but I havent felt this good in awhile  . I don't know if I should take more insulin if it doesn't go down or what, I see the educator again next week and the dietrician. |
06-04-2005, 10:38 PM
|  | Senior Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Miami, Fl
Posts: 3,122
| | Hey there... WELCOME.
You will love it here. I have been T1 for 22 years and still struggling. Take it one day at a time, your body needs time to get accustomed to having normal blood sugar levels and to the insulin.It will take some time, but you will be fine. I would suggest not to make any changes till you see your next apointment. Hopw to chat w/ you
__________________ T1- 25 yrs MM-715 (6/05)[b]A1C :
6/08- 5.8
3/08- 6.2  |
06-05-2005, 10:37 AM
| | Member | | Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 123
| |  Hello
Welcome BJC. You have found a great place to be. I am T2 for 12 years. You will have good and bad days but just remember "One day at a time".
__________________ Hope you all have a great day and
"within range" blood sugars. 
Dode |
06-05-2005, 01:19 PM
|  | Senior Member
I am a: Parent | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Palm Harbor,FL
Posts: 1,092
| | | Welcome to the forums BJC.
Just as everyone is saying, this is a wonderful site with lots of great people and lots of great information.
Hopefully you will be feeling much better real soon.
__________________
Nancy
Thomas (13) diagnosed Sept 24th, 2003, a week before his 10th birthday, pumping since Deecember 2003 - Animas 1250
|
06-05-2005, 05:44 PM
|  | Senior Member | | Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Tennessee
Posts: 2,371
| | | Welcome BJC....this is a wonderful place...give it some time before you go adjusting medication. There is a honeymoon stage and also each day could be different. There are some on here that take oral meds and it took them a while before they kicked in ( I myself am on a pump so not to sure about how the oral meds work). Take it one day at a time and all will work out.
__________________  Belinda
"- work as if you don't need money, - love as if you've never been hurt, -
dance, as if nobody can see you, - sing, as if no one can hear, - live, as
if the Earth was a heaven."
|
06-06-2005, 04:55 AM
|  | Senior Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Palm Beach County, Florida
Posts: 1,139
| |  BJC!
Friendly bunch of people here.
(Type 1 since Oct. 2003, diagnosed at age 33.)
__________________ Angie ...T1 since Oct. 2003   |
06-07-2005, 07:43 PM
| | Member | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: New York
Posts: 109
| | | Welcome aboard. We're all in this mess together, so ask away and you'll probably get more info than you bargained for. This disease is an hourly struggle, but it becomes second nature in time. Hope you feel better soon.
__________________
T1 since 1976.
MM 715 Pumper since 3/28/05 |
06-07-2005, 08:20 PM
|  | Senior Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: May 2004 Location: NC
Posts: 7,314
| |
Hello and Welcome to the family. I'm sure that you will find alot of answers and support here. We don't just help each other deal with diabetes, we help each other to deal with all things going on in our lives. Hope you feel at home with us.
__________________  Rest In Peace Jack- 5/1/08. You may be gone from us but you will never be forgotten. Our love goes with you.
Pumping ain't easy but it's well worth the effort to me.
I am a person. I WILL NOT allow myself to be defined by a number!!!!
|
06-08-2005, 02:03 AM
|  | Super Moderator
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Mid-West
Posts: 7,265
| | Hi there, and welcome aboard! Glad you found us and hope you find lots of helpful info. One thing's guaranteed... you'll find great folks here! Once again, welcome to the gang, & hope you'll post often! 
__________________ ALL my love, Carwy & Best wishes for a healthy new beginning! 
Saying prayers for him & all our friends, every day.
_______
"Someone must speak for them. I do not see a delegation for the four footed. I see no seat for eagles. We forget and we consider ourselves superior, but we are after all a mere part of the Creation."
--Oren Lyons, ONONDAGA
______
Pumps & Meters Used:
MM506,7,8,11 & 12, Cozmo, Animas 1200 & 1250 Many
A1C: 6.4
Type I 26yrs, pumping 12
|
|
| Thread Tools | | | | Display Modes |  Linear Mode | 
Posting Rules
| You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off | | |
|  | | » Site Navigation | | Diabetesforums.com | | | Resource Directory | | | Contact Zone | | | |
