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Jodie
Well A Couple Of Weeks Ago I Went into Ketoacidosis for the second time, the first time was when i was first diagnosed with diabetes. Its not good. After finding out i was an hour away from death. i realised its time to turn my life around. i have got my long range down to 7.6 after being 14.9 a month ago. The Things that most annoys me is that when people say they understand i think NO u don't, because you don't have it. :] x
Taylor
I was diagnosed at the age of six and a half. Life was awful as I was soo ill. Now only do I realise how lucky I am. Some people have it really bad and not controlled whereas I am very controlled. On Sunday I was rushed into hospital as I was vommiting and my sugars were at 28.8! I was kept in Ninewells hospital and was in the HDU (High Dependencey Unit) for two days and a night. I wasn't allowed anything too eat for about 34 hours and I was on a drip. I got woke up every 45 mins - an hour to get my sugars checked and every 4 hours I was getting blood drawn. I got told that I had ketoacidosis and that is when there was acid and lots of ketones in my blood and urine.
Now I am home but still feel reely ill but I'm lucky that this was my first time in hospital with my diabetes within the 5-6 years! xx
Bethany
My name is Bethany. I got diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes when I was two. I am now 14 and still struggling!
I never use to do my blood tests so every time I went to the hospital for a check up I used to always get a lecture. I also never used to my injections but used to tell my mum I did. This caused my body to start shutting down on me and end up in hospital. This was horrible so don't let it happen to you.
I am coping with it now because I have realised I have had it too long to start messing it up now because I have thought about my future. If you are struggling or can't be bothered then think about your future like I did.
Amy
Hi I am Amy. I am eight years old and I was diagnosed when I was four on 18 September 2005. At first it didnt bother me but then it started to worry and upset me for a bit, this year i was checking about 10 times or more each day at school but then I improved. At school I have got people to go to so I feel at home. It is funny because my cousin is also diabetic and a classmate's older sister is and my brother's friend's older sister.
Being diabetic can make me feel different from everybody and make me feel controlled. My mam always says you control the diabetes the diabetes doesn't control you. I hope you enjoy reading about this and I will try to write more soon.
Louise
Hi my name is Louise and I am in Year 6. I was firstly diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes on the 9 December 2009. I found out i was diabetic on the 11 December 2009. My mum had seen that i was drinking loads for a couple of days! At first I thought it was cool, and people in my class would be impressed. I have been diagnosed for 4 months and 9 days (today is the 21 April 2010).
But I then had to go to my memorial to have a blood test. That same night at about 6:00 pm I got told to go to the hospital immediately. I was scared then but when I got there I felt ok. I had to wait for four hours till it was my appointment! (I was sooo bored and the chairs were uncomfy!) I finally met my nurse. She was called Collette. She was really nice and I am still in touch with her!
I was scared when I was told I was diabetic (I do some times get moody and shout at my big brother. He lets me punch his pillows saying "Why me? Why am I diabetic?!"). Collette explained that I would need to have injections and have blood tests. At first my mum and dad would test me and inject myself. But, at school, a trip to Kingswood was coming up and my mum and dad could not come. None of my school could inject me either so I had to learn to inject myself. By this time I was brill at doing my blood test and I was mainly in tip top condition. I managed to do my injection and I got a self injection award for it. I got to do my trip as normal. I will happily tell you more of my story in a few months time! Talk to you soon.
Lauren
heyyyaa my names lauren and i am in yr 8 and i was first diagnosed with diabetes in september on my best friend's birthday. Diabetes changed my life in a good way because i was going down the wrong path with my friends, such as drinking and going out with older boys and they were really different with me when i came back to school. but now i have the most amazing best friends in the whole world ever and they are always there for me and also they really do look after me well and understand what i am going through and even a shoulder to cry on when i feel really down. I don't like having diabetes but its changed me in a good way and i am glad it has.
