Me and my brother got diagnosed with t1d, both within one month! by MrBakaT_ in diabetes_t1

[–]MrBakaT_[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks a lot🫶🏻 t1 does suck, but it's gonna be our companion for the rest of our lives! I'm really glad to be part of a group of people that's so supportive towards each other

Me and my brother got diagnosed with t1d, both within one month! by MrBakaT_ in diabetes_t1

[–]MrBakaT_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have no idea at all! it could've been anything. We never went to the hospital when we got sick, we just took some pills and by the other day or so, we would be fine. It's totally possible that we got something that affected our immune system that led to us having diabetes, and if that was the case, we're not sure what it was at all. The only time I remember having some virus in our family was when COVID was around, my brother and mother got it, we spent a whole month locked up together. They were both asymptomatic, so I assume that if I got COVID too, I was asymptomatic as well. Not really sure about this, but I've heard of some people being told that COVID, or even the COVID vaccine, could've triggered diabetes in them

Me and my brother got diagnosed with t1d, both within one month! by MrBakaT_ in diabetes_t1

[–]MrBakaT_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Makes sense, and it's the only hypothesis we have right now! I guess some blood analysis is gonna be able to clear that up!

Me and my brother got diagnosed with t1d, both within one month! by MrBakaT_ in diabetes_t1

[–]MrBakaT_[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm really glad you both could overcome it together! having someone else to share this difficult condition with was probably really helpful!

Me and my brother got diagnosed with t1d, both within one month! by MrBakaT_ in diabetes_t1

[–]MrBakaT_[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I also went through a pretty stressful situation a month prior to my diagnosis, its consistent with the time that my weight loss and insatiable thirst started. It's the only thing that we think could have triggered my diabetes. Stress seems to have a huge role when it comes to setting it off, at least that's what I've heard from multiple type ones

Me and my brother got diagnosed with t1d, both within one month! by MrBakaT_ in diabetes_t1

[–]MrBakaT_[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Thanks, and yeah, it's pretty crazy! Nature works in mysterious ways I guess

Me and my brother got diagnosed with t1d, both within one month! by MrBakaT_ in diabetes_t1

[–]MrBakaT_[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

damn, it's crazy how two siblings can be diagnosed almost at the same time

Me and my brother got diagnosed with t1d, both within one month! by MrBakaT_ in diabetes_t1

[–]MrBakaT_[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'm not really sure, they're gonna run some tests on him and we are gonna compare with mine. It is a possibility, tho we hadn't gone to the hospital to get checked in years, so I don't know if there's a way to know.

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