This is a serious thread, nothing in this thread has been exaggerated or is a lie.
So... 3rd November 2006 I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes which is...
[quote=Wikipedia's first paragraph about Type 1 diabetes] Diabetes mellitus type 1 (Type 1 diabetes, T1D, T1DM, IDDM, juvenile diabetes) is a form of diabetes mellitus. Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease[1] that results in destruction of insulin-producing beta cells of the pancreas. Lack of insulin causes an increase of fasting blood glucose (around 70-120 mg/dL in nondiabetic people) that begins to appear in the urine above the renal threshold (about 190-200 mg/dl in most people), thus connecting to the symptom by which the disease was identified in antiquity, sweet urine. Glycosuria or glucose in the urine causes the patients to urinate more frequently, and drink more than normal (polydipsia). Classically, these were the characteristic symptoms which prompted discovery of the disease.[/quote]
3rd November 2006
That night I was at the hospital doing tests and such to find out what kind of diabetes it was. After a while I had a body examination to see if my body was healthy (I lied there with nothing but my boxers on in front of 2 women (My mother and the nurse, wasn't that bad (The nurse, that is :pervert:))). After that I sat there waiting until the nurse came back with a syringe full of Insulin (Which is used to control sugar levels in the blood) and told me that she could either inject it into me or I could, being me I decided I'd inject myself, at this point my mother was in tears that I have Diabetes (This point it was fully confirmed) I took the syringe and grasped some skin on my leg and stuck the needle in there and slowly pushed the Insulin under my skin. Let me tell you something, I didnt feel a thing apart from my skin getting pierced (Which I knew i'd have to get used to). I have to say, throughout that day I was pretty brave. I was mature about it and didnt panic a lot, wish I could say the same for my mother.
I was in hospital for 3 days (2 nights) being monitored and such. They pretty much covered everything I needed to know about what I was just diagnosed with. On the morning of the 5th, I felt that I have had enough information about it and asked if I could leave, the doctors did have to have a good think about it, in the end they decided to let me go, they advised me to take a week off school to get used to everything (Injecting etc)
They put me on 20 units of Insulin at first, which is what a 7 year old would have (It really isn't a lot for my age, I was 15 at the time)
Let me tell you, getting diagnosed with diabetes was the best thing that had happened to me ever. It changed my whole lifestyle, before my diabetes I ate junk food 24/7. My diet at the time consisted of:
Chocolate, Lucazade and other sugary unhealthy stuff, hardly ever ate fruit and veg. I was a fat fuck, most likely on the verge of a heart attack, I weighed like 14 stone. I was a fat ass. Thinking back to it makes me feel sick that I was like that once.
But before I was diagnosed, I started to lose a lot of weight (Which is a symptom) and drank a [b]LOT[/b] of water. I had like 1 gallon of water in a day (I think it was something like that. I remember going to Tesco (The English equivalent of Walmart) and buying a massive bottle of water (Like 1 gallon) and drinking it in a day (Which again was a symptom). My mother started to notice all these symptoms and recalls them from an advert on TV which was spreading the awareness of diabetes (Showing all the symptoms an' shit).
After I was diagnosed I completely changed my diet, I ate my 5 fruits and veg a day (Only lasted 8 months before I slowly stopped having them all), I never ate chocolate or touched Lucazade (Which is an energy drink, a very sugary one). Things were great. Although I put loads of weight back on which I were unhappy about. (Which happened because of the insulin).
Gradually... For some reason I started needing less and less insulin as time passed on. It got to the point that a 16 year old boy were taking the same amount of Insulin as a new born baby (If it had diabetes).
My diabetes doctor person, and all of the diabetic staff were amazed at this. I no longer had Type 1 diabetes. They started to talk to me about doing some very expensive tests (Each test cost around £5000 and there was more than 10 tests) to find out what type of diabetes I had. Since I was young they decided to run some blood tests to find out of I had "Maturity-Onset Diabetes of the Young" which is common with young people that have similar symptoms of diabetes as I had. Couple of weeks later I get a phone call telling me to come to the hospital to get some of my blood so they can send it off and start the tests.
They get some of my blood and send it off etc. Now it was time to play the waiting game.
(Oh and at this point I stopped taking insulin all together. The only time I had insulin is when my blood went over 7.0 (It was normally between 4.0 to 7.0, which is normal) and the insulin I used then was fast acting insulin which was used in emergencies).
Several months went by and my test results finally came back. Each one was negative for Maturity-Onset Diabetes of the Young. What a waste of tax payers money..
