My Diagnosis Story: T1 Diabetes (Part 2 and My Advice to the Newly Diagnosed)

The end of the story of when I got diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at the age of 11. Also, my advice to the newly diagnosed diabetics out there :)

[@Okazaki7793]

Hi Danica, Simon here :). I was diagnosed Type1 diabetes about 3 weeks ago. It was more a ''surprise'' than a shock since i figured it out alone by the symptons a day before going to hospital that it was diabetes so i was kinda...calm?Thanks to my calm personality i took it very good, my life isn't over, i'm not sad, i'm okay. Sure i wondered for a moment ''why me'' but then i just thought : Now it's a part of me, so deal with it. I stayed in the hospital for 3 days, and in the mean time i surfed a lot on the internet reading about diabetes, what i'll can and not eat and stuff like that XD. Then when i came back at home of course i searched other stuff(for some days, even now) about diabetes to learn as much as possible. And then i went on youtube and i found your channel and i watched some of your videos. So first of all THANK YOU for making them :). You helped me a lot, i learned some cool adivces (like how to tell your friends about diabetes...they took it pretty good, we even joke about it and it doesn't bother me, i will continue to do what i was doing before, but now i'll just eat ''healthier'' (i wasn't doing that before :V ) control my blood sugar and get shots.I'm kinda already used to them, but i miss the experience out of the house...even thou i've already went for a pizza and to the cinema. Anyways thank you again for making this videos, they help a lot, believe me and keep it going :D Bye P.S.I'm 22 years old if you were wondering if i were around your age.

[@rowbucks5]

Thank you so much for this video!! You are an inspiration and I hope that as Reagan grows, she will learn to adapt and manage her diabetes as well as you do! You will make a GREAT educator!

[@Susazeu]

Imagine knowing you'll get diabetes because your mom is diabetic, is just a matter of when. That's how I lived my life from age 7 to age 53. When the symptoms started I was in denial, but eventually it got worse and I got to the hospital with 500. I love the clinic, seems like a 5 star spa, and even diabetic food was great, down to sweet things. I knew more or less what it would be like, so I got into the routine and up to speed pretty fast. It's been a month now, my numbers are great and my experience with my mom was a great education!

[@mikermcs6474]

Thanks for another great video! I just realized while watching that I have never heard someone else's diagnosis story, and I've had Type I for 35 years. I felt very similar to you when I was first when diagnosed. It's nice to know someone out there gets it.

[@whatchitnow]

mikermcs lol you cracked me up

[@dead2self05]

Woah. Nearly everything you mentioned happened to me, symptom-wise. Little did I know... Diagnosed a month and a half ago. I even had the Wilford Brimley-based denial, the ER call-ahead and Nurse Ratchet's twin sister. I'm 25, so I apparently broke the type-1 diagnosis age curve! Rockstar. I teach high school, so I got to introduce my students to what diabetes actually is. And I still find myself making diabeetuhs jokes, even thought I have it. Thanks for the videos. Peace!

[@jennifergaytan97]

Love this one. So much similarities to my son's dx.

[@LiveLifePacific]

That was really encouraging!!! Good for you :) I think your channel is so cool

[@dead2self05]

Thanks :] I'm learning that there's still a lot of learning to do. Everything has gone well so far (haven't hit crazy-low and only spiked above 200 a couple of times). It's still new, but I'm adjusting to the whole new-way-of-life thing. My kids tell me I'm cool, but not when they're taking finals (or a pop quiz for teh lulz) :D

[@ekwrocks]

u have such a positive attitude!! I LOL when u changed the name to live-abetes!! Thanks 4 posting, ur helping a lot of people cope with this!!! Oh and I am a nurse and make all pt. 's regardless of what they are in for ride in a wheelchair, LOL!!

[@scarlettstewart6853]

I have all the symptoms for type 1 but my dad still won't take me to hospital after 2 weeks

[@randompokkadots]

I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS!!!

[@Jennica160305]

I was diagnosed at 11, it will 10 yrs in august and have never really learned to deal with it but i'm working on it. My blood sugar was 1700 at diagnosis and I've been on and off the pump since. I know its still going to take some time but I'm really looking forward to this artificial pancreas project (using the bg monitor to create a closed loop system). If you haven't looked into it yet I highly suggest it.

[@IPWNBXRmash]

i got diagnosed with diabetes last week, im 20 years old and been a bodybuilder for 4 years... the first responds to that was how the hell is this possible, i eat the most clean diet and workout 5 times a week, and here i am with diabetes, im getting use to it now with the testing glucose, but i haven't started taken insulin yet im on pills to see if that's all i need and so far they don't seem to be doing so well, my average glucose level is from 14-18 and the normal person should only be at 4-5, having a sugar level this high freaks me out, specially me being a fitness addict, i can just imagine what this sugar is doing to me. but when i start taking the insulin im going straight to a pump.

