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Tell me how you found out you had Type 1. What’s the story, what were the signs?

I personally was struggling for an enormous period of time. After consulting and expressing concern and anxiety to my doctor, nothing happened. I had blood tests done frequently but my doctor didn’t suspect anything and was telling me off. I was becoming severely underweight and was so scared but my doctor had told me that young women like to be thin and that I looked good. Literally felt like I was actively dying because I probably was. Between my frequent doctor visits I was trying to get my eyes checked for about a year now but appointments in Germany are rare so when I finally got an appointment, it went rather sour. I was losing a lot of vision at a rapid pace and then it turned out I had a cataract. At 22. Great news. Then I went to an eye clinic to get it checked out further and they had asked me if I was diabetic and suddenly it dawned on me. I looked into it because I had no prior knowledge at all and suddenly everything made sense. Every single sign felt like a checklist I was ticking off one by one. After that there was some more testing done for the different types of diabetes once I saw my endo, they thought I had mody but no, just classic type 1.

I’m still struggling but I’m now about three months diagnosed. Excited for life to become great again.❤️‍🩹

hey, so I’ve been diagnosed in early June and have been undiagnosed for god knows how long. when I first started injecting my situation was rapidly improving, as in gaining a good amount of weight back, feeling happier generally, no severe nausea anymore, and some more.. about 4 weeks ago I started to experience severe burning in my calves and I wouldn’t know what to do. My endo was on summer break, I was somewhat helpless and frustrated because it went as far as sleepless nights and feeling absolutely miserable. I would still walk around and do things outside because it would ease the pain temporarily. First I thought I was getting sick because my skin tends to get very strongly irritated when that happens and I felt as I was not able to touch my legs. That was similar but my usual pain relief meds of choice wouldn’t help. So about two weeks ago I went to see the substitute doctor and told her about my issues. She prescribed me “gabapentin” which I’ve been taking since. First week I was advised to take one in the evening, second week’s almost over and I had to up the dosage to one in the morning and one in the evening, next week I am advised to take one in the morning and two in the evening. I am seeing my endo upcoming Monday. I’ve been laying around this past week because I’ve felt too weak to get up and get things done generally, even going up and down the stairs or bending over to pick up things from the ground is a huge task which is so hard for me to do. I’ve been laying around with a cold towel wrapped tightly around my legs for the past week and now sometimes sleep that way which is annoying to say the least. I’m a very anxious person and I’m fearful of the consequences this health state might have. I worry a lot and I happen to cry about it from frustration even more lately. I’ve been fed up with my body and my health badly and I know it will eventually get better but I’m so tired.

Has anyone experienced similar symptoms, feelings, situations? :\

(First time poster so hiii)

Hey so I’m wondering what you guys think of both situations. I feel like it’s a little odd, rewatching the show and realizing that it was a huge issue to leave everyone behind to move to Yakima but it wasn’t an issue to go with her father to Italy at the show finale. Maybe it’s all because of the fact she had to move with her grandpa or maybe because of the age of Carly but I always felt like it was weird how differently the situations were handled. Let me know your thoughts c:

hey so, I was wondering if anyone else experiences pain/feeling of irritation from their sensor after about half the time of its intended use (so Dexcom g7: 10 days for example). Maybe it’s just in my head but I have felt this way for a few times already. Any idea what this could be about? Maybe my skin and placement spot is just sensitive?

hey everyone, I’ve been kind of freshly diagnosed and have had a CGM from basically the start of my journey. I started with the Freestyle Libre 3 Plus because that’s the one my doctor had spare and gave out to me, I have to switch to the Dexcom G7 now because I‘ll be getting an Omnipod soon. Due to issues in my supply because of insurance I am wearing the Dexcom G7 „early“ now (I had the mandatory online training for it before that). I’ve been amazed about how much more detailed the app works and documents things. I also feel like I get more accurate readings now.

What’s your opinion or your personal experiences with both CGM systems? Maybe some pros and cons? Let me know your thoughts :)

hey everyone, I’ve been kind of freshly diagnosed and have had a CGM from basically the start of my journey. I started with the Freestyle Libre 3 Plus because that’s the one my doctor had spare and gave out to me, I have to switch to the Dexcom G7 now because I‘ll be getting an Omnipod soon. Due to issues in my supply because of insurance I am wearing the Dexcom G7 „early“ now (I had the mandatory online training for it before that). I’ve been amazed about how much more detailed the app works and documents things. I also feel like I get more accurate readings now.

What’s your opinion or your personal experiences with both CGM systems? Maybe some pros and cons? Let me know your thoughts :)

hey everyone, I’ve been kind of freshly diagnosed and have had a CGM from basically the start of my journey. I started with the Freestyle Libre 3 Plus because that’s the one my doctor had spare and gave out to me, I have to switch to the Dexcom G7 now because I‘ll be getting an Omnipod soon. Due to issues in my supply because of insurance I am wearing the Dexcom G7 „early“ now (I had the mandatory online training for it before that). I’ve been amazed about how much more detailed the app works and documents things. I also feel like I get more accurate readings now.

What’s your opinion or your personal experiences with both CGM systems? Maybe some pros and cons? Let me know your thoughts :)

Hii, so I’ve been freshly diagnosed with T1D, about a month ago now. I’ve probably been living with it undiagnosed for much longer than 1,5 years but since it’s been discovered I’ve immediately been at the hospital for a week. I wasn’t given the right size of safety needles from the hospital itself. (I’ve been given 8mm when I needed 5mm) I learned how to inject in the hospital and just put up with the pain. I saw my Diabetologist (she’s the reason I had the opportunity to get to the hospital with urgency because I was at about 500) and she prescribed me proper needles. Those weren’t safety needles so I basically tried to inject with them, poked myself and absolutely lost it. I got so scared (I have a history with self harm and am afraid of needles), went right back to the old needles which were way too big. Went back the next day and got the right safety needles prescribed, thank god. I’ve been scared to inject since but it wasn’t a major problem, I got on with it. It was my first sign of hesitation in all of this tho. I’ve been so scared because the image of the needle burned into my thoughts.

I had seen my Diabetologist the last time a couple of days ago. Nothing happened, but when I walked out of her office I was able to inject myself one more time (I had been hesitant and had to take about half a minute to a minute to actually injecting after putting my pen up to my skin). I absolutely lost it at night when I had to inject my long-acting insulin. I have about two hours to finally inject without it interrupting any other insulin I’ll be injecting. It took me and my partner four hours to get it done because I was hysterically crying, not understanding where the sudden restriction came from. I was upset and angry and so disappointed in myself because I did so well the past couple of weeks. He ended up injecting for me which was fine, he’s been doing it for a couple of days now and yesterday I pressed the units down for the first time. I don’t know how to go on with this.

Have you experienced anything similar and have any advice or tips or nice words for me? Is this some kind of burnout? Will it get better, I’m exhausted.

Side information: I’m currently waiting to receive my “ok” to get the Omnipod. I’m also wearing a Libre sensor and have to inject my long-acting insulin two times a day.