I was diagnosed with type 1 this past January 2011. I am 39 years old and I thought really healthy! It was kind of "lucky" that we caught it so early. I was not feeling bad at all but had gone in for some routine testing and for some reason I found myself saying "maybe we should do a fasting test because 12 years ago I had gestational diabetes". I remember the Dr. saying to check my BG periodically because gestation diabetes can be a marker for full diabetes later in life. Shocked to actually hear that my fasting numbers were 220. A1C was 10.8! Took awhile to sink in, then went through feeling angry, then depressed. Not fair that I eat healthy, workout regularly and get this at 39!!
Now I am going on 9 months. It is a daily battle but my lows are fewer my highs are happening less (still working on this) and I am waiting for my insulin pump to replace my injections.
