life help: About a month ago, I was diagnosed with type one diabetes. - Help.com

don’t mess around with your health

Hi there!! You’re on about ketoacidosis - notice that word has acid in it which is what flows around your body and breaks down the fat in the body - BUT and it is a big but… this is fatal for diabetics…. the reason the acid is in your body is due to the fact you’re not getting enough nutrients outside i.e. eating healthy food. ALSO you don’t produce insulin through your pancreas to break down the glucose in your body to energy which is what we all need. OK that may be a bit too scientific or it may not .. not sure (sorry are you juliaaax just noticed above post). The fact is, I’m a type 1 diabetic (feel free to ask me anything) I’ve been this way for 17 years now.. and I know that keytones … plain and simple .. should not be present in your blood. You can get a keytone blood monitor as well as a glucose tester and test your glucose levels regularly and keytones if blood glucose gets above a certain level. Don’t be tempted to skip your insulin EVER… as complicated as that may or may not sound to you.. just don’t. The key is (and also my motto for life) everything in moderation… that includes sugar, alcohol (can’t really advise on recreational drugs apart from pot as I’ve never done others but have been advised they raise the glucose levels in the blood for no reason which doesn’t sound too healthy to me so I don’t choose too, plus I see no benefit of these so don’t ask me too much about that ok). Do moderate exercise (walking the dog, swimming etc. is great. Bring lucozade to any strenuous exercise activity you want to do … advise your sports / P.E. teacher about your diabetes and tell your friends what to do in the case of a hypo. Unfortunately I’m british ;-) so the translation from pounds to stones and the glucose thing is alien but I can convert as I have a converter for both weight and glucose lying around somewhere if you want I can tell you when to test for keytones etc. Eat healthy, i.e. moderate your intake of sugar and alcohol… eat plenty of veg.. doesn’t have to be boring.. there are lots of good recipes out there.. and be prepared for people not understanding (at least in England) and asking you to have that extra piece of cake but politely refusing… anything else please message me as I’ve been a diabetic for 17 years… I also went through ketoacidosis amongst other things such as blurred vision etc. at 17 (now 29 years old) as my diabetes was diagnosed too late but have rectified this. Good luck with healthy eating and exercise and please don’t be afraid to shout me about anything to do with Type 1 diabetes xx

Yes I was at ICU aswell… and yep it does suck!!! I was nearly driven mad!! As I said though,… anything you want to ask about diabetes and I’m here. It won’t always be easy but keep at it… and remember there are healthy ways to lose weight and the first step is the hardest but then you are on a journey.

Spangle x

It’s not the easiest of journeys but managable!! Hope you do ok! Peace! :-)