Type 1 Diabetes is caused or triggered by one or more of the following things:
I understand how hard it is for us to be honest with ourselves and I may seem quite blunt but I have had to be honest and have been blunt with myself also and now know and understand better... Okay, here goes...
Number 1 cause of Type 1 Diabetes is... LACK OF CONTROL IN YOUR LIFE
Number 2 cause of Type 1 Diabetes is... NOT ENOUGH SWEETNESS IN YOUR LIFE
Number 3 cause of Type 1 Diabetes is... DELAYED SHOCK
Numbers 2 & 3 still come back to LACK OF CONTROL IN YOUR LIFE
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We all handle stress and control in different ways and millions of us have become Type 1 Diabetics. Diabetes mellitus starts when the islets of langerhans in the pancreas don’t make enough or any of the hormone insulin, or when the insulin they do produce doesn’t work effectively causing the blood glucose/sugar level to be too high. The cells that make the insulin are destroyed and this causes a serious lack of insulin. This is thought to be the result of the body attacking and destroying it’s own cells in the pancreas and is known as an autoimmune reaction.
I know of 3 people whose Type 1 diabetes has started or been triggered by shock. One had been involved in a car accident and whilst the others in the car were instantly shocked and were laying around dazed he was getting everyone sorted/organized and the shock him later when he realized their reality or enormity of what had just happened.
The two others were living in South Africa and had witnessed people being shot before their eyes, later realizing the enormity of what had just happened they became Type 1 diabetics.
I was 17 and was having issues with my mum. I did not feel in control of things. I wanted to be in control of things but she was stronger! Yes... we are both dominant personality types! I am NOT blaming her okay? She is a wonderful person and I love her to bits. It was simply what happened.
I guess I am grateful to live now when we are coming into an age where we are beginning to realize that we are all part of the same thing AND we are ALL perfect, just the way we are. BUT that’s another story.
Please just take a very long moment to look back and see, feel hear what was going on in your life when you were diagnosed. BUT do not despair there is a lot of help available to get you through your life with ease. I have been a Type 1 diabetic for 33 years and have lived a very fulfilled life. Diabetes has only stopped me from working on the QE2. I started work there, not realizing that Maritime Law from centuries ago forbids it! I was fitter and healthier than most of my colleagues. Sadly I was honest and told the ship doctor about my diabetes, just in case I had a hypo on board. I had to leave the ship the next time we landed in Southampton. It was not the end of my life... I still had the experience of working on that great ship! I have dived in the Barrier Reef, done a tandem skydive, moved to Australia, run 2 successful businesses and am now running successful business number 3. I have been married, had the perfect pregnancy and produced a perfect child (yes I’m a tad biased but she is perfect) and you can do it all too!
Cheers
Sara Taylor
