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05-08-2007, 11:51 AM
| | Junior Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: Carlisle Cumbria
Posts: 4
| |  hey
Hey im new to this thing thought i would meet sum people with diabeties!  See how other people cope with it! Ive had type 1 diabties since i was 8 i am now 14 and i h8 it!  |
05-08-2007, 12:09 PM
|  | Super Moderator
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Knoxville, TN
Posts: 11,096
| | Hi Jennie, Welcome! Sounds like you've been dealing with diabetes a lot longer than me.... I hate it too sometimes....and I don't even have to take shots. Are you taking shots or do you have a pump?
I know there are lots of people here dealing with the same things you're going through that can give you all sorts of encouragement. I'm glad you found us!
All the best,
Linda 
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T2, diagnosed 8/31/06.
Metformin 500 mg twice daily
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 (after dealing with shingles & bronchiti)
2/09: 5.5 |
05-08-2007, 12:15 PM
|  | Super Moderator
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Northern California
Posts: 9,670
| | | Hi Jennie, Glad you found the forums! I have had type one diabetes for 20 years. I am using an insulin pump and it has been really helpful. Hope you visit often.
__________________  Nancy Kind words can be short and easy to speak but their echoes are truly endless. Mother Teresa diagnosed type 1 October 1986
currently using Medtronic MiniMed
paradigm 715 CLEAR  |
05-08-2007, 12:26 PM
|  | Senior Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Kent, WA USA
Posts: 3,113
| | Hi and welcome to the board! Glad to have you here.
I have a 15 year old daughter, and I think she'd be having the same feelings as you if she were diabetic. I know that you're not alone!
We are all here to help you, if you have any questions or want to know more.
__________________  Rikki @--'--,--'--
Diagnosed in 1989
A1c 5.5 - Apr. 09
MDI due to Troy's company's crappy insurance
Every time you Can Has, God kills a LOLcat. My Blog |
05-08-2007, 01:38 PM
|  | Senior Member
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Douglasville, GA
Posts: 2,583
| | Hi Jennie  Welcome to DF
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.: Melissa :.
Age: 45
Type 2 - Dx'd 08.16.05
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[ A1c ]
6.9 - 01/07
6.0 - 05/07
5.9 - 09/07
6.4 - 03/08
6.4 - 10/08
6.9 - 03/09
[ Meter ]
Contour
[ Meds ]
Metformin 1000mg 2x, Novolin N 30u 2x, Novolin R 1:10
Lisinopril 40mg 1x, Simvastatin 80mg 1x, Aspirin 81mg 1x
[ Other Conditions ]
Coccidioidomycosis aka Valley Fever Dx'd 1.17.94
- Asthma
- Chronic Bronchitis
Hypertention
Hyperlipidemia
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05-08-2007, 02:15 PM
|  | Senior Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: NJ
Posts: 1,272
| | | I have had type 1 since I was 11. I am now 44. Nobody likes it but you have to deal with it. Learn to accept it and live a healthy lifestyle. There is almost nothing you cannot do because you have diabetes. I was on shots, there was no such thing as MDI 30+ years ago but went to MDI and now have been pumping for 8 months. The pump does free you up some but you still have to watch what you eat and calculate it. The more you learn and know about diabetes the better off you will be. Keep a positive attitude about it. You will have good and bad days. Tomorrow is always a new start. Keep your head up work hard at it and you will live a long healthy life. I feel and probably am healthier than most people I meet!
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Type 1 since 4/74
Pump user since 10/17/06!
MM 522 pump
CGMS started 10/3/08
A1C 5/08: 6.0
A1C 10/08 5.7
A1C 2/09 6.1
A1C 6/09 6.0
A1C 11/09 6.3
Bike miles 2009: 2213 miles
Keep on pedaling
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05-08-2007, 02:15 PM
| | Senior Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: UK
Posts: 1,092
| | Hello Jennie, Nice to meet you
I see you have good tastes (horses)
I have a collection of horses
1dog
29 sheep and
2 cats who live in the farm buildings.
You asked how we cope with diabetes,
I came to the conclusion a long time ago, that it won't go away so make the best of it.
If you have a bad day start a fresh day tomorrow there is no point on dwelling on things
Oh and enjoy life diabetes shouldn't stop you doing anything you want to do.
Ps whats that cute pony called in your profile?
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Sue
Pumping using bovine insulin. (Pump kindly donated by Solox)
Last edited by SueM : 05-08-2007 at 02:18 PM.
Reason: asking a nosey question as an after thought
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05-08-2007, 02:26 PM
|  | Senior Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Gales... Rain... Sleet... Snow.. you name it, I've got it! (UK peep!)
Posts: 1,439
| | Hey - welcome to the forums.
Ive been diabetic since the age of 11 - so had it now for 10years, it can be hard at times - but we all get there!
Glad to you decided to join See ya around xx
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~ SchaTzcheN ~
T1 since age 11
Now a qualified Norland Nanny |
05-08-2007, 05:34 PM
|  | Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Auckland, New Zealand
Posts: 391
| | | Yup I hear ya!
Ive had diabetes since ag7.. Am now 23..
And yea! it sucks. But it is life and unfortunately my life includes this stupid condition... I get angry all the time and mourn the loss of a normal life. But really, at the end of the day, there is nothing i can do but try to control the diabetes and lead as healthy a life as I can...... |
05-09-2007, 08:08 AM
| | Junior Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: Carlisle Cumbria
Posts: 4
| | | the pony in that picture is called kim shes ma m8s pony |
05-09-2007, 08:16 AM
|  | Senior Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: New Brunswick Canada, eh
Posts: 8,976
| | | Welcome Jenny. |
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age:26. Raving T1 for 19 years on split dose Lantus, NovoRapid & Metformin. Only minor Retinopathy at this stage, fingers crossed nothing else hits anytime soon 
