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06-01-2007, 07:40 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 113
| | | Helped alot
Well I have been Type 1 since I was 5 years old and i'm now 17. I coped really well when i was young but then it started going down hill last year i started missing injections and not testing my blood and i started eating the wrong foods I have finally started getting it back in control  I have just been reading some posts on here and they have helped alot  |
06-01-2007, 07:46 AM
|  | Senior Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Rothesay, New Brunswick Canada, eh
Posts: 6,813
| | | Welcome Jodie,
That's why we're here. I hope you stick around. I see too many teens come here, say hello, then bugger off back to teen land. Nothing wrong with enjoying life, but this D thing doesn't take time off. |
06-01-2007, 08:03 AM
|  | Super Moderator
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Northern California
Posts: 6,900
| | | Welcome to the forums Jodie. Glad you are back on track!!! |
06-01-2007, 10:09 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: illinois
Posts: 3,316
| | | hi jodie and welcome!i'm glad some of uor postings helped!i hope you stick around-we can be even more helpful...glad you're back on track,too.i vaguely remember being 17and i know you think nothing bad will ever happen to you.you're invinceable.but if you hadn't started taking your insulin again-10-20 years from now,you coulda very well had an artificial leg...just try to remember-what you do now with your diabetes WILL affect the rest of your life...take care,trish |
06-01-2007, 06:04 PM
| | Junior Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Mackay, Queensland, Australia
Posts: 34
| | Hey Jodie, welcome to the forums. I am 19, and have had an A1C of over 8 for the last couple of years. So I was a really, really bad teen when it came to diabetes. My last A1C was 9.2 (in my sig) and I have had to almost relearn everything, start from scratch just to get back under control. This site has helped me tremendously, I really can't think of any other source which has helped me this much. Most doctors or nurses just tell you to take your injections, eat the right stuff and you will be fine. 
Anyway, hope to see you some more around here, you can learn a lot.
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Type 1 diabetic since June 2003.
On NovoRapid 3 times daily.
Levemir at 6AM and 6PM.
Feb 07 A1C: 9.2 |
06-01-2007, 07:41 PM
|  | Senior Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Hastings Melbourne Australia
Posts: 2,876
| |  Welcome.
Gee thanks Jodie. It's good to see that you had good help from this site. So welcome to our happy family here at Diabetes Forums.  |
06-02-2007, 02:36 AM
|  | Senior Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Ontario Canada
Posts: 3,213
| | Welcome Jodie. I'm glad that you found us.
Also Happy to hear that things are going
better for you.
I was dxd. with Diabetes at age 3, so I know
where you are coming from.
I messed up a couple times when I was a teenager.
I forgot my Insulin shots one day and ended up in
a 3 day coma. I think that's how my retinopathy
got started. My Ophthalmologist caught the
problem so he lasered it and it turned out fine,
thankfully. It could've been Bad. Take Care.
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Type 1 for 46 yrs. %%%%%%%%%%
Dxd. Dec./1961 %%%%%%%%%%
MDI ~  %%%%%%%%%% ***CARLIE*** ~*~*~*~*~*~
*Good Luck 07-08 Sens*
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06-02-2007, 08:40 AM
|  | Senior Member
I am a: Type 1.5 | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Orlando, FL
Posts: 7,835
| | Glad you're back on the wagon... Welcome aboard 
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You may call me Locutus  |
06-05-2007, 06:59 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Phoenicia, NY
Posts: 174
| | | Hi Jodie,
glad to hear that the forum has been so helpful to you - and glad to hear that you are back on track. Try to keep yourself on track, you will benefit later on down the road. I suggest that you consider going on a pump. you will find that the pump helps you maintain excellent control and gives you more freedom to make choices in life. I can remember (though it was a long time ago - back in the dark ages!!) when I was a teen and how important it was to blend in and do the same things everyone else was doing.
Keep us posted on how you are doing.
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Linda 
Type 1
diagnosed September, 1970
pumper - mm 522
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06-05-2007, 07:44 PM
|  | Senior Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: May 2004 Location: NC
Posts: 7,102
| | Hi Jodie and Welcome. Glad to see you are taking control.
__________________  Rest In Peace Jack- 5/1/08. You may be gone from us but you will never be forgotten. Our love goes with you.
Postcard Status: 14 of 20. |
06-05-2007, 08:25 PM
|  | Senior Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: B.C., Canada
Posts: 1,878
| | | Hi Jodie! Nice to have you here!
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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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06-06-2007, 12:19 AM
|  | Senior Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Sacramento California
Posts: 2,515
| | | Talking with other diabetics and learning from one another is the best thing you can do for your psyche and diabetes imho.
I am SOOOOO stoked to meet people here at Vegas and Volunteering at a diabetic camp this summer. I love hanging out with other diabetics. I never feel more comfortable then when I am with other diabetics. |
06-06-2007, 08:05 AM
|  | Senior Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: California
Posts: 1,179
| | Hi Jodie & Welcome to our family.  Glad you found some things that worked for you.
Yep. We all kicked it up when we were teens, you're pretty normal in that regard. Enjoy your youth, but you will begin to see that you are growing responsible more quickly than most of your friends and be proud of that.
Hope you are here for many years and share your experiences with us and particularly other young members.
Mich |
06-06-2007, 08:24 AM
|  | Super Moderator
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Knoxville, TN
Posts: 6,776
| | Hi Jodie: Welcome, glad you found the forum. I can only imagine how difficult it is to deal with diabetes as a young person...(i'm tired of it already and i've not had it a year yet! I'm very glad you're doing all you can to take good care of yourself. You'll have a healthier, happier and longer life that way...and that's what you deserve. Hang in there!
__________________ 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)  |
06-06-2007, 08:51 AM
|  | Senior Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: missouri
Posts: 1,022
| | | Hi Jodie,Just you coming on here shows that you care about yourself,which is the one thing it'll take to manage your "D". You are wis at your young years to come to this forum. I hope you stick around,as you can learn so,so much. and it will make you feel better,believe me,this has been such a lifesaver for me,when I need reassurance I come on here. Hope you stay!
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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.
like a true Libran: balance is the key
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