I am also new to the diabetes disease. i am slowly learning, my family and friends have been very supportive. it is hard getting used to taking insulin. especially giving yourself shots. i am also on novolog. i take lantus as well. sometimes i dont even think and i start eating before i take my shot, and i take my lantus once a day, usually at night, about the same time. my doc told me it is important to take it within an hour of the same time every day. so i shoot for 9. sometimes i forget, but luckily my mom and boyfriend help me out. i currently take my lantus with a needle, not the pen. this shot hurts worse and i have a hard time giving it to myself, my boyfriend does it for me. wow. i just told you my life story.

Welcome! I am new also. I am a T1 and take novolog and levemir.

I guess a lot of people, including me, just deal with our diabetes one day at a time and the best we can. :)

Welcome! I am a mother of a 4yr old diabetic who is on Humalin and Humalog. I agree with the previous replyer that you do need to take your care each day at a time and sometimes it can get demanding but hopefully one day you all including my lil boy can say they are cured of diabetes.

I am also new! I got on here for support, I know no one with diabetes and feel so frustrated that no one can relate to me sometimes. I even have found myself getting mad at non-diabetics for having a working pancreas! Isn't that terrible?! Well, it makes me feel terrible for thinking things like that anyway, lol. I was dx'd with T1 at the age of 20, right after I finished my 2nd yr of college. Had no insurance and no financial support from my parents so I had to get a full-time job and quit school to support my "habit" (as my husband likes to call it, joking) or supplies. Looking back I have to admit I am a little bitter that I had to give up on one of my dreams. I guess I can't complain though. I did alright and made a career even without the piece of paper from a Univ. Anyhoo... am welcome to feedback, like I said I need the support. I'm married with no children but absolutely want them someday! My thoughts on diabetes is it is VERY HIGH MAINTENANCE! But it is up to me whether I let it control me or whether I control it. No one ever says "diabetes has me, we say I have diabetes". Can I get an Amen?! Lol!

Hi nina

It was sad that you had to quit college. Could you retake the course in an evening class? My sister is doing that, she is studying for a Classics degree while working full time. It is hard work but if you really want it it is worth it.