Beth
In the summer holidays, 2008, I was on holiday in France when I started to fell really ill. I was really thirsty all the time and really moody too. A few days after we got back my Grandpa was in hospital with an injured arm. The day after he got home, I started throwing up and I was really out of breath. My mum called 999 and some paramedics came. They put me on oxygen and took me to hospital but I cant remember any of it - I was half unconscious.
I was in hospital for five days and had a lot of needles shoved in me. My blood sugars were really high and I felt shaky all the time....
Now my blood sugars are really well controlled and I'm feeling great - I really don't mind having diabetes now!!!
Zanalee
I was diagnosed when I was 9 years old, and have had the illness for 3 years now. The day when i went into hospital I had an extremely high blood glucose level and a bad case of DKA. It was the day after my mum's birthday. It was a shame because i was ill on the day of her birthday and all I did was sleep, layed on her lap.
We went to the doctors first, because we had no idea what was wrong with me and when we got there, he told us to go to hospital. At this time I had nearly no energy left, so my mum had to carry me, and when we arrived at the hospital I was breathing extremely heavily, so they took me to intensive care and put a gas mask on me. I had no idea what was going on! All I knew was that my mum was sat beside me crying and when my dad walked in, he stopped in his tracks because he didn't expect to see me like I was.
When they told us all i was diabetic, we didn't have a clue what it was, so they gave us a lesson! I am very independant and wouldn't let the nurse do my injections for me, I did them all myself, right from the start. Before I left, the nurses told me that if I had waited, at the most, two more days to go to the doctors, I wouldn't have lasted, so we were lucky that I had been brought in when I had!
Lexi
Hi, my name is Alexia and I am about to turn 12. I was diagnosed with diabeties when I was three and my sugars are not very well. I need to take more care of my self now because I'm in a lot of sports. I have friends and family that want to support me through this. I am glad I am going to take charge!!! :)
Zoe
Everyday in school my friends just sit there eating sweets and chocolate. I think i wish i wasn't a diabetic but one day i realised that its good to have diabetes because i met new friends when i go to diabetic group. I get to go to fun places with my friends like butlins.
My friends used to go "i wish i was a diabetic like you" because they want an excuse to eat in class but i told them what so you want to do like two or three injections a-day and test your blood sugar levels alot every-day. Yes i do have to stop in my sports to my blood sugar levels but i enjoy being a diabetic because in year 6 i was the first person in my class to know about Nick Jonas being a diabetic.
One of my old friends, once i was meant to be staying for tea at her house but i heard her mum go "Zoe has to go home"So i just got my bag and just walked out! I'm not her friend anymore because I have a new friend who her and her parents understand my diabetes.
Caitlin C
hi! i'm 12 and have had diabetes for the last 10 years , got diagnosed when i was 2 and a half . Dont feel that it stops you doing anything as it dosent =] i do cheerleading. it sometimes gets annoying having to do injections and blood tests all the time but im really used to it now and am trying to get a much better HbA1c than i did last time :)
Caitlin B
Hi, I am 12 years old and I got diabetes on the 1st August 2007. I have diabetes type 1. Until the 3rd November 2009 I was doing insulin injections but from then I have an insulin pump. It is much easier having an insulin pump. I enjoy having an insulin pump I just don't enjoy having diabetes!
Chantell
well i was sick since i was born in 1995, i was sick nearly every month of the year until one day i started losing lots of weight also i was drinking lots of surgary drink plus running to the toilet alot when one day my dad took me to the doctors once again and she said my breath smelled like some kind of sweets called pearl drops then the doctor went outside the room and i went into a coma and she came back in and said am very sorry your daughter has went into a coma and i have rang an ambulance to take her to the hospital am very sorry i didnt already notice that yesterday.
then i went in the ambulance and i could hear the sounds around me but i couldnt even open my eyes to see were i was , when i got to the hosptial i was put in a big room with lots of medical equipment i had machines on my belly and arms also , then when i woke up i didnt have a clue what had happened to me but i saw lots of doctors and nurses i also had a mask on my face to make me breath which i thought i was going to die when i looked at everyone around me then after that i was taking to a room in ward 6 were there i had my own room and my partents were crying , the doctors came awell later to say i would have to be kept in for a long while just to get sorted so i stayed in hospital for 2 months just to they fixed me out and showed me everything i had to know about being a diabetic. And that is what my story was like.
