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06-09-2005, 04:22 AM
|  | Junior Member | | Join Date: May 2005
Posts: 34
| | | Desert rose
here I am..my first year...oh my God what a feeling.....................I had such s great life |
06-09-2005, 05:12 AM
|  | Senior Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: CT
Posts: 4,588
| | Hey, hang in there  . It does get easier as you get into a routine.
The best advice I can give you is to educate yourself as much as possible, assemble a great medical team, take care of yourself, and seek support. Also, don't feel like this is the end to your happy life...you can still live a long, healthy, AND happy life. Don't let Diabetes stop you! 
Take care,
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"  |
06-09-2005, 06:47 AM
| | Junior Member | | Join Date: May 2005 Location: Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Posts: 38
| | | Andrea is right. After time you will adjust to your new lifestyle. I was depressed and mad at myself when I was first told I had diabetes (type2). But now my way of life is routine and easy to accept. I eat more healthy than I ever had and I am problably in the best shape of my life. Now I feel being diabetic has extended my life, not ended it.
Jamie |
06-09-2005, 10:57 AM
|  | Senior Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: SF Bay Area
Posts: 2,868
| | You STILL have a great life - it just takes a little more planning.  It gets easier, you'll see. I'm going on 14 years in and it's just another facet of my life, like doing the laundry and looking after my cats, whatever.
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To err is human, to purr feline >^.^<
T1 since 1991, Cozmo Pump 11/05
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06-09-2005, 11:48 AM
| | Junior Member | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Houston, Texas
Posts: 75
| | | 1st year
I know its scary and at time frustrating. Learning all you can about your condition is your best defense. For a while it would be good to keep a detailed diary of your blood glucose readings, insulin intake type and quantities of foods you eat and time. You will begin to see how 1/2 cup rice affects your blood and how 4/oz tuna affects your blood if you record each food and how much and how your before and after BG readings were. track your foods for a while and soon you will be able to judge exactly what you needs will be and how much insulin to take.
As a kid my parents taught me that diabetes is a condition - not a disease.
a disease can be cured
a condition can be managed
With proper management your life need not change. Be happy, active and remember you are not sick, you just have a manageable condition and you will do just fine. |
06-09-2005, 01:59 PM
| | Junior Member | | Join Date: May 2005
Posts: 34
| | | thank you guys, I appreciate.. |
06-09-2005, 04:30 PM
|  | Senior Member | | Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Manassas, in the Old Dominion
Posts: 6,508
| | | It can beat you up...Don't let it win.
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I'll mend myself before it gets me... |
06-09-2005, 06:33 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Nevada, USA
Posts: 165
| | | Welcome to the clan smile! Having diabetes is very overwhelming at the beginning, but you will adjust and you will still have a great life AND have diabetes! Please feel free to drop by here often; our door is always open!
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Amanda
Type 1 4/00 -- Animas 1250  |
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