Hey! my name is Ellie. I'm 14, I was diagnosed with diabetes in June 2009, 2 years ago - just before my 12th birthday. I was feeling really ill for months before my diagnosis, and was drinking and going to the toilet a lot, so, my mum brought be a blood sugar tester, just to see what my sugars were. I used that for a few days, then I went to the doctor. The blood test said I had diabetes. But my doctor didn't send me to A & E , he said to see how it goes ... this was on a Friday, then on Sunday I did the Race for Life, and got McDonald's afterwards, thats when it all went wrong. I tested my sugars with the tester I had, and it said HI, so I went to A & E with my mum, dad and sister, and I got told I had diabetes. I stayed in Hospital for three days, my blood sugar was 45 mmol/l (810 mg/dl).
I had to learn how to give injections. I was on five injections a day. Then on June 14th 2011, I got an insulin pump. I love it! It's purple :) My sugars are so much better now, and I'm getting on fine with my diabetes :) It doesn't stop me from doing anything I want to do. :D I also hope to do the JDRF walk in September this year so I can raise money to help find a cure :D
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Let me begin by saying that when I'm stressed, it tends to work it's way to my stomach. When my son was diagnosed at 3, the doctor was sitting on the bed next to him, having a very big boy discussion about what diabetes was. The doctor said, "Can you say it? Can you say DI-A-BE-TES?" My son looked at him for a moment, very seriously, and said, "My mommy has DI-A-RHE-A".
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Diabetes Rising: How a Rare Disease Became a Modern Pandemic, and What to Do About It by Dan Hurley. Published by Kaplan Publishing, 2010. ISBN 1-60714-458-1. 312 pages, hardcover. $26.95.
Author Dan Hurley was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at age 18, and his book Diabetes Rising is more about type 1 than type 2 -- a refreshing perspective for those of us who have type 1 diabetes in our families. Diabetes Rising is broken into three parts: The Rising, The Reasons, and the Remedies. In The Rising, Hurley tracks the unprecedented increase in both type 1 and type 2 diabetes in modern times (the real focus is type 1 -- not type 2). In The Reasons, he explores five hypotheses under study today, including hygeine, vitamin D, and pollution. And in The Remedies, Hurley reviews four paths to cure -- or better treat -- type 1 and type 2 diabetes, including the artificial pancreas project. Diabetes Rising is very well written and is a must-have for families living with type 1 diabetes. Highly Recommended.
From the Diabetes Dictionary
Hemoglobin A1C (HbA1C)
The substance of red blood cells that carries oxygen to the cells and sometimes joins with glucose (sugar). Because the glucose stays attached for the life of the cell (about 4 months), a test to measure hemoglobin A1C shows what the person's average blood glucose level was for that period of time. See also Glycohemoglobin.
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