Katie
hi, i'm katie. i'm fourteen and I have had diabetes for 4 years now and was diagnosed just before i moved up to secondary school. I found it hard to start with as no one knew anything on what to do except my closest friend. i started of with three injections, then went on to four 2 years ago, so all my rountine changed at school.
I used to find it easy to keep my sugars under control, but it has started to become harder, i have noticed my sugars are always high and i know its not good, but i just cant seem to be able to keep them under control. i spent 10 months with a recent boyfriend, he did all he could to help me, he knew what to do when i went low and what to do when i went high. Now all my friends know what to do, but problem is it might all change again, i've been told i may have to change the insulin im on at the moment to another one or go on to the pump.
Becky
Hey im Becky im 15 and i was diagnosed with Type 1 when i was 11. Well i'll start with the worst thing i suppose. When i was diagnosed the doctors told me that my HbA1C is meant to be down to 7.0 and that above 10.0 is really bad. You see two years ago i was admitted into hospital with extreme diabetic Keto-acidosis (DKA). They told me my HbA1C was 19.7 and that it is the highest HbA1C EVER! and still is.
After that i really took another look at myself and i thought, this isnt right, i shouldnt have this, its not fair and i went on a rebelious streak where i refused to take my insulin and ate sugar like there was no tomorrow but i look at myself now and i see the same person ive seen a thousand times before... We are no different just because of our diabetes, as long as we manage it correctly then were fine the only difference is we have to provide our own insulin.
I have been admitted on a few occasions but thats because i get chest infections in the winter which sends my sugar levels all over the place but ive really come to terms with it now. I mean, of course there are times where i'll forget to take the injection but i correct myself and its no big deal anymore.
Dont abuse your diabetes because it makes you feel diffferent because were not. If anyone needs someone to talk with then im happy for you to contact me or just have a chat online with me.
Rhonii
hi im Rhonii and im 14 years old and i was diagnoesed in November 2009. At first when i found out that i had Type1 diabetes it was all a shock and i had alot to take in. i am on 5 injections aday, 4 of which is for my food and 1 is my night injection that i have to every night at 9pm.
i have now got my head around the whle Diabetes thing and now have all my friends supporting me like my best friend Vanessa (Nessaa) who was there all along for me.
she understands how i feel what i am like with the hypo's. hypo's are realy annoying because your legs go like jelly and then you start to shake. i had 4in 20mins and you also feel realy sick.
Also school have been supportive and understanding with all the days off with being in hospital and having to go to the diabetic clinic. i have had my up's and down's and my moody times with my friends, and i also think why is it me that has got it and why do i deserve it but then it comes to you and it is reality and have got it because your pancreas isn't working and my body doesn't produce sugar.
it isn't as bad as people make it out to be but you just have to get on with your life and it then becomes second nature to you.
Joe
i was 6 years old wen i first got me diabetes and it was a hard time then and it still a hard time now, am 12 years old now iam type 1 diabetes.
and the highest blood a have been is over 35 and the lowest it was been is under 2.5
Francesca
Hello, im 14 and i was diagnosed when i was 11 so i have had diabetes for nearly 4 years. Its hard at times and some of my friends are very supportive to me. To be honest i still eat sweets all the time,, and i do like to drink! But i allways make shore my injections are done before. i guess i was lucky that my friends understand but for others they lose their friends. if anyone ever wants to talk im here for them, i understand what’s its like. im always saying that to people, they don’t understand what its like when they think they do!
