Diabetes Type 1 Support Group

It's called a brittle diabetic. I have the same problem. Do you take insulin? or just diet...I've been diabteic since I was 11, I'm 22 now. My numbers are all over the place, they're very hard to control. I have an insulin pump, that helps alot. But even the littlest emotion change can affect your blood sugar. walking too far to catch the bus can affect your blood sugar. EVERYTHING can affect your bllod sugar. I know this from experience.
The difference between type 1 and type 2,
Type 1 in autoimmune. Your body attacked the insulin making cells in your body, and you no longer create the insulin that your body needs. Type 2 is usually in overweight adults, and because of that, their body isn't accepting the insulin that their body makes, therefore they have to take pills to help.
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Oh I so do not envy those teenage years. The hormones drive you nuts in the first place let alone what they can do to your sugar levels and if you are a girl the monthly swings can make you want to scream for multiple reasons!

Fortunately as you get older the hormones mellow out not messing with your numbers as much and you gain a whole bunch of experience knowing how to avoid lows and highs. I'm still learning new tricks of the trade after 27 years!

Unfortunately people who remain uneducated or unwilling to accept the truth about diabetes always seem to exist. It seems more horrid when it's family members who are the dolts.

I'm a type one using insulin so for those times I eat something extra sweet and get the "look" I throw out a simple it will be covered by a shot of insulin. That usually stops it right there or I get questions and I try to answer them as nicely as possible even though they don't seem to really absorb the information.

One horrid memory of my relatives was the time when my Aunt was talking to my Grandma and they said my cousin shouldn't be dating this one girl because she was a diabetic! Hello! I was right there in the room! And let me tell you I was more then date worthy - I am even awesome marriage material. Just ask my hubby. ;-)

At family get togethers like Thanksgiving and Christmas I tended to reverse the criticism. If they looked funny at me for eating pie I would ask, "Shouldn't you be having a glass of milk instead of wine with your pie, Grandma? I think you really need to start focusing on your bone density. Hip replacements at your age although common are not easy to overcome."

Or my Aunt who gave me a look when I took a helping of fruit salad while she was buttering her dinner roll I said, "Shouldn't you have that bun dry? Your cholesterol levels are rather high and you are older being more at risk for heart disease and strokes."

For my parents nagging me about my numbers I recall saying once, "I am going to need five years of therapy for this last year alone to overcome the bitter feelings and anxiety I have from you nagging and judging me."

LOL Of course these aren't the best or more polite ways to handle annoying family members but it certainly made me feel better to hand out some of their own medicine!

I like to think I have matured and now I just ignore "them" as "they" always seem to exist.

Hopefully you can get to that point before I did. ;-)

Man I know what you mean and it sucks and gets old. You have to remember that years of misinformation go into their thinking. I wish I had a dime for every time I had to tell people that cake is no worse than ANY starch like pasta or bread. It all is sugar first of all to your body. I just tell them that my dietitian told me that and that they have old information about the disease and that they really need to do some research or go to a dietitian to understand the truth. Portion is everything.. From there the next best advice I can give is for you to do what ever it takes for you to not let them get to you. You can't change people and I know we're all sick of that line of wisdom but truer words... Everyone has their own ego to contend with and in the name of helping they can really do a lot of damage hurting the very ones they believe they are trying to help. I guess if telling them what your dietitian said to you doesn't stop it or help then well I've been known to ask them outright if they'd be needing a note from them. That pretty much stopped the attention but you know its still there but like I said you can't change people and if they truly want to know or help you then THEY'D do the research. This is not your bad and you know you're doing your best and when your not. Good luck to you bro, true.