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06-05-2006, 04:32 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Butler
Posts: 86
| | My new mantra....
"Only two more years... only two more years..."
[repeat]  |
06-05-2006, 04:37 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Northern Utah
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Originally Posted by Nejeda My new mantra....
"Only two more years... only two more years..."
[repeat] | LOL I remember that the first day of school every year, instead of listening to rules in each class, I would make a yearly, monthly, and # of days left until a day off from school, countdown in the calendar that they would give us 
You can make it dear! Stay strong
__________________  Laura Anne  "Happy Day! All is well! Pumping with Paradigm 712 since November 17th, 2004 Type 1 since April, 1995 |
06-05-2006, 04:41 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Butler
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| | Making it isn't what I'm worried about... making it without pulling out all my hair, now that's what I'm worried about... LOL
Actually it's the stress that gets to me and my blood sugar, makes it go all rollercoaster-y on me. |
06-05-2006, 04:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Nejeda Making it isn't what I'm worried about... making it without pulling out all my hair, now that's what I'm worried about... LOL
Actually it's the stress that gets to me and my blood sugar, makes it go all rollercoaster-y on me. | You should do a search on here about stress. I am sure that people have posted some sort of de-stressing techniques. I know that deep breathing helped me, and saved my hair from having to be jerked out of my scalp....lol My control of bg's was terrible at the time, and so I am not sure if it was all just because of stress, but if you can see it effecting you, you need to take some steps to try and destress.
__________________ Laura Anne "Happy Day! All is well! Pumping with Paradigm 712 since November 17th, 2004 Type 1 since April, 1995 |
06-05-2006, 04:49 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Butler
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| | My doctor just switched my insulin types on me, and I'm finding ways to coup... journaling mostly, but I still have some bad BS days where it'll be okay in the morning say around 90 then it'll drop to 60ish then shot up to around 300ish then drop again... stuff like that. Really takes a toll on a person!  |
06-05-2006, 06:32 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: May 2004 Location: NC
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Originally Posted by Nejeda My doctor just switched my insulin types on me, and I'm finding ways to coup... journaling mostly, but I still have some bad BS days where it'll be okay in the morning say around 90 then it'll drop to 60ish then shot up to around 300ish then drop again... stuff like that. Really takes a toll on a person! | What did he change you from and to what?? I'm curious. Sorry if it's nosy.
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06-05-2006, 08:28 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Texas
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Originally Posted by Nejeda I wanted to ring her neck!!!!!   | They actually argue their point, even though it is completely wrong. It's always the grandma story too, no matter who you ask. It's kind of funny  . Rather than explain it to them, I usually just agree with them. I find it a waste of time to argue over something that makes no difference to them.
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06-06-2006, 04:03 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Savannah, GA USA
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| | Nejeda,
You're going to find out more and more that you have to rely on yourself first. Everyone has their own poo to step in day in and day out. You sound like I did when I was 16. I was thought of as so mature and trustworthy that most people didn't give me a second thought. that was the worst. Everyone seems to like you and get along with you, but no one remembers to invite you to the parties on the weekends, or call you when all the friends get together to go do something. You've got years on them now that you had to grow up so fast. I'd just appreciated the simple fact that you're ahead of the game and can worry aobut the next hurdles in life. when the simple issues of being a teenager are past you, life can be good (even while you're still a teenager )
__________________ The only way to manage diabetes is to CURE it... Diabetes since December, 1983 Meds: Humalog/Pump since 1998, Synthroid 88mcg, Zetia 10mg, Altace 10mg, Prevacid 30mg, Benfotiamine 600mg, 1-a-day multivitamin, Aspirin 325 mg, Garlic-geltab 4,000mg, methylcel. fiber therapy 2,000mg(for cholesterol) So, what's in your lunchbox?  |
06-06-2006, 08:08 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: New Jersey
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| | | Perhaps pump companies would know of other type I's in your area. They could give the other folks your contact info if they were willing. |
06-06-2006, 08:23 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Northern Utah
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Originally Posted by Lynne1 Perhaps pump companies would know of other type I's in your area. They could give the other folks your contact info if they were willing. | I'm not sure if pump companies can do that just because of all the HIPPA stuff, and many sue happy people out there. But, it would be worth a try. Maybe they have some sort of list of people willing to be mentors or something. Good suggestion!