Tom
I was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes on the 18 December 2009. In four hours my life was changed forever. Two days on I'm feeling ok, the injections are not that big a deal for me, because my mum has been a Type 1 diabetic all my life. Yes, I understand that some days will be harder than others; yesterday I had my first hypo which was horrible.
You are also going to have to make some sacrifices, such as for me, I can't have sugar in my tea anymore. I'm in that honeymoon period where my pancreas still produces some insulin.
Today the Nurse who diagnosed me is coming to check up on me and what my blood sugar have been from my log book. For anyone out there who changes log book entries, don't worry about it, other people have done it before, but try and put your real results down, becuase they only want to know how much insulin to put you on. Thank God my mum is diabetic, I can just ask her and she can tell me roughly how much insulin to take.
Lucy
I have had diabetes since I was two years old, I'm now fourteen years old. My diabetes was, and still is, very hard to control, so at the age of five I got referred onto an insulin pump. I really don't like needles and until a few years ago my mum did everything; changed my needles, wrote my BMs in my book and listened to the nurses.
When there was the chance to go to Pompeii on a school trip, I couldn't go because I couldn't change my own needle. I wasn't too upset but then my nurse told me I needed to become more independent. I thought that I would never be able to do my own needle but now I can.
I still hate having injections (like vaccinations) but I can generally do my own needles now. Then the chance came for me to go to Greece with the school. For the few weeks before it I was very scared about looking after myself without my mum, but the whole trip was fine.
Hannah
When I was first diagnosed with diabetes, me and my parents were both scared about this disease and didn't know what the future would hold for me. However, with the support of my diabetes care team, me and my parents came to terms with it and managed to find out a lot more about how I could live a full and happy life. I want to live just as good a life as anyone else, as before I thought that would never happen, however it has already and my friends and family understand about my condtion.
This year, I went on a Diabetes UK children's support holiday and I found it was the most amazing experience of my life and would definitely love to go again. The staff were great, the activities were fab and by the end of the week I knew a lot more about my diabetes. I came home a happy person and my mum and dad certainly noticed this.
Thank you so much Diabetes UK and also the care team at Addenbrookes hospital in Cambridge for all their care and support over these last few years. You deserve a medal, all of you! Thank you! x :D
Daniella
Hi, my name's Daniella and it all started when I got home from guides and I was really tired and thirsty. My mum checked my blood sugars and it came up as off the scale. So I went straight up to A and E and that's were it all started!
Maddy
Hey, I'm Maddy. I'm 16 and I got Type 1 diabetes three years ago. Wow, dun't seem that long lol. I can still remember the day...
But yeah anyway, its c**p in't it? I couldn't believe it when they told me. Even then, it didn't properly hit me for a few days. As someone else said, the worst thing is that it will never go away, and that it means you're totally dependent on the insulin, and can't do 'owt without it. Makes me want to cry just thinking about it. So I guess all you've gotta do is not think about it. =)
I'm taking 4 injections a day at the minute. Hopefully, in December I'm going to be moving on to a pump. I can't wait! From what I've been told, sounds like it could make things so much easier. Does anyone have experience with one?
Jade
I'm 18 years old and I've had diabetes all my life. Growing up my diabetes was not under control. I spent most of my time in hospital. When I went up to high school I slowly became more controlled and managed to keep myself out of hospital for 9 years, until last christmas. I got a stomach bug and became extremely ill I got ketoacidosis. It killed me! I went down hill so quickly, I died in the ambulance on the way to hospital. They said I'm very lucky to be alive or not brain damaged.
I know how important it is to look after yourself and i no alot of people think diabetes is an easy illness to live with but it's not! And yes I've done stupid things like eating lots of chocolate and sweets thinking it was normal but now I know it's just stupid. I'm now on an insulin pump and I love it. I always think it's been easier for me having it from birth, than being diagnosed later on in life and having to change my life just like that!
Katie
I am 14 years old and have had it for six years. At first I thought I was so different and got so worked up about it but now i realised that I'm just like eveyone else. It was hard for me to come to terms about it then i just got used to it.
