Type 1 Diabetes

I had my birthday the other day - am officially into my 30's now (yeah, I turned 31). And with that small milestone came another semi-regular trip to the Doctors for a check-up and the usual motivational speech that goes along the lines of "I have patients that weigh less than you that have died due to blah blah blah", or "I know this diabetic who doesn't regularly check his blood sugars and now he has no legs / no sight / is dead etc. etc." despite the fact that

1. I lost weight since my last check-up (another 2kg or 4.4 pounds, and a total of nearly 50kg or 110 pounds since just before I started this blog!!)
2. My blood sugars have been stable since my last check-up with no huge highs or lows.
3. I am exercising more than I have since High School.
4. I am eating far more healthily these days (With a huge thanks to my lovely girl thing for this!!)

So in general, I am trucking along quite nicely - but it turns out, along with the lecture this latest visit also came with the news that my Doctor has come to the conclusion that I do not in fact have weight related type 2 diabetes, but actual late onset type 1 diabetes - meaning I will probably be Insulin dependant for the rest of my life.

Honestly, this is no huge deal to me - I became used to the injections a long time ago, but it has made me come to the realisation that I need to do a whole lot more research into my condition to be able to achieve my goals regarding not only completing the upcoming Ride to Conquer Cancer but also my goal of becoming an Ironman.

As always I'll keep you all posted!

Until next time - see you round, like a rissole!

:Doug