6 months went by without taking insulin at all. Then I suddenly started to get a really big appetite and was constantly hungry, told my Diabetic doctor and she put me on a insulin pill which would suppress my appetite and keep my insulin levels low. I started to take this tablet every meal time and soon after I took it in the morning. It was great, I was never hungry, only at meal time I ate. But after a while I slowly stopped eating my main meals. I started to get "hypos" more often. (A hypo is when there isnt enough sugar in the blood (e.g. my blood sugar would go below 4.0). Which is quite common when I didnt have snacks inbetween meals)
Soon after I stoppped taking those tablets and took nothing to treat my diabetes. Sure I still got hypos and the works but I didnt need insulin. I was free to eat anything I wanted, including chocolate, as long as I didnt have too much of it.
For the next 6 months I took nothing for my diabetes, not a single drop of insulin (Apart from the insulin made from my pancreas which decided to start working again) entered my body. It was like I didnt have diabetes.
17th August 2009. 2 years 9 months from when I was first diagnosed.
I had another check up with my Diabetes doctor to see how things were going. While I went to get my weight and height checked (As well as a urine sample) my mother asked if I could test my blood less often since it was so good (As in it was ALWAYS between 4.0 and 7.0) and I came back and she suggested that I do it twice a week instead of twice a day. Which was excellent news. Then she took a look at all of my blood tests etc. After a while when she was deciding how long it would be before I went for another check up (Which was usually sixth months) and she just turned to me and said "In fact, I might as well discharge you as you don't even have diabetes any more." I was just like... "What.".
I couldn't believe it, I didn't want to get discharged, I liked going seeing my doctor, I liked her :( (Not like like, she was like 50 years old for Gods sake) she was a really nice person. After agreeing that I would get discharged I shook her hand, the hand of the other Diabetic nurse that was present and left. I was in shock. I couldn't believe I'd never see them again. I felt sad because I know i'll miss them (Even though I've only seen them like.. What? 6, 7 times in my life, but it was different, they were great people that had a lot to teach) I gave the receptionist the letter saying I was discharged and walked off, to never walk back to that ward ever again.
I'm still shocked, I still can't believe what happened.
I'm a normal person now, not somebody with diabetes. I can join the army if I wanted to, I didn't have diabetes. I didn't have diabetes any more, officially. I was shocked. I'm still shocked 3 hours later. Its a massive weight lifted off my shoulders. They said I'm the first case that they have ever seen. They said that I was a miracle and that I was a pleasure to meet. I felt honored they said that, somebody who sees about 1000 different people a month told me I was a pleasure to meet. It felt great.
I felt very lucky. I experienced one of the worst diseases that doesn't kill people (If controlled) and got better from it.
I feel really bad for people with bad diabetes, imagine you have some scales. The right side of scales represents the blood sugar and the left represents the amount of insulin you have to inject. Imagine if the right side of the scale were some heavy rocks. And you had to balance it out using small, glass marbles. That is my comparison to diabetes.
From me getting diabetes, I have learned a great lesson not to abuse my body and to take things in precaution, especially things bad for you. I've been changed for the best, I wish that there was a cure to diabetes so other people could benefit from it.
If anything is wrong, tell me because I've drank a bottle of wine (Yes wine, beer isn't worthy for this kind of occasion) and I'm feeling kinda out of it
I know it was a long read and thank you so much for reading the thread, it is greatly appreciated.
I didn't know you could lose diabetes...thought it just went inactive or something
fat fuck starts being healthy, gets diabetes.
diabetes goes away and fat fuck eats more chocolate.
what
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Wow, certainly lucky man. With any luck it wont come back.
Share your secret, tell me how you managed it.
Wouldnt mind shrugging it off myself...
That's what I call a miracle. You ought to be very thankful.
It runs in my family, I always hope I don't get diagnosed with it.
Enjoy your life now :D
I have diabetes, :( Your story makes me sad because I I'll never have the self control to do that stuff.
Nice! Well done, I guess. Your story made me smile. :smile:
My grandmother had it, she went a lot to a hospital.
Oh damn, diabetes was too much of a pussy to take you on much longer.
[QUOTE=gamerboy266;16757933]I have diabetes, :( Your story makes me sad because I I'll never have the self control to do that stuff.[/QUOTE]
To stop eating chocolate and fizzy pop? Think about it man, that stuff tastes like shit. Eat some real food.
Stare at that can of coke... ok, now pour it down the sink and grab a glass of water.
[QUOTE=nunu;16758708]To stop eating chocolate and fizzy pop? Think about it man, that stuff tastes like shit. Eat some real food.
Stare at that can of coke... ok, now pour it down the sink and grab a glass of water.[/QUOTE]
This is basically what I did. I stopped eating chocolate altogether. Well for the first 10 months. But I only had a chocolate bar every now and again. Later after that I stopped drinking fizzy shit.
