tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161252622243682624.post7992946367243268724..comments2014-02-04T10:57:02.416-06:00Comments on Peace and Perspicacity: Okay.Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00218715874892552402noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161252622243682624.post-49100063834322229892013-07-23T22:33:42.357-05:002013-07-23T22:33:42.357-05:00Thank you, Jess! Thank you, Jess! Emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00218715874892552402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161252622243682624.post-38629263637901344862013-07-23T22:26:58.994-05:002013-07-23T22:26:58.994-05:00This is a beautiful post!
We are ok.This is a beautiful post!<br /><br />We are ok.Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12389672426152872555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161252622243682624.post-28206762008059656682013-07-23T14:51:48.018-05:002013-07-23T14:51:48.018-05:00Wow, what a story! Glad you remain OK! Keep on ke...Wow, what a story! Glad you remain OK! Keep on keeping on right? (and also I saw this from Sara too)! xo surfacefinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15039482998776322391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161252622243682624.post-84877909799365915762013-07-23T10:40:26.612-05:002013-07-23T10:40:26.612-05:00Wow, that's incredible, the same date!! I do t...Wow, that's incredible, the same date!! I do try to do something special on my diaversary; I don't celebrate diabetes either, but I celebrate that I'm still here, and I don't feel the same way I did on that day in 2007. <br /><br />I HAVE been back to WDW since then...3 times! Haha. I had also gone twice before that, too, so, while it's a shame to have kind of "wasted" a trip to Disney, I've made up for it since :). I actually went this May.<br /><br />I have wanted to go to FFL since I heard about it several years ago, but it just never has worked out. I really want to go, though!! Hopefully next year I'll be able to.<br /><br />Thank you for sharing your story! And I agree, Sara is AWESOME.Emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00218715874892552402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161252622243682624.post-16137570570735781852013-07-23T10:28:50.956-05:002013-07-23T10:28:50.956-05:00Emily - thats not a great story but you share it s...Emily - thats not a great story but you share it so well. I am shocked that it took so long after your first doctors visit. I just don't think doctors are always well versed in diabetes. I hear of missed diagnoses too often. Glad your mom was proactive. I don't have T1 but 2 of my kids do. Since my daughter was the second one diagnosed we caught it early and her fasting BS at diagnosis was only 254 but my dear son. He was only 2 and I didn't know anything about diabetes so I dismissed all his symptoms as something else. It wasn't until I noticed the extreme weight loss that I made a doctors appointment. He slept so much before that - I guess him being my third child I was just grateful for all his sleeping and didn't think anything of it. So glad his pediatrician knew to look for diabetes. He was in bad shape and if I had waited just a little longer we might have lost him. Speaking of him - you and him share the same exact diagnosis date - 2-7-07. We celebrate him kicking Dbutt every year on his Dday. We aren't celebrating diabetes - we are celebrating him. I hope you take time to celebrate yourself and all your winning too. <br />I also hope you have gotten back to WDW at a time you could enjoy it. If not maybe consider going in July. There is a conference there each year called Friend For Life - it is for families with kids with T1 and adults with T1. It is basically a week of pure awesome. There are scholarships available via Diabetes Scholars Foundation. Maybe check out the Children With Diabetes website. The conference has past already this year but maybe you can attend next year. My friends - some who have commented above can tell you how wonderful the adult with T1 track is. <br />BTW - I got to your site because Sara of Moments of Wonderful shared your blog address. She is da bomb. <br />Cheers. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00016314775466237961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161252622243682624.post-20216333600708353672013-07-23T08:29:55.543-05:002013-07-23T08:29:55.543-05:00Glad that you are OK still. Also, YOU. ROCK. Glad that you are OK still. Also, YOU. ROCK. k2https://www.blogger.com/profile/04167099133092135850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161252622243682624.post-61170405477031915852013-07-23T01:12:58.667-05:002013-07-23T01:12:58.667-05:00Oh gosh! I can still remember how tired I was in t...Oh gosh! I can still remember how tired I was in the days before I was diagnosed. I am so glad to have not felt that way since sleeping it off with my first insulin injection in the hospital.