Do any of you guys have diabetes?

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goodLife

Hm diabetes is more than what I thought and sounds hard to control. What is it about diabetes mainly which causes you to feel suicidal? Is it the actual having to inject or knowing that you depend on it or what?

For me, it's mainly the fustration of never being spot on. Like I could take insulin, eat fantastically, and I'll get a reading of like 12 or 14 and I'll be SO fustrated and I just think what's the point? Apart from that it makes me feel suicidal at times because of what it does to my weight/body. I hate how insulin makes me gain weight yet I rely on it to live.

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goodLife

Hm diabetes is more than what I thought and sounds hard to control. What is it about diabetes mainly which causes you to feel suicidal? Is it the actual having to inject or knowing that you depend on it or what?

For me, I believe that because my life is a fraud. I have to use artificial means to stay alive and that to me is not a life. And also the thought that I'm not going to be able to get rid of it unless I die.

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horrorboy

AverageGuyOnTheStreet

For me, I believe that because my life is a fraud. I have to use artificial means to stay alive and that to me is not a life. And also the thought that I'm not going to be able to get rid of it unless I die.

Insulin isn't artificial :smile:

Im sure in the furture things will be a lot better as they will bring out inhalers, I can't imagine how hard it is for you but my nans just been diagnosed with it and she blames the fact that shes stuck inside and can't get out because of it in case she goes unconcious, but then other people with diabetes go out.

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username94219

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My nan has diabeties which she controls by tablets and my mum has diabeties but hers started on being controlled by diet and now the GP put her onto tablets which has given her side affects, ie Thursh.

I didnt know diabeties was common in teens though.

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preciousillusions

I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes when i was 9. I am 20 now. I am currently on 5 injections a day, 2 of levemir and 3 novorapid.

Unfortunately my control isn't that good. It has been much worse in the past but i will always struggle with it as my situation is a little more complicated due to eating issues. I have been in hospital several times in ketoacidosis after omitting/restricting my insulin.

My Mum always says i don't act like a diabetic. I act like i am ashamed of it. I just try to pretend it's not there most of the time.

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LaBellaVita

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does anyone here carb count? my nurse always bangs on about how great it is but it just confuses me. i think i have 1 unit of insulin to every 20 carbs or something. trouble is you dont always know the exact amount of carbs in food, e.g. when you eat out. its just a guessing game really

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sugar-pie

I have a friend... acquaintance more... who thinks that diabetes is really simple because all you have to do is inject insulin after you eat, check your blood glucose levels, etc. (We got into this debate in Hospitality)

I didn't argue because it was pointless, and Cameron's logic was basically "My sister has it so I automatically know everything about being diabetic" which is pretty stoopid, but I was wondering what you think?

I was under the impression that it's a little more complex to take care of your health, as my dad is diabetic and he doesn't eat right which messes with his weight, blood pressure, sugar levels etc.

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I guess it's different for everyone, but I find it very difficult. It's part of the reason I've practically given up.

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sugar-pie

AverageGuyOnTheStreet

I guess it's different for everyone, but I find it very difficult. It's part of the reason I've practically given up.

You need a hug.

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OP

preciousillusions

My Mum always says i don't act like a diabetic. I act like i am ashamed of it. I just try to pretend it's not there most of the time.

My Mum says the EXACT same thing. She's right, though. For years I've hidden it from my friends and I'm funny about who's I stay at incase they wonder what I'm doing if I go and take insulin. I only have about four friends that know about it. Only two know that I have issues with it. But like yesterday I had an awful day, my best friend was over and she convinced me to take insulin. I was just sobbing, we'd been out for dinner and I felt so guilty and disgusting that I was afraid of taking the insulin that 'unlocks' the cells and lets the fat store. It's such a powerful tool, but so dangerous. But what scares me the most is that I know that if I wasn't diabetic, I just wouldn't eat. The problem is beneath the diabetes, the diabetes is just a tool that helps it along.

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OP

LaBellaVita

does anyone here carb count? my nurse always bangs on about how great it is but it just confuses me. i think i have 1 unit of insulin to every 20 carbs or something. trouble is you dont always know the exact amount of carbs in food, e.g. when you eat out. its just a guessing game really

Woaah that's very little!

Last year at one point I was carb counting and restricted myself to under 20g carbs a day (I cut carbs out completely including fruit etc) and I took 18 units in the morning, 18 at night.. of NovoMix 30. Perhaps you're on a diff insulin?