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[QUOTE=Water|Marine;16757757]fat fuck starts being healthy, gets diabetes.
diabetes goes away and fat fuck eats more chocolate.
what
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Whats your point?
Pretty damn lucky.
Also; I saw Metaphysix's 56th post 56 minutes after he posted it. Lolcoincidence.
I'm happy for you man :smile:
hope you live a good life from now on
[QUOTE=gamerboy266;16757933]I have diabetes, :( Your story makes me sad because I I'll never have the self control to do that stuff.[/QUOTE]
To be honest, It wasn't that easy. Just make sure that you keep more fruit than junk food in your house. And start saving money other than spending it on food an' shit
[QUOTE=Ninx;16757880]It runs in my family, I always hope I don't get diagnosed with it.
Enjoy your life now :D[/QUOTE]
Thank you :)
[QUOTE=TailsPrower;16757861]That's what I call a miracle. You ought to be very thankful.[/QUOTE]
I am very thankful. And I just hope that I can help medical science somehow. Since this isnt the most common thing in the world
[QUOTE=birkett;16757843]Share your secret, tell me how you managed it.
Wouldnt mind shrugging it off myself...[/QUOTE]
I just started eating fruit and healthy shit. I know its hard to resist junk food but just think of how your body will be in 10 years time if you keep eating shit. Thats how I did it. Just thought "If im like this now, imagine how i'll be in 10 years time"
[QUOTE=Metaphysix;16757767]Wow, certainly lucky man. With any luck it wont come back.[/QUOTE]
Thats the only thing i'm worried about, but I have a feeling it will one day.
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[QUOTE=TrueNash;16758924]Pretty damn lucky.
Also; I saw Metaphysix's 56th post 56 minutes after he posted it. Lolcoincidence.[/QUOTE]
I know, rite?
[QUOTE=latirCole;16758962]I'm happy for you man :smile:
hope you live a good life from now on[/QUOTE]
I will. Thanks to my experience I will never abuse my body like that again.
Yay now you won't have to wake up to this guy in the morning:
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[QUOTE=birkett;16757843]Share your secret, tell me how you managed it.
Wouldnt mind shrugging it off myself...[/QUOTE]
Your body isn't designed for sugar, it's designed for people who know what they're doing.
You can also get a double bypass surgery to lose diabetes.
[QUOTE=Doctor_Communism;16761424]Your body isn't designed for sugar, it's designed for people who know what they're doing.[/QUOTE]
eat everyone who has a doctorate?
That's quite the incredible story, it would be pretty shocking to be free from it again. At the moment I take 5 injections a day, to get rid of those would be great.
Wow, I might have to try living more like you.
Having to watch my blood sugar all the time is a pain especially when drinking/at parties.
I read the whole thing. Usually I don't bother reading threads which have a Huge OP like yours.
But your text was catchy, I wanted to continue reading more. Feels like I'm reviewing a fucking novel.
About your story, cool. Congratz.
It can still be there you know, if you aks the doctors they will confirm that, just because it looked alright, it could be much, much worse.
Regular checkups now, same thing happened to me, was all fine and dandy, sugar n' shit for awhile,. then I was in a " coma " of sorts.
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[QUOTE=RabidToaster;16761745]Wow, I might have to try living more like you.
Having to watch my blood sugar all the time is a pain especially when drinking/at parties.[/QUOTE]
Rabid is awesome.
I have diabetes type 1 also, it isn't so bad, I just have to eat a lot cus im hypoglycemic.
And if I eat to much I just pee a lot cus that's how my body releases excess sugar :v:.
However I'm only 18, so later on in life I'll be pretty fucked :D
Inspiring story. Made me think about how much more crap I eat and drink over the good stuff. Seems like as good a time as any to start cutting down.
[QUOTE=Candels;16762050]I have diabetes type 1 also, it isn't so bad, I just have to eat a lot cus im hypoglycemic.
And if I eat to much I just pee a lot cus that's how my body releases excess sugar :v:.
However I'm only 18, so later on in life I'll be pretty fucked :D[/QUOTE]
Thats bad. If you have sugar in your pee then your blood sugar is WAY too high. I suggest you stop eating sugary foods. You can go blind from having too high of sugar.
My A1C is around 10. However I have started working out and walking a lot lately. Cut out McDonald's entirely. At first I was really bitter. I still am in a way. Success stories like yours make me think, "Why aren't I good enough to do that?" Congratz though. What was your medication plan if you don't mind me asking? I'm on lantis and humolog shots. I would normally call bullshit. But I'm tired of thinking I'm gonna lose my foot before I'm 25. Good story, Read it twice.
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Wow, good on you man.
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