__________________ Laura Anne "Happy Day! All is well! Pumping with Paradigm 712 since November 17th, 2004 Type 1 since April, 1995 |
06-06-2006, 12:46 PM
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Originally Posted by archimeech Nejeda,
You're going to find out more and more that you have to rely on yourself first. Everyone has their own poo to step in day in and day out. You sound like I did when I was 16. I was thought of as so mature and trustworthy that most people didn't give me a second thought. that was the worst. Everyone seems to like you and get along with you, but no one remembers to invite you to the parties on the weekends, or call you when all the friends get together to go do something. You've got years on them now that you had to grow up so fast. I'd just appreciated the simple fact that you're ahead of the game and can worry aobut the next hurdles in life. when the simple issues of being a teenager are past you, life can be good (even while you're still a teenager ) | You've hit the nail on the head, exactly... And slowly I guess I'm learning that, that whole teenage life isn't appealing to me. And I'm not sure that's a good thing or not. I just so past it, like I'm ready to move on to the next thing in my life... and by that I do not mean the next stage in life, I simply mean the next thing, as in college, I feel ready to experience that, whether I am or not... I am not sure. |
06-06-2006, 12:47 PM
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Originally Posted by gettingby What did he change you from and to what?? I'm curious. Sorry if it's nosy. |
From Lantus to Levemir |
06-08-2006, 08:07 PM
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| | | Nejeda- I feel the same way. I always related to people older than I better than my peers and I felt more mature and intelligent than most of my peers in high school. I was always the responsible one. I was hoping college would be better, and it is in a lot of ways, but some of the same old issues are still there.
But being mature isn't a bad thing.
When I talk to people online they never believe my age at first. |
06-15-2006, 08:00 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia
Posts: 46
| | I was always the grown-up answers kid, but I managed to find a good way to stay sane and not kill my adolescence.
I would take the hardest classes, and get on average 85-95 grades. On tests I would get 95 or more because I could. When homework came around, I didnt do that ****. I hardly participated in class and used that time to either help other kids with their work or go learn something new by myself.
The thing was that the teachers respected me because I could do the curriculum and excel at it, but that I chose to do what I thought actually meant something to my future (and beleive me that doesnt include 25 integrals or 50 factorisation questions). If I didn't feel like it, I didn't go to class. If I felt like going outside and taking a walk I did. Luckily I had a stellar group of friends around to relax with.
It became more apparant when I got to University. I've managed to get B+ to A+ since I started with very little stress and hardly any feeling of being crushed with responsability. I skip the stuff that doesn't matter and ace the big things like midterms and exams. Maybe this sort of thing will work for you.
Never be afraid to branch out and meet new people. When I was in grade 10 I was friends with all the popular kids. Naturally I was a bit of a ****. Around that time I started also hanging out with people that everyone else probabally considered weird. They were so much more natural and easy going. I highly recommend ditching the "cool" kids.
I picked up guitar 2 years ago and that has been my relaxation mechanism since then. I'm 19 now, and already am having success as a Web-Programmer and IT Support. I'll be in my third year of computer science at Dalhousie University with a 3.75 GPA and still completely sane
Just remember, loosen up a little, stay honest, and do what matters.  |
06-16-2006, 04:17 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Ottawa, Canada
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Originally Posted by Nejeda I feel like I am miles above and beyond my peers. I don't know any other people with diabetes, my age or otherwise, so I don't know if this is normal. Is it normal for me to feel emotional and mentally more mature because of what I've been through? | My daughter could have written that post. And she doesn't have diabetes. She is 15.
Did you always feel that way, from a very young age? My older son (he's 23) never hung out much with kids his own age. He was always more comfortable with adults. Even now he gets along better with people well into their 30s. He says it was all down to being the only child for a long time (there is a 9 year gap between him and his sister) and because he's been to Iraq.
My youngest (13 y/o) isn't very mature for his age. He is really just a kid. A little boy at times even. And it's the same family! Go figure.
Must be a mix of how you are as an individual and what you've been through so far in life. I know my daughter finds it quite frustrating. Older people don't really want to hang out with her, she's (only) 15. It gets better probably as you get older. All my older son's friends are much older than him but when you get to 19-20 the gap doesn't show so much.
The very best to you, |
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