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Beppe Marotta Is My God
May 26, 2009
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WOW !!! Ciao TUZ !!! OMG I havnt been here for ages =) I guess nobody remember me =) Buuuuut I decided to come back ! Need some Juve talks and english practice =) And also Chi parla la lingua italiana ... possiamo pratticarla insieme. Cosa ne pensate ? ;)
I remember you. You were around a lot during Conte's first season. Welcome back.
 
Jan 16, 2013
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I was admitted into the hospital Monday night and just got home today. So my Christmas gift was finding out i'm diabetic.

I'm not the kind of person to be sharing my life to everybody but then i thought maybe there are members here with the same condition who can give me tips on how to live this new life. I'm completely overwhelmed by it.
 

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L'autista
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Sep 23, 2003
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I was admitted into the hospital Monday night and just got home today. So my Christmas gift was finding out i'm diabetic.

I'm not the kind of person to be sharing my life to everybody but then i thought maybe there are members here with the same condition who can give me tips on how to live this new life. I'm completely overwhelmed by it.
Welcome :pint:

No, seriously, I can completely empathize. I had a period where I hadn't noticed but I lost a ton a weight over some weeks. I couldn't help but notice that I fantasized when the water cooler delivery guy came to the office, because I was outrageously thirsty all the time. Eventually learned I had Type I diabetes... what they used to call "juvenile" except for people like me who got it in their 20s.

One of the best things of when I was diagnosed is my best work buddy was a Type I diabetic since he was like 10. He took me in and the transition was pretty smooth from there. I'd be happy to be of help. :tup:
 
Jan 16, 2013
27,307
Welcome :pint:

No, seriously, I can completely empathize. I had a period where I hadn't noticed but I lost a ton a weight over some weeks. I couldn't help but notice that I fantasized when the water cooler delivery guy came to the office, because I was outrageously thirsty all the time. Eventually learned I had Type I diabetes... what they used to call "juvenile" except for people like me who got it in their 20s.

One of the best things of when I was diagnosed is my best work buddy was a Type I diabetic since he was like 10. He took me in and the transition was pretty smooth from there. I'd be happy to be of help. :tup:
:D You've no idea how glad you made me. Even though they overwhelmed me with information about it, it's always good to have advice from people who's dealt with it for years. See. I'm not that old neither obese so they say mine's probably "juvenile" too, the results come in next week.

So for now they gave me 2 type of daily pills (Actually 3, i also found out i have Thyroid. Nice Christmas, eh) and we'll see how it goes through the week. I'm praying that the pills work as i don't want to be dependent on Insulin.

I had the same symptoms, crazy thirst, drinking a gallon+ of water a day, urinating like a dog and lost 30 pounds. I was about to go into a coma when they admitted me. The normal blood sugar level is 100, i was 578. :pumpkin:

Anyways, it's really good to know more people who can help. It's needed and appreciated. :tup:
 

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L'autista
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Sep 23, 2003
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:D You've no idea how glad you made me. Even though they overwhelmed me with information about it, it's always good to have advice from people who's dealt with it for years. See. I'm not that old neither obese so they say mine's probably "juvenile" too, the results come in next week.

So for now they gave me 2 type of daily pills (Actually 3, i also found out i have Thyroid. Nice Christmas, eh) and we'll see how it goes through the week. I'm praying that the pills work as i don't want to be dependent on Insulin.

I had the same symptoms, crazy thirst, drinking a gallon+ of water a day, urinating like a dog and lost 30 pounds. I was about to go into a coma when they admitted me. The normal blood sugar level is 100, i was 578. :pumpkin:

Anyways, it's really good to know more people who can help. It's needed and appreciated. :tup:
Yeah, the thyroid thing always seems to "come with". My doc put me on thyroid pills almost immediately after I was diagnosed. You collect a few medications in a hurry, and it can be a shock to the system when you might be the type -- like me -- that never felt dependent on anything like before. Then you're pretty much propped alive by the world's drug delivery system.

Yeah, when I was diagnosed, my Type I work buddy took a blood sample and put me to his meter just because he had a hunch. I registered over the meter's range, which meant I was >600mg/dL. My doctors said that I was probably so insanely high that it actually did a service to keep me out of the hospital at the time. Weird.

But getting that first insulin shot to get me back to "normal" was a relief...

The insulin thing is a drag, no question. And I'm really sorry to hear about your diagnosis. And while there's no guarantee what you go through will be like what I did, the good news from my experience is that there's an eventual transition. Not to overly simplify it, but you end up picking up new health maintenance habits that -- when handled as well as can be -- can be a little like having to brush and floss your teeth more often.

The hardest thing I had to face in your situation was even just the mental identity issues ... i.e., who am I and what does it mean to identify myself as a diabetic, which seemed totally alien at the time. You'll get through it though. Happy to PM, phone chat, etc., any time.

(Btw, Sergio, King of Kings, is much in a similar boat.)
 

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