Georgina
Hiya, my name is Georgina and I have been living with type 1 diabetes for two years. I'm 13 and found the injections very difficult. I didn't want to go to school at the start because I felt very different to all my friends. It was a sudden shock because I couldn't eat sweets and I felt that my life was going to be devoted to diabetes. My friends were very supportive and come with me to do my injections at school. I have to do 12 injections a day and I have to test my blood sugar 5 times a day. Sometimes I hate having diabites but you learn to live with it. At the beginning you get so much information but you soon get into a routine and it becomes part of your life. It does get much easier, I promise you all. x :)
Sophie
I was diagnosed with diabetes in August 2005 when I was 9. I used to think controlling my blood sugars was hard but I hit a really hard patch. I have been in hospital for 8 months and have got serious complications.
I'm out now but end up going back in regularly - for emergencies and check-ups. But while I'm out I do everything I can and try not to let it get me down. I was worried about going back to school because I thought my friends would have forgotten about me but they have all been really supportive and I know they are a great bunch of friends!
Chelsea
I got diagnosed when I was three. It was the shock of my Granddad's death that caused it, because I had a great relationship with him. He died in 1998, I was three. I'm now 14.
I got bullied at primary school; getting called a junkie at ages 10 to 12. It hurt that bad I self-harmed. It was horrible. It continued 'til 2nd year, then after that I was fed up with it, so I decided to move schools - the best thing I've done in my life so far.
I still speak to some people from my old school, but the thing I miss the most is my Granddad :) Love You R.I.P. xxxx
Caitlin
Hi, I was diagnosed when I was four. I am now nearly nine. Me and my Mum are trying our best to keep my numbers under control and I feel very comfortable with diabetes. At school my teachers and friends are all very supportive. If they ask me questions about my blood glucose test then I explain what I'm doing. I have just been on year 5/6 sports residential without my parents and only had one hypo! The people that were helping me were brilliant and my numbers were always 9 and below. I've had the 3 day monitor and I'm hoping to get the pump soon, I'm not scared of having the pump unlike other people.
Aggie
I was diagnosed when I was eight and now I'm 12. I was diagnosed on hallowe'en so me and my family say we celebrate it by eating sweets :)
At first, I had no clue what diabetes was but I had all the support from my family. :P Now I am at secondary school, I just want to hide it. I got my insulin pump two years ago. It was a surprise for all the family as we had a letter saying I wasn't getting one and then it turned up on the door step. The pump does help but I still don't do my sugars at school. I just don't want to but I try my hardest. I want to be healthy and normal. I often say this but really we are, just in a unique way. ;)
The advice I would give, to people new to diabetes, is try your hardest and ask your friends to help - they should understand. And don't forget to do your blood sugars, it is not nice coming away from a sleep over. Don't let it control you , you control it :) :) :) xxx
Faizah
Hi, I'm Faizah [Fi-za] I am 10 years old and I was diagnosed with diabetes when I was seven. I keep going in and out of hospital because it's hard to control. I have made up my mind that I am not going to do them when I'm older because it's annoying. I try and try but not going well. My mum has had a baby girl and she has got to look after three other kids. She has six kids including me. Nobody understands how I feel. When I grow up I want to be a nurse and have two kids. I am the third youngest but I hate it! I get bullied at home from my brother [14] and my sister [11]. It is my birthday on the 26th of March. I also have coeliac disease. That means I am not allowed gluten which is in wheat. Please somebody my own age be my diabetes friend!!
with love xxx
mouse [my nickname]
Your comments
Hello, i'm 14 and i was diagnosed when i was 11 so i have had diabetes for nearly 4 years. Its hard at times and some of my friends are very supportive to me. To be honest i still eat sweets all the time, and i do like to drink! But i allways make shore my injections are done before. i guess i was lucky that my friends understand but for others they lose their friends. if anyone ever wants to talk im here for them, i understand what’s its like. im always saying that to people, they don’t understand what its like when they think they do!