[@davidbolt8870]

I was 3 whan I was diagnosed in 1960, so my memories as a non diabetic are very remote.I agree with all of what you mention.I especially agree with having the name changed to Live-abetes.When the first type 2 was diagnosed they should have been able to think of a new name.Sorry I cant do the video thing

[@PancreaticallyInept]

well thank you!!

[@luggtjejen]

This video really helped me

[@audranorman8981]

I feel like the only person who got turned loose the same night they were diagnosed - as soon as my blood sugar came down I got scripts for insulin and that was it. I didn't get in hospital education or anything.

[@rebeccawright5987]

Audra Rascher when I was diagnosed, the dietitian visited with me for all of twenty minutes.

[@luzdelcarmen928]

im a pre-diabetes and of course ive been having it for 6 years and sometimes i have hard times

[@JoyJudi]

I hope my daughter has such a great outlook when she's your age. You said something about a diabetes camp, what's that and how do I find out more about it??

[@madisond.4062]

I would never eat. My parents scared me into eating by telling me if I didnt, they would take me to the hospital. Now we know they should have. It was my 7th bday, and I was puking, seeing things, crying. My doctor said it was the flu. I only weighed 38lbs.I remember puking & sneezing at the same time and the puke came out my nose. Ew. I'll have to skip ahead because I don't know what happened while I was passed out. I woke up in the ambulance and they asked me if I knew where I was. I replied the hostpitle.my BG was 666, and I had large keytones. My parents stayed w/ me, and my sisters stayed at my grandmas house. People came to visit all the time. I was there for 4-5 days. I was happy to go home, but I was confused and scared. Now I've had it for a little over 4 years, and I'm a pro, I'm used to the needles, on a pump, animas ping, and teaching my family about my condition.now I am at a healthy weight.I don't enjoy diabetes, but I don't have a choose but to deal with it, so I do. I rather deal with it then die, so I do what I have to.

[@nikkiluv9876]

i was a regular 5th grade girl... except for 1 thing... i was 60 pounds and 5'4. over the summer i started urinating alot and drinking alot. my mom looked it up and diabetes popped up. she brought me to the dr and my blood was 659. i was terrified... i was in the hospital for 5 days. im now on a pump so yea its better than injections :) oh and i was 11 ...Aug 17 2012

[@sarahcornelius6784]

I accepted it immediately... am I just weird?

[@maltenburg00]

My boyfriend had sugars of 35 he is supposed to be between 90 and 120 and this was real low because he forgot his lunch and took insulin but didnt eat he ate a rice krispy treat and got really sick

[@1217Queen]

Thanx 4 all ur 🎥 even though Im not a diabetic I know a lot of people that r including my GF (girlfriend) so ur videos help a lot BTW ur so funny

[@itookmypaxil]

Hi Danica. My son was diagnosed at age 4, he hates that he has it but he is a fighter. He is on an animus pump as well. Do you have any advise on making him feel better about being different. His sugars are very unpredictable so we are trying to get him a CGM and a D.A.D. I want him to have every tool available, but I also he has a good attitude like you do. His story is on here as Xander's Story but there are a lot of Xanders :) but you can check it out at "an alert dog for Xander" on fb

[@1217Queen]

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[@BOOMamplified]

i did too, i was giving my shots immediately and testing sugar cause i told the nurses "Hell im gonna have to learn this sometime" however i was 22, i think it depends on the age your told at. Also, how afraid of needles and blood you are lol. But i still suffer from every single one of the other problems and situations she describes, are you not the same there?

[@5lyssi]

im the first one :D ya !!!!!!!!!!!!

[@cathysweet9059]

Danica your videos are great but can you find someone that has type 1 diabetes that has had it from the age 9 month or below. I am unable to find people that have had it that young. I know it may not make a difference to anybody but the longer you have it is what i am in question of. Thank you Cathy

[@rikkitessandori]

Have u ever use glucogone

[@maltenburg00]

Well I am not diabetic but here is my boyfriends story he is 13 and is diabetic. So on Christmas he had been really sick so his.mom took him to the ER and they diagnosed him with diabetes. His sugar was 345 or something and he was unresponsive me and his parents were scared to death but it already is a second life to him. Im scared of needles so he will try and make.me not afraid

[@janisnielson3529]

Meeting Dr IGUDIA KZbin channel was the beginning of a new life for me after using his herbs medication in curing my Diabetes disease.

[@nikkiluv9876]

you should go to the doctor... everyone has a different range :) im diabetic so i would know {so you know i know what im talking about :) } Go to the Dr. Because they said if i waited 3 more days i would be in a colma... please tell ur parents that u r worried and im sure they will take you... better be safe then sorry :)

[@5lyssi]

lol

[@1217Queen]

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