<br /><br />My PCP said to make an appointment with an endo "as soon as I could" but I ended up in the ER that night. The doctor there said I wouldn't have made it to my appointment later in the week.Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10834565473474357037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161252622243682624.post-48197806149553199672013-07-23T00:41:27.249-05:002013-07-23T00:41:27.249-05:00Okay, I like it! Thanks for sharing your story and...Okay, I like it! Thanks for sharing your story and I liked that you wrote in the 3rd person too. Really glad your mom was wise enough to get you into a doctor much sooner then the suggested 2 weeks. YAY! :pClickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02928902291854618957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161252622243682624.post-226414854239706952013-07-22T23:46:22.353-05:002013-07-22T23:46:22.353-05:00Yes!! That's why my mom immediately called the...Yes!! That's why my mom immediately called the pediatrician. When I go to that office now, I see a different doctor and NP in the practice that are more proactive. Emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00218715874892552402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161252622243682624.post-54868844090784228322013-07-22T23:40:11.081-05:002013-07-22T23:40:11.081-05:00Wow, your doctor said to see an endo with a COUPLE...Wow, your doctor said to see an endo with a COUPLE OF WEEKS?! I was admitted to the ICU the day my pediatrician found out I had high BGs (my BG was over 800 mg/dl). That's crazy to me!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04103316719186205759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161252622243682624.post-35105699053033341832013-07-22T23:30:46.779-05:002013-07-22T23:30:46.779-05:00I remember sleeping for hours and hours and hours,...I remember sleeping for hours and hours and hours, just like you! My family never thought anything was wrong until the other symptoms started. Great post :) Breahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02627090798135269526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161252622243682624.post-56443351668662993072013-07-22T23:10:33.379-05:002013-07-22T23:10:33.379-05:00So am I!
And that's really neat...it's al...So am I!<br /><br />And that's really neat...it's always interesting to see with how many variables this disease has, how much we PWDs have in common when dealing with it.Emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00218715874892552402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161252622243682624.post-26267737613416001292013-07-22T23:09:21.081-05:002013-07-22T23:09:21.081-05:00It's a memory of feelings more than anything. ...It's a memory of feelings more than anything. Although, I remember VERY vividly the day I was diagnosed. If I sit here with my eyes closed, I can see it all play out in my mind. I guess certain things just have a poignancy that are hard to forget, especially being that I was 14 and understood the effects of everything that was happening. Sometimes it feels like yesterday, and sometimes it feels every bit of the 7 1/2 years it's been.<br /><br />And yes, I'm so, so thankful that my mom pressed the issue. Emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00218715874892552402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161252622243682624.post-52936197391232173042013-07-22T22:55:06.324-05:002013-07-22T22:55:06.324-05:00Glad you continue to be okay. :)
(Sidenote that d...Glad you continue to be okay. :)<br /><br />(Sidenote that doesn't matter: I think we were diagnosed with very similar BGs!)Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04857046266371772742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161252622243682624.post-4960638116525725022013-07-22T20:31:19.557-05:002013-07-22T20:31:19.557-05:00Wow, you've got quite a memory of the time you...Wow, you've got quite a memory of the time you were diagnosed -- especially impressive since you slept through most of it!<br /><br />But seriously, this was fascinating to read. I was half your age at my diagnosis (7) and I don't remember much. All I know is that I went straight from the pediatrician's office to the hospital. This "make an appointment in two weeks" stuff is just careless. I'm so glad your mom decided to get a second opinion - and of course demanded testing for diabetes to begin with!<br /><br />"And okay she is still". Great way to conclude one of hopefully many chapters in your story..Scott Ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00259475635753627498noreply@blogger.com