Diabetes?

[i123i]

I RARELY post on tip it aside from the odd post in the runescape sections and the need to defend myself in the music section on these forums but I got to wondering something, and that question is, how many diabetics are on tip it? I've been diabetic for 8 years now(Type 1) and am currently 16, got it when I was 8. I guess to really open the discussion I can retell my tale of discovering I even had the disease.

 

 

 

It was 1999 in the summer and I'll say I must've had the disease for a good 1-2 weeks before we even realized ANYTHING was wrong. At night I would ask for extra glasses of water, ice, anything to sooth the feeling of my blood sugar being high but it seemed as soon as I drank the water my thirst came back with a vengeance but we didn't think anything of it, I mean I was 8 and really no relatives down in Louisiana had Diabetes so we passed it off as a weird cold or something. A week or so(details are fuzzy,can't remember the exact details if I could) later I was starting to throw up profusely and after my mom got off work from baby sitting for these children she took me to the nearest child clinic(note:covington louisiana isn't a large town and the clinic is really small).

 

 

 

I had been barfing my lunch the whole day and low and behold, 50 other kids had to be plugged up in the clinic with appointments which meant they couldn't see me, OH NO, a kid throwing up profusely into their toilets wasn't enough to justify a visit even if we didn't have an appointment, jerks. So my mom brought me home and we were going to wait til tuesday to bring me to the same clinic and she had to go do a night sitting with another family so she left me at home with my dad.

 

 

 

My dad isn't the sharpest man, only passed high school because of his teachers and that was around the mid 70s I guess he graduated? They werent learning alot back then is all I can say, he's a welder. So apparently I was told I fell asleep on our sofa and looked like the grim reaper in person, only I looked dead and my dad had enough sense to rush me up to the St Tammany Parish Hospital(coincidentally it's like, 2 miles or so from the clinic -_-) and I was sipping an orange soda at the time, mmmm orange soda, my favorite drink. The bastard doctors took one look at me and hooked me up with IVs and promptly removed me from my orange soda much to my disdain.

 

 

 

We were told I had diabetes, basically flew me across Lake Ponchatrain to New Orleans where they continued treatment of my whooping 1200 or so blood sugar(earlier that day I had drank around, 4-5 sodas? Owned :() and was told I had a 50/50 chance of making it out alive. Of course I'm alive and all but I was wondering if anyone else here at TIF has had the same experiences or if you do have diabetes how does it feel when your blood sugar is low? I usually feel a slight bit weak but that's around it, only dizzy when I'm under 30(I test myself to see how low I can go while concious sometimes, not the smartest thing to do but so far I've made it to 27, trying to get my monitor to tell me LO)

 

 

 

Discuss?

[IGoddessI]

I thought that was really brave of you to talk about your feelings like that.

 

 

 

I don't have diabetes but I have really low blood pressure, sometimes I can't get out of bed in the morning, sometimes I sleep 15 hours a day and I'm STILL tired, Some days I can't function, some days I have to lay down because I start seeing black and white dots in front of my eyes before I faint.

 

 

 

I can't really imagine what you must go through and put up with but I guess that is the only situation I can think of that I can relate to you with?

[i123i]

Well if you have any relatives that have it, feel free to discuss them also, I'm open to stories :D Is like, your condition(involving the sleeping) only because of blood pressure or do you have a thyroid problem?(thyroid problems come from diabetes, nasty lil pill I always forget to take everyday and shuts down alot of body functions correctly plus increases your neck size)

[IGoddessI]

Well if you have any relatives that have it, feel free to discuss them also, I'm open to stories :D Is like, your condition(involving the sleeping) only because of blood pressure or do you have a thyroid problem?(thyroid problems come from diabetes, nasty lil pill I always forget to take everyday and shuts down alot of body functions correctly plus increases your neck size)

 

 

 

Low blood pressure and thyroid problem.. It's weird because I'm nowhere near over weight but if I push down, I have double neck LOL (not to make fun of anyone overweight or with big necks) I just think it looks funny on myself.

 

 

 

I also have to work out extra hard than normal people because of my low blood pressure, I need to eat lots of sugar and because of the thyroid problem it's really hard to burn off... So if I don't keep up the exercise to stay in shape, I will eventually get fat and rather quickly too.

