Not having a good day with my blood sugars!!
Just before my Lantus I realised I'd missed my 3rd NovoRapid injection so my result was 20.9. Not good. Got it down to 12.6 this morning and 11.7 for lunch but now it's back up to 16.9!!!
Uggh. Correcting it now before tea so fingers crossed it should be back to normal within a couple of hours.
Not going to let it ruin my evening..
Off to watch the speedway soon!
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Welcome to my first blog entry :D
I got diagnosed as a Type One last August shortly after I came home from Florida. My parents had noticed an increase in the amount I was drinking, how tired I was all the time and that I'd lost around 2 stone since the beginning of June. I went to the doctors and they basically told me to go to hospital straight away. Scary, and all I was worried about was if I could wear my own pjs!
My blood sugar was about 23 and I had a very high amount of keytones in my system (++++). They got it down to around 3 in the early hours of the morning and then explained it all to me. (Not good when you've had under 3 hours sleep and your parents aren't there!!). I was testing/injecting myself the following day and allowed to go home.
I felt so much better after starting the NovoRapid/Lantus, it was strange to think how long I'd been suffering for. My hair also starting falling out, possibly due to starting the insulin and the shock of it all. However after a couple of months it was pretty much back to normal which was a big relief!
It only really sank in a few weeks later that my life was going to be very different from now on. I kept thinking, why me? My grandma had it before she died but no-one else, just me. I have days where I hate it for spoiling things, but I have good days too e.g. injecting myself in public for the first time or in front of my friends/relatives. It still scares me sometimes, especially reading things on the internet about life expectancy for Type One sufferers!
You've just got to take each day as it comes I guess!
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