Facts are facts. I am sorry that you are offended.
None of your facts were questioned. it is your manner.
Okay, so the really relieving news from my appointment today is I've got no protein in my urine, so my kidneys are okay for now, which was my biggest fear. My a1c is 9.9, not so good, but gives a good indication of where my kidney-fears were coming from. I feel like I've really been handed a second chance here with no kidney problems, so I'm feeling rather motivated to get my sugars under control! (As I stuff my face with chocolate, recovering from a low.)
This entire stream is laden with contradictions. Best of luck to you all.
I was 13 when I was diagnosed with type 1...I'm now 41...OMG, did I just say that out loud?! :o)
I was in total denial at first...I thought it was so unfair that I had to measure all of my food, decide how much meds to take when my brother would come in, eat, then leave again - with not a single thought about it. It all seemed so unfair and so WRONG.
My mom was also yelling at me all the time to check my sugar - of course back then the blood glucose machines were about $700 so I of course did not have one. I had to check the sugar in my urine...yeah, I don't miss that one single bit. And I had no idea what I was supposed to do if my sugar was high or low. The first time I had my A1C checked it was 13.something. The doctor (not an endocrinologist) told me that was bad but I didn't know why or what to do. The first endo I visited asked me to keep track of my sugars and food and activities...when I came back to cover the results with him, he told me I was lying because he didn't think that what I had written down could happen. Yeah, that was a good, positive reinforcement...so I stopped seeing doctors since they weren't telling me anything that could help. It was only after I was much older (probably after having diabetes for 15+ years) did I fully come to accept that I had the disease and I really started learning and trying to improve my control.
I think we all go thru a time of denial and it takes a different amount of time for everyone to accept it. Hard as it may be, please know that your family cares about you and they are only trying to help, even though it doesn't seem like help to you. No, they don't know what it is like and they will never know what it is like...
Do the very best that you can right now. In time, your best will get better and better as you come to accept it and learn to work with it. Try not to get discouraged and know that everyone feels the way you do at the beginning. I promise, it will get better and you will feel better physically and emotionally. It may be tomorrow or it may be 15 years from now (like it was for me.) But please know that it will get better. My diabetes care is now part of my normal routine...to me managing my diabetes is normal...just like it will be for you some day. Don't give up...it will get better.
Best of luck to you, Kathy
My endo told me I was lying...what I was telling him could not happen and I was lying to him. It was not until I was pregnant that my OBGYN told me that the variances I was having could be caused by WHERE I was taking my shot. He said the absorption rate is different in different parts of your body, especially if you have been taking shots for a long time which could damage the tissue.
HELLO - that make so much sense...I learned almost all of my control from my OBGYN. Some doctors are better at everything and some doctors are terrible! LOL
okay first of all ive never been pregnant( hoping not till im married) but thats soo rude of your endo! he should of told you that before your OBGYN had too! i mean he did go to school for that kinda stuff(:
i get sick of it.
we have this homecoming in my city every year with food, music, rides ect. and i hate carrying around my meeter. im burned out and i cant take it. i feel so woird whenever i get low i just feel like crap. and i hate it. and when im high i also feel like crap =[
Actually that is pretty amazing that your endo said that! The endo is the specialist. I wouldn't be so surprised if it were your primary care provider, because as quickly advancing diabetes research and management is, it can be difficult for primary cares to keep up on the changes of not only diabetes but every other disease process out there. But your endo! That is crazy. It's not really a matter of whether they went to school for it, because school training is pretty broad, it is a matter of keeping abreast of the constant changes. And if the only thing you do is endo (metabolic disorders) you should have a pretty good grasp of this information. Most OBs have to be astute to Type 1 DM and insulin control because they become the ones to manage diabetes in pregnancy unless there is an high risk OB around. (which is tough to find nowadays)
EVEN THOUGH THAT HAPPENS TO ME ALOT I TAKE CONTROL EVEN THOUGH I LIKE TO EAT W/O TAKING SHOT I KNOW I HAVE TO