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Hi Everyone,
I have just been diagnosed (lets say 90% sure) with type 1: i have the usual symptoms of tiredness/fatigue, drinking heaps, lost a heap of weight, blurred vision all within a space of about 1-2 weeks. I just had some bloods done this morning, after a prick test as well as a wee sample. My blood sugar is off the charts as are my ketones.
To be honest im having a difficult time with this, as i assume most do. As per the title thread, im a semi-serious triathlete who also weight trains as well as the whole swim/bike/run thing. The races and training i do never last more than an hour (sprint triathlons). But i have so many questions, im so green at this.
As shallow as this may seem, i havent done any exercise for a week and i feel crap. I swear i have ocd with training. Will i be able to train hard and do triathlons still? I feel real lethargic at the moment, so when i see a specialist, how long does it take to bring my body back down to normal bg/insulin levels? Is there alot of trial and error involved? I feel as though im wasting away here. And strangely, on the flip side, i hear stories of how people have trouble losing weight (cant find normalized values thus eat much more glucose than needed)?
I have also heard you shouldnt exercise at night is that true? I do some of my training at night and am a bit worried about the impacts. Is there any athletic folk available for a chat with type 1? Im not even on insulin, yet all i can think about is 'i have to run for 45 mins at high intensity in 30 mins time and my levels are ___, should i have some jellybeans or some insulin'?!! How much should i have? Should i have eaten the high GI carbs about an hour earlier and expect the peak and run with it? How does my diet which is full of protein (shakes, chiicken etc) with brown rice effect diabtes? Salt?
Needless to say im confused and rather panicked. I feel exhausted and just want a big hit of something so i can continue the sport i love. It impacts me, my wife and my lil 2yo boy, because im just out of energy and want to know so much about how to control/manage it so i can continue on the way things were.
Thanks for being my ears, im the only person i know with type 1 so im very lost on the issue.
Cheers.
Tim
I have just been diagnosed (lets say 90% sure) with type 1: i have the usual symptoms of tiredness/fatigue, drinking heaps, lost a heap of weight, blurred vision all within a space of about 1-2 weeks. I just had some bloods done this morning, after a prick test as well as a wee sample. My blood sugar is off the charts as are my ketones.
To be honest im having a difficult time with this, as i assume most do. As per the title thread, im a semi-serious triathlete who also weight trains as well as the whole swim/bike/run thing. The races and training i do never last more than an hour (sprint triathlons). But i have so many questions, im so green at this.
As shallow as this may seem, i havent done any exercise for a week and i feel crap. I swear i have ocd with training. Will i be able to train hard and do triathlons still? I feel real lethargic at the moment, so when i see a specialist, how long does it take to bring my body back down to normal bg/insulin levels? Is there alot of trial and error involved? I feel as though im wasting away here. And strangely, on the flip side, i hear stories of how people have trouble losing weight (cant find normalized values thus eat much more glucose than needed)?
I have also heard you shouldnt exercise at night is that true? I do some of my training at night and am a bit worried about the impacts. Is there any athletic folk available for a chat with type 1? Im not even on insulin, yet all i can think about is 'i have to run for 45 mins at high intensity in 30 mins time and my levels are ___, should i have some jellybeans or some insulin'?!! How much should i have? Should i have eaten the high GI carbs about an hour earlier and expect the peak and run with it? How does my diet which is full of protein (shakes, chiicken etc) with brown rice effect diabtes? Salt?
Needless to say im confused and rather panicked. I feel exhausted and just want a big hit of something so i can continue the sport i love. It impacts me, my wife and my lil 2yo boy, because im just out of energy and want to know so much about how to control/manage it so i can continue on the way things were.
Thanks for being my ears, im the only person i know with type 1 so im very lost on the issue.
Cheers.
Tim