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OP

sugar-pie

I have a friend... acquaintance more... who thinks that diabetes is really simple because all you have to do is inject insulin after you eat, check your blood glucose levels, etc. (We got into this debate in Hospitality)

I didn't argue because it was pointless, and Cameron's logic was basically "My sister has it so I automatically know everything about being diabetic" which is pretty stoopid, but I was wondering what you think?

I was under the impression that it's a little more complex to take care of your health, as my dad is diabetic and he doesn't eat right which messes with his weight, blood pressure, sugar levels etc.

I've had so many people say that to me. I know it's a harsh comparison, but it's like saying cancer is really simple because you just get chemo and get on with it, but in reality we all know that there'll be emotional side effects.. it's something happening to your body, diabetes not only affects how your body works, it also affects how your brain functions which is why a lot of people with diabetes suffer with depression. I could scream at people with that attitude because unless they experience it FIRST HAND they will never, ever get it. His sister may have it, granted, but that doesn't make him a genius. My mum has been with me every step of the way and she's still learning so much about it, as am I! If I could speak to him, I'd say, 'Just because my brother has asthma, does that mean I automatically know everything about it?' Not at all.

You're completely right, it's very complex.. it's all down to your attitude towards it and how you personally deal with it, but at the end of the day, it's very complex. However, the longer you have it, the more.... subconcious... it becomes.. but if you have issues with it, diabetes controls YOU, you don't control diabetes.

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OP

sugar-pie

You need a hug.

Oh yes, he does. I know the feeling, I really do. I know it's a cliché, but there's always light at the end of the tunnel! Sometimes you just need a torch to help you find your way until you see it.

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You've made a lot of points I can relate to there her-own-wings. I'm incredibly ashamed and I think there has only ever been one person I have intentionally told and he is my best friend. It was my parents who told my school friends (but then they throw such sensitive information around like there's no tomorrow without realising the consequences). They even told my neighbours which really annoyed me. Then my flatmates at uni found out when one of them found me in a coma last November.

Call me stupid if you don't agree, but have you considered making this thread a society. I for one would like to see it kept active as we all need a little support every now and again. We could all support each other and help each other through the bad times as we have a better idea of what each other are going through than friends and family.

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OP

AverageGuyOnTheStreet

You've made a lot of points I can relate to there her-own-wings. I'm incredibly ashamed and I think there has only ever been one person I have intentionally told and he is my best friend. It was my parents who told my school friends (but then they throw such sensitive information around like there's no tomorrow without realising the consequences). They even told my neighbours which really annoyed me. Then my flatmates at uni found out when one of them found me in a coma last November.

Call me stupid if you don't agree, but have you considered making this thread a society. I for one would like to see it kept active as we all need a little support every now and again. We could all support each other and help each other through the bad times as we have a better idea of what each other are going through than friends and family.

Ohhh my. What's going into a coma like, if you don't mind me asking? My mum is always threatening that I'll go into one but I never have. I've been so ill in the past that I've been in a wheelchair due to the acid on my lungs.. with not being able to even walk and all that, yet I've never slipped into a coma.

I think that's a great idea.

What does everyone else think? Shall I make this into a society?

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her-own-wings

Ohhh my. What's going into a coma like, if you don't mind me asking? My mum is always threatening that I'll go into one but I never have. I've been so ill in the past that I've been in a wheelchair due to the acid on my lungs.. with not being able to even walk and all that, yet I've never slipped into a coma.

I don't know how best to explain it. For me it was mainly peaceful as at the time I really wanted to die. But it was kind of scary (I never expected to wake up). The recovery, however, was pretty horrible. I had to spend ages in hospital, as a result I was crying my eyes out several times each day.

The scariest thing for me though was when I had blood taken from my wrists whilst unconscious and I knew nothing about it. When my parents saw I said that I didn't know what had happened and they accused me of self harming. I told them that wasn't the case and that I was perfectly happy. Thankfully they didn't know why I had ketoacidosis (I also happened, just by pure but very lucky coincidence, to have a bug) and still don't to this day. Actually only one person who knows me in real life knows the whole story.

In all honsety, I think that ketoacidosis is far more serious if it is caused deliberately. I've had it from a bug as well but nowhere near as bad. I'd deliberately not taken my insulin for a couple of days before I went into a coma.

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