- Francesca
Hi Faizah, we have Myspace and Bebo sites if you'd like to connect with others who have diabetes. If you do, please make sure your Mum is aware that you're using community sites like these. It's best to keep parents on your side. :)- My life
Katie
Hi my name is Katie, I am ten years old and I was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes on the 2 November 2007, nearly two years ago. I am on four injections a day using the autopen. I really want to go on to the pump because it would be so much easier and it would draw less attention when I have to do it in public.
Sometimes at school or at clubs I didn't do my injection because I was scared what people would think and then my blood sugar went high. My parents get so worried and scared for, then I felt guilty. I just want to say thanks to my diabetes nurse, for being so kind. She even gave me a toy when I was in hospital the second time!
If your reading my story please never miss injection like I used to. Diabetes won't ruin your life if you handle it properly. From KT_x
Amber
I'm 13 and I've had diabetes for seven years. I was uncontroled for the first four years. I was in and out of hospital and I did't have a lot of friends because I was hardly ever in school.
I aways had problems and was always ill. I went on a pump and went in the paper for it because I was the first person to have one. But then again I never put waight on and the insulin started to build up from the injections and my diabetic nurse said that we need to try something different. I've lost half of my life. I can't remeber most of it. It's hard to explain to people but I love telling my story but they will never know how it feels for me.
I am now on the insulin pump and I weigh 7 stone. Over the last three years I've been so much happer and I have more friends. Now they understand me and my diabetes I'm living a happy life. I'm getting there on being controlled with it. I still have a few problems but im working them out.
Maisie
Hi I am Maisie. I'm 9 and only had diabetes for a week. Dawn my diabetic nurse is the best ever. I have had a lot of support from Alder Hay [NHS Trust] so thank you Alder Hay! Anyway, I really don't like my insulin. I am ok with the finger prick.
Lesley-Ann
Hi, I have had diabetes since I was 10. I am 11 now so I have had it for a year. I miss eating chocolate at sleepovers with my mates and just waking up in the morning and not having to do a needle before I eat my breakfast! Saying that... I do still have a little bit of chocolate at a sleepover so don't think it can stop you from too! As long as you don't go crazy on the chocolate. I get really annoyed with having it because I just want to stop all the needles and everything but just remember... don't let it ruin your life! :)
Emily
I was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes in June 2009 and it's still really new to me but it's already like second nature to me. I have to inject 4 times a day before every meal and before I go to bed. Also if you are worried about going back to school or what your friends will think, I bet they will be really supportive and the quicker you go back to school the better.
I have been to my first diabetic clinic checkup. I found out I have to go 4 times a year but a bit more often because I am newly diagnosed. The only tests they do are the HbA1c blood test to work out your average blood glucose level (for the past 3-4 months?) and they only do a finger prick. The only other things they do are your weight and height. So don't worry about any other tests. Then you speak to the diabetic consultant who asks how you are, how you're coping, changes any insulin doses and finds out more about you!
Some days you will feel really rough and think why have I got it but remember it's not your fault . Good luck.
Poppy
I'm nearly 17 and I have diabetes since I was one. This is pretty good actually, because it means that I can't remember what it was like not being diabetic, so I don't miss it.
When I was very small, my mum was great, doing my injections and my blood tests, even though I moaned about it quite a lot as I got older. My best friend from childhood also developed diabetes when he was about five, so I wasn't growing up with diabetes alone.
When I was 6, I went on my first diabetes adventure holiday, and it was great.
I keep my diabetes under control quite well, obviously it could be better but it's as good as it can be. For me, the worst part about being diabetic is not the fact that I can't eat too many sugary foods, but it's that where I inject myself there is fatty build-up :(
Callie
I'm 13 and I've been diagnosed for 3 weeks. I know it's hard and when doctors are telling you, "you are doing great" or say to "forget about it", it's very hard. Most doctors don't actually know what it feels like. Remember that you are still your own person. You're still you and you can still do everything.
