Hiya:D I'm a Type 1 Diabetic, and was diagnosed this summer. I'm currently on the Omnipod, and have been pumping since August:D

Where are my fellow diabetics? What grade are you in (if you're in school)? Maybe we can compare notes c:

Ping me!

I wouldn't be happy to be diabetic. It's my fear..

I wouldn't too. But since you can't do anything about it (at least when you'r type 1) you have to deal with it somehow.

I'm not personally diabetic, but my boy is (if that counts). He was diagnosed at a very young age, I believe he was three or four years old. He has been injecting himself with insulin ever since he was able to (his mom did it when he was younger obviously). His glucose level is very irregular and causes quite some trouble - it is always scary to wake up in the morning and not being able to wake him up because his glucose level is too lot - but we deal with it. He tends to be very optimistic about all of it and I admire that in him.

Does it count that one of my kitties is diabetic? ^-^;

Diagnosed when I was 13, 25 now. I dont take care of myself anymore, it's too expensive to, barely have money for food let alone the medications I need to eat it. And I'm one of the lucky ones /with/ insurance.

This is kinda a place for diabetics to talk =/ none of us are exactly happy to have it...

I'm sorry =/ I don't think my parents would ever allow me to not be able to take care of myself, especially with something as serious as diabetes. High blood sugar can do some serious damage. If you're with United Heath care, they'll pay for strips--as long as they are Freestyle Light. It's only like $8 or so, for a supply.

I know,but the forum is public. I was just saying that I would not be happy to have it,but it could happen anytime.

Most of the other diabetics I've talked to stop caring for themselves around the 10 years mark (mine was the 9th year). I'm so tired of this disease.

I know what you mean =/ It does get tiring. I've just kinda sworn to myself I wouldn't do that. My grandmother's diabetic. And she's taken advantage of people using it.

She's actually used it to put me and my siblings in danger. She's very brittle, and bounces like crazy. My parents were flying out to Colorado to look at houses (where we were going to move to) and my Grandma came to pick us up. My mom asked her if she checked her blood, she said yes. My mom noticed she was acting weird, and made her check her blood. Her pump didn't even register it, it was so low. She lied about checking. She knew she was going to pass out at the wheel, and make us get into a crash, because then we'd HAVE to stay.

I just don't want to be like that, y'know? I want to take control of the disease.

I have been a diabetic for 18 years and yes it is not pleasant to have this disease. Managing it by diet and exercise alone lasted for 13 years and now on insulin only after they tried me on glucophage (metaformin) and it had me very sick.

I was going to school, work and juggling a family at the time. Your life and world changes drastically.

Though you are type 1 and I am type 2 the disease is the same. It must be harder for you since you are younger and having to deal with the pump each day.

I have a serious phobia towards needles and this is my worst nightmare on earth. It takes me up to 20 minutes to take the insulin just getting up the nerve. Diabetes ran on both sides of my family and I was the first born so got everything that was terrible.

It is just one at a time and trying to make sure I keep track of everything. Good thing is my insurance covers everything, freestyle is great as it only takes little blood and doesn't hurt like the other monitors.

How are you managing with school? Do you have a support group you are active in?

If you ever want to talk or vent. Just ping or message me I will be here for you. :)

I've been Type-1 diabetic for 14 years - I was diagnosed at 15 and I'm 29 now. No family history, no clue where it came from. :/ Only one in my family with it.

I wasn't great about taking care of myself, especially after a couple rough years in my early 20s, and landed myself in the ICU at the hospital in diabetic ketoacidosis. I wasn't checking my sugar, wasn't watching what I ate, wasn't seeing the doctor and getting my bloodwork done, and I was (very VERY stupidly) rationing my insulin. If my boyfriend at the time hadn't called 911, I wouldn't have made it the night. Since then, I managed it, but I always made the mistake of trying to ignore it.

It wasn't until this past June, when my fiance got me added to his health insurance, that I started taking care of myself. I started seeing an endocrinologist for the first time, and the first thing he did was take me off the insulin I was using (apparently I was using an insulin that had been prehistoric since the early 90s...) and prescribed Apidra. Within a month of starting Apidra, my endo started talking about an insulin pump. I've NEVER been happier!

Diabetes still isn't cheap. It hurts the bank account for sure. When the pump helped meet our stupidly high deductible on our insurance, we started stocking up on my insulin, test strips, and pump supplies because we only had to pay for 20% of everything.

When I first started seeing my endo, my A1c was 11.7% - WAY out of control. In just six months on my insulin pump, my A1c dropped to a happy 7%. With my glucose in check, I'm feeling healthier, looking healthier, and really feeling better than I have since I was diagnosed. I'm glad my fiance and I are comfortable enough financially to be able to afford the pump - the pump is SUCH an upgrade!

TL;DR - Type 1 for 14 years, almost died from not taking care of myself. Last June I got insurance, started seeing a regular doctor, got on an insulin pump, and I'm SO much happier and healthier for it!

I'm not, but my father was recently diagnosed. We don't know much yet. He'd gotten his blood sugar down a LOT just in the three weeks we've known, though! It's become my job to cook dinner (on...top of being a full time college student + work, ick) and I've been making it a point to cook nice healthy things.

He's still at that stage of whining about portions and tantruming like a child, but I'm glad he's finally (even if forcibly) on the track to being a bit healthier... I'm just sorry it took this to be a wakeup call. :/ (He also has MS, which complicates things more.)

Diabetes runs in my family. My father has it and almost died from it because he didn't know he had it. All of his siblings and pretty much EVERYBODY on his side has it. I don't have it (yet, at least) but I'm hypoglycemic.

I was diagnosed when I was 11yrs of age and I'm now 27. I was on metformin from the age of 14 to oh about November of 11. On Thanksgiving i went into DKA due to the metformin. I now have to take insulin. I check my sugars four times a day, watch what I eat, and try to get around as much as I can with my other medical ailments.

I know this is scary for you but there are people here who know what your going through. I don't have insurance so my supplies come out of pocket which are of course pricey. However considering I almost died from the DKA I will take care of myself the best I can.