Hi I am new
Hello, I am 29 yrs old, diabetic since age of 1.
I hope we can share our good and bad experiences
and learn from them together. There is nothing like
sharing information with someone who understand the
burdens we deal with everyday. <br
June 25th, 2003 at 10:56 pm
your message sound interested to me because I
beat you by one year, but yours it’s been more
difficult since 1 year, mine on my best teen yrs startedand
another thing you been getting 100%support mines it’s
been like 30 or 40%percent stay in touch.MY EMAIL is
nitramas2001@…
July 4th, 2003 at 11:40 am
Hi Lymari,<br
Emotions. I was diagnosed at the age of one also, I was
beginning to think that I was the only one to have been
diagnosed at age 1, hahaha!<br
was diagnosed the week of my first birthday, what a
present!<br
have Diabetes for at least one day, huh? I wonder
about that sometimes. But sometimes I also wonder how
my life would have been if I wasn’t a diabetic, I
would probably not be paying much attention to my
health.<br
all.<br
July 7th, 2003 at 4:26 pm
hi… i just joined this club this week, and so
far am enjoying all the posts quite a bit (its nice
to know im not the only one who has bad days b/c of
diabetes) I read your message, taty, about being a diabetic
since you were 1. that really sucks… but i have to
say it isnt much better getting diagnosed later on,
in fact in some ways its worse. Im 19, a college
freshman right now. i didnt get diagnosed until i was 17,
the summer before my senior year of high school. For
most of you, diabetes has been a way of life since
childhood (for some almost since birth) so you have
adjusted to this way of life, relatively speaking. i spent
my whole life eating what i wanted to eat and not
really caring about my health. It just never occured to
me to worry. Then, BAM, 4th of July weekend, all of
a sudden my whole life is transformed. i have to
give myself shots, i have to READ LABELS, all this
freedom that i was so used to is suddenly taken away from
me. A lot of people who have been diabetics for a
long time have the decided advantage of NOT really
knowing what its like to live a “normal life”…. i can
assure you that knowing how a “normal life” feels is
sometimes worse. I miss being able to get a 5 scoop reeses
peanutbutter cup sundae at friendleys, or drinking a Coca Cola
slurpee from 7-11, or just not eating anything and not
worrying how it will affect this and that.<br
wrong, im thankful for the health that i do have, and
honestly i know that i am a lot more aware of how to take
care of my body and all that. In fact, right now i am
on the insulin pump, which i LOVE and has given me
back some of that normality that i miss so much, but
living with diabetes is still a struggle. its a life
changing event, one that splits your life into 2 parts:
before diabetes and after diabetes. im so thankful for
my supportive friends and family, but at the same
time i feel saddness that i have to put them through
this as well. but hey, what can you do, right? i
always tell myself it could be worse, i could have
something life threatening, or i could have less control
than i do with my diabetes. and that usually helps me
snap out of it.<br
now.. thanks for listening, sometimes you just need to
say things regardless of whether or not they mean
much of anything. im looking forward to getting to
know all of you =)<br
July 22nd, 2003 at 2:44 pm
Hi Em and everyone,<br
been able to come into the club in the last few
days.<br
and I can understand how you feel about getting
Diabetes after living a “normal” life for most of your
life.<br
like non-diabetics, but was constantly thirsty and
running to the bathroom. It’s weird, I don’t really
remember my mom giving me insulin shots before school in
the mornings or any other time while I was a kid. I
guess it’s a good thing that I blocked that out of my
mind. I remember getting a few lows and sometimes
having to run to the bathroom after sitting with friends
and going through a bag of candy with them. I do
remember going to appointments as a kid and my mom
stressing that I shouldn’t eat candy just like all my
friends did, that it wasn’t healthy for me.<br
days I go to a medical doctor a Diabetes specialist at
a hospital clinic. I’m first seen by a student
doctor then the specialist comes in, but most of the
student doctors aren’t familiar with an insulin pump or
have. There have been times in the emergency room where
doctors aren’t sure what the insulin pump is. That makes
me uncomfortable knowing that there are so many
doctors that don’t know what a pump is. I feel that
whatever field a doctor decides to specialize in, he will
eventually encounter a diabetic that uses a pump. Shouldn’t
all doctors be familiar with an insulin pump? Has any
other insulin pump user here come across a doctor that
is not familiar with a pump? Let me know what you
all think about this. Sometimes, my doctor asks me to
demonstrate to another doctor how an insulin pump
works.<br
July 29th, 2003 at 12:17 am
Dear Em, some of us understand that more than you
realize, I for one was diagnosed when I was 36 so for a
great many years was able to eat as I pleased, Then
boom no more, it is definitelt life before diabetes
and life after but you learn just like everyone else
to deal with the ups and downs and with people who
also are going through it , it really helps. Welcome
to you, Debbie C.
August 6th, 2003 at 10:55 pm
Hi Em: Welcome to the club. Your statement is
right on the mark. I wasn’t diagnosed until I was 30
(brought on by my last pregnancy), and, yes, it certainly
was a big change. My problem was that for a long time
I didn’t forego the yummy things — if I had I may
have been able to control the diabetes with medication
and exercise; no I played Russian roulette with the
disease and it won. Now I am on 4 shots a day (I think
about the pump but I’m so used to the shots now and I’m
“old” and set in my ways — LOL). I am glad to hear
that you are following the rules of being a diabetic;
you are young yet and have many many years left to
enjoy — in the meantime, discovery of a “cure” is just
around the corner.<br