When you're down or upset, everything gets on top of you and you just think that you can't cope (I've done this several times), try and think of all the good times or just sit somewhere quiet and tell someone. Or just say it to yourself. It might sound stupid but it's so much better if you just get it off your chest. It will get easier but just stay positive.
Chloe
I went skiing with school to France with all my friends. My mum was a bit worried about me going with me having diabetes but I rang my mum every day. One day I was on the top of a mountain and I went very low so I walked down to the bottom and took some glucose sweets. This really shook my confidence. I thought I wasn't going to enjoy this but I really enjoyed the hoilday and if one day I coud go back, I would.
Joel
Yeah, I'm 14. Had diabetes for the best part of 11 years. Just wanted to check the website out so I can generally see what's happening ; )
Emily
I'm Emily, 17 years old and have had diabetes since I was around 18 months - that's a good 15 years. I've not had the best life with diabetes (so far) as my control hasn't been great.
I have just come out of hospital with having DKA which is diabetic ketoacidosis and I'm telling you now, it's horrible, but thanks to fantastic nurses and doctors at my local hospital things are on the up and up.
But anyway after reading some other comments on this site I have come to realise that having diabetes isn't the end of the world, in fact it is just like going on a diet, you just need to know how to control it. You wouldn't think to look at me there was anything wrong with me (except when I'm having a bad hair day hehehe)
Em xxxx
Viktoria
I'm 15 and got diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes this year. My parents were saddened with it but my siblings don't think that it's that bad. You see my twin, un-identical, got diagnosed with Type 1 when she was four. The only change, that I had to do, was to take injections before every big meal and test my glucose from time to time.
I was suprised when I got the diagnosis. I went to the clinic for an eye exam and we left for the hospital after about 30 minutes. My glucose was about 32 mmol/l when I came in. My mom cried.
School isn't that bad. The people in my class respect that I have to test my glucose about two hours after my meals and take injections before. My teachers are good as well.
Erin
I've had diabetes for 10 years. It was really horrible at first, but it's alright now. I've put on weight because of it, which sucks. :( But my life is just normal now. You just get used to it I suppose. It really isn't that bad if you control it well. Smile guys :) x
Anna
I was on a school Trip in Cardiff (South Wales) when I was taken ill. I was away from home for two nights. I had been very sick and I couldn't keep any food or drink down.
The journey home was the worst time of my life. The teachers looking after me decided to ring my parents to come and pick me up from the bus. Dad came, and met us in Shrewsbury. Dad took me straight to the hospital where the doctor on call diagnosed me with Type 1 diabetes. I was in Hospital for 5 days and then I was moved to the hospital near my home.
I've been diabetic for 2 years and 3 months. A week after I was diagnosed, we as a family went on a sailing holiday to Greece. Since then I've been skiing and I don't let diabetes get in my way!
I try and live my life as normal as possible but sometimes my blood glucose levels are difficult to manage. I have a fantastic diabetic nurse, Jayne, who is always there to help. I'm in year 8 and I play rugby in a team called The Mermaids - we rock!
My sister is mean sometimes because she eats sweats and chocolate in front of me.
Your comments
I am 11. I have had Type 1 on November the 5th. I also want to be like my sister that eats chocolate in my face and eats whenever she wants and it is not fair.- Melanie
Michelle
I have been diabetic for eight years now and often find it hard to keep my sugar levels on the 'straight and narrow.' I'm 18 and I have college and other things to stress about and sometimes I totally feel like I'm the only one.
I know I'm not the only one, though most of the time it does certainly feels like it, especially when I'm being told what to do by a 'diabetic specialist' when they don't have diabetes, they have just read about 'us'!
Anyway enough of my jibber-jabber. Love to all my fellow diabetics. Keep up the good work. x
