Hi Everyone,
I'm a newly diagnosed T1 diabetic. Mid-August I ended up in the hospital with severe DKA, having been taken to emerg with shortness of breath. I didn't have any of the obvious symptoms of diabetes, aside from thirst (and I just chalked that up to summertime and crazy heat). I spent 5 days in the hospital having fluids and eletrolytes pumped into me, as well as an insulin drip.
I'm now on lantus 2x a day (I was running out of insulin around 3am) and Novo Rapid at meals. I'm very familiar with diabetes as it runs in my family (a number of both T1s and T2s). While it's rare to get T1 at my age (26), the doctors in the hospital said it was likely due to a virus I had in May. Regardless of the cause, I now have it and have to live with it.
I'm adjusting to the schedule of insulin and more structured meals, but I'm still struggling with the social aspects of the disease - people acting like the sugar police, and me having to explain the ins and outs.
Anyway, I look forward to sharing in everyone's experiences and knowledge!
I'm a newly diagnosed T1 diabetic. Mid-August I ended up in the hospital with severe DKA, having been taken to emerg with shortness of breath. I didn't have any of the obvious symptoms of diabetes, aside from thirst (and I just chalked that up to summertime and crazy heat). I spent 5 days in the hospital having fluids and eletrolytes pumped into me, as well as an insulin drip.
I'm now on lantus 2x a day (I was running out of insulin around 3am) and Novo Rapid at meals. I'm very familiar with diabetes as it runs in my family (a number of both T1s and T2s). While it's rare to get T1 at my age (26), the doctors in the hospital said it was likely due to a virus I had in May. Regardless of the cause, I now have it and have to live with it.
I'm adjusting to the schedule of insulin and more structured meals, but I'm still struggling with the social aspects of the disease - people acting like the sugar police, and me having to explain the ins and outs.
Anyway, I look forward to sharing in everyone's experiences and knowledge!