Well im 19 and i was diagnosed with cfrd probably a little over three years now. At first they didnt make me do any insulin or anything because like you, they weren't sure if i needed to or not. They figured maybe i could control it by diet? Yeh smart for a cfer. Later i eventually had to be put on insulin, and to tell you the truth having cfrd astonished me. I didn't want to have anything to do with it. I had a hard enough time hiding my CF from my friends, how am i supposed to hide having this, with the insulin with meals and blood sugar tests? My health went through a downspin because i refused to treat this and now i regret that. When i was in the hospital this last july is when i finally got over the embarassment, when i had to talk to a psychologist. He made me understand that i shouldn't be ashamed that i had CF and CFRD, but rather embrace it as a challenge, because there is nothing i could do about it. Ever since then i have been able to tell whoever i wanted to about health issues without feeling comfortable. I guess the needles kind of bothered me at first as well, but now ive gotten used to it, and its a piece of cake now, so i would say its nothing to worry about. Ive found that if you check your blood suger on your palm by your thumb it hurts a hell of alot less than if you do it on your finger. Initially i was doing it on my arm, but i was told this was inacurate, but they refered me to the palm which works the best for me.
