Many have asked...

What Type 1 Diabetes is.

Diabetes is a disorder that affects the way your body uses food for energy. Normally, the sugar you take in is digested and broken down to a simple sugar, known as glucose. The glucose then circulates in your blood where it waits to enter cells to be used as fuel. Insulin, a hormone produced by the pancreas, helps move the glucose into cells. A healthy pancreas adjusts the amount of insulin based on the level of glucose. But, if you have diabetes, this process breaks down, and blood sugar levels become too high.

There are two main types of full-blown diabetes. People with Type 1 diabetes are completely unable to produce insulin. People with Type 2 diabetes can produce insulin, but their cells don't respond to it. In either case, the glucose can't move into the cells and blood glucose levels can become high. Over time, these high glucose levels can cause serious complications.

Type 1 most often occurs before age 30, but may strike at any age. Type 1 can be caused by a genetic disorder. The origins of Type 1 are not fully understood, and there are several theories. But all of the possible causes still have the same end result: The pancreas produces very little or no insulin anymore. Frequent insulin injections are needed for Type 1.



To prevent further questions, I have tried to answer all of below:


What do you have to do to put insulin in your body?

I must take a shot at least four times a day, including 2 A.M. in the morning. This includes every meal. Any problems that consist inside my body may imply that I will be going low, or high, as some say. I also have to inject a nightly fluid to prevent going extremely low or high in the night while I rest.


What does insulin smell like?

Insulin smells as though gas has leaked and gone through a substantial change. I am not quite sure why my nose detects it as gas...


How many shots do you take a year?

Four shots a day on average total to 1,460 on an average year. This estimate is not always correct, as I may feel differently throughout hours of the day.


If your blood sugar is high, what do you do to lower it?

I often take 1 or 2 units and drink water. Water lowers my body's blood sugar, thinning it.


If you are low, what do you do?

I eat my 100 calorie packs without any intake of inuslin injected of my body.


What does it feel like to be low?

That is a difficult question, as many others get different responses to your body's inability of sugar. I feel like I have run miles and miles after weeks of being confined to bed. I often receive small, minor headaches, and knee pain.


What is the average blood sugar level?

90 - 120.


What was your blood sugar level when you entered the hospital?

879


How do you know if you are going to get diabetes?

Diabetes type 1 is hereditary. Please see that you execute family members who have been diagnosed. Type 2 can be caused by extreme obesity, or unhealthy appetite.

I can not get drunk. Losing control of my body could make me lose my life, so it is not suggeste I drink.

I would love to hear your questions...maramailing me would be fine.