 

 

 

You don't think I could get it do you? Nearly every relative I know has diabetes :ohnoes: :uhh:

 

 

 

I would be really scared because I have a phobia of needles... I don't know how I would cope with checking levels every day.

[i123i]

Well if you have any relatives that have it, feel free to discuss them also, I'm open to stories :D Is like, your condition(involving the sleeping) only because of blood pressure or do you have a thyroid problem?(thyroid problems come from diabetes, nasty lil pill I always forget to take everyday and shuts down alot of body functions correctly plus increases your neck size)

 

 

 

Low blood pressure and thyroid problem.. It's weird because I'm nowhere near over weight but if I push down, I have double neck LOL (not to make fun of anyone overweight or with big necks) I just think it looks funny on myself.

 

 

 

You don't think I could get it do you? Nearly every relative I know has diabetes :ohnoes: :uhh:

 

 

 

I would be really scared because I have a phobia of needles... I don't know how I would cope with checking levels every day.

 

 

 

http://www.isletsofhope.com/diabetes/di ... l#diabetes

 

 

 

Just what a quick search brought up for that, I'd say if you really wanna know I'd get tested(for the sheer fact of the relatives), I mean if you're still waking up obviously you're not suffering from low blood sugar unless you like, "recover" or become less tired when you eat carbohydrates. I have a bad thyroid problem also and am required to take .088 mg or whatever dosage it is everyday and usually my mom has to remind me :\

 

 

 

I don't think you'd be afraid of needles after the IVs have been in you for a few days, I don't really recall of having a fear of needles but I do know I used to request the butterfly needles(FYI, as a diabetic I know this is true, smaller needles ALWAYS hurt MORE then the longer needles) for shots but now it doesn't matter. After 8 years I'm used to the tiny puncture scabs on my finger tips. :)

[martinisback]

Hey,

 

 

 

Diabetes around my family isn't really common. I just have 1 uncle that has it thats basically it. However, I know a couple people who had it when they were even younger then you, so don't worry:P. Just maintain a healthy weight, try to not put to much sugar in your body, and your fine. The people who careless/or some that don't even know they have it cointuine what their doing and can get blind due to their careless selves.

 

 

 

God has made everyone in this world with different strengths, weaknesses, and problems. As they say, no1's perfect. Maintain a healthy lifestyle and your fine:)

 

 

 

Martin

[zach312]

Maintain a healthy lifestyle and your fine:)

 

 

 

Good maxim, but doesn't really help all that much sometimes.

 

 

 

My best friend found out he had diabetes at age 13. Type 2 - which means his pancreas basically said "Screw this!" and died. Not only that, he's probably the most fit person I know, before the diabetes hit and especially now.

 

 

 

I remember one day he went to pee about 10 times in 5 hours, I forced him to get to the nurse and they sent him home. He was in the hospital for 4 days because his blood sugar was so amazingly high. He's okay now, he has a pump constantly putting insulin into his bloodstream. It's useful to everybody too, because the pump has the time on it, so we know what time it is :thumbsup:

[i123i]

glad his parents can afford it, we sided for the insulin pen cause 6000 dollars is too much for the damn pump, even if it is only around 500 with insurance

[Lenin64]

I don;t have diabetes, nor do any of my relatives, but my neighbor was just diagnosed this winter, type 1. Something goes wrong with her every year, last year it was her appendix, the year before that tonsils, gets worse every time....anyways, my other neighbor also has it, not sure what type though. They go with it fine, it doesn;t seem like it takes up much of their life.

[Lord_Omar_Iv]

i have no idea what is like to have diabetes. The only thing i know really is that diabetes took my friend 5 yrs ago right before junior year of highschool(wow... time flies). Stay strong and never give up on urself mate.

[i123i]

funny thing, I tried suicidin using insulin :\ Pathetic attempt, I hadda to sleep for atleast, 6-8 hours for anything to even happen but I didnt fall asleep, just drank some juice to fix it lol

[martinisback]

glad his parents can afford it, we sided for the insulin pen cause 6000 dollars is too much for the damn pump, even if it is only around 500 with insurance

 

 

 

Thats a reason why i live in Canada :thumbsup: