Originally posted by VampireGrin

It sucks hard. Having to worry about your blood sugar all the time. Going from high to low constantly, struggling to keep it stable. Not being able to work out without it dropping to 30. Worrying about losing your eye site or a foot when you get older. Nobody knowing anything about type 1 and constantly saying stupid things like "can you eat that?". Omg I could go on forever.

Originally posted by Beatfreak

That's a good a1c! You should be fine! My uncle has had it for years and he doesn't take care of himself at all and he's fine, so I try not to even think about those scary things since I live a healthy lifestyle.

And you probably were taking too much insulin at bedtime/dinner whenever. When I notice patterns like that I always e-mail my endo asking for help with better doses. Same thing if I'm running too high. When I get any number over like 130 I ask myself if I'm a bad person, which is every day

Originally posted by rogueguy

Type 1, 9 years so I feel ya OP. I was 11 when I first got it and everyone complimented me on how well I seemed to take it, then of course I went through that phase of hating it and not taking good care of myself. Thank God I'm over that., its still a daily battle though.



Yes, yes, yes to ALL of this. So damn annoying but I just laugh it off nowadays.

What type of insulin method do you guys use? I have the insulin pens and they've worked the best for me.

Originally posted by rogueguy

Type 1, 9 years so I feel ya OP. I was 11 when I first got it and everyone complimented me on how well I seemed to take it, then of course I went through that phase of hating it and not taking good care of myself. Thank God I'm over that., its still a daily battle though.



Yes, yes, yes to ALL of this. So damn annoying but I just laugh it off nowadays.

What type of insulin method do you guys use? I have the insulin pens and they've worked the best for me.

Originally posted by VampireGrin

Yeah I'm too much of a worrier

Don't feel bad for 130! I consider anything under 180 normal But I still correct it of course.

Originally posted by Beatfreak

Mess I went through that sort of. I just was really depressed with my high sugar levels and felt defeated. My A1C was a little above 8 Hopefully my next a1c will be a good one!

And I use the insulin pens too. idk why people would want a pump attached to them

Originally posted by KingOfTheCastle

I am really scared because it runs in both sides of the family. My late grand-mother had it and she was morbidly obese and if you want an example of how big she was, she was bigger than Oprah. My Uncle has it too and he has type 2 and has to have injections.

We had our house re-done and the lady who's family business was in-charge has diabetes type 2. She's losing her eye sight in one eye.

I'm worried about getting gangrene, loss of eye-sight, etc and being alone when I'm older.

Originally posted by Fireman25

Diabetes don't really run in my family but cancer does and most of my family members have died under the age of 60. I'm scared of getting cancer and dying young.

Originally posted by Beatfreak

Cancer scares the **** out of me.

Like our world would be 95% closer to perfect by wiping out these two medical conditions alone.