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<blockquote data-quote="SugarLips66" data-source="post: 1106612" data-attributes="member: 180220"><p>hi Sarah I was diabulimic at the age of 18 I am now 37.There are 87% of teens who go through this way of losing a lot of weight.I had postnatal depression that started mu bulimia off.My HBA1C was 21.0 I went from 15st to 4st 12lb.You do not know what is happening inside your body with this dissorder so I would love to share with you all what happened when I realised I needed help.I put a stone on and went to town to buy a new outfit as it was my cusins 40th.I found a black sparkly cat suit in tammy girl which was age 9.That night at the party I met a great guy who is now my husband and carer.We was together 3 months when I lost my sight through retinopathy,I had 52 sessions off laser treatment to close the blood vessels which lasted 20 to 25min on each eye.It was very painful.I had the operation and I am lucky as they saved my left eye.My right eye was too bad but they still operated on it.After my eye's were ok everything else started to happen,I don't want to bore you so I will list everything I have through being diabulimic.I have nueropathy from head to toe,My feet our numb,I have Autonomic nueropathy which as attacked my bladder(I self cathetorise),bowel,Intestines and stomach.I had a stilborn son at 34 weeks but not through diabetes as I also suffer with blood clots.I then had twin boy's who are perfect and they turned 12 in feb.During my pregnancy I had a very nasty double nuemonia but babies were fine even though I was in intensive care.My kidney's failed the day I had them but I had many kidney infections and a abscess that had to be drained by a big needle through my back.When my boy's turned 1 I started dialysis at home.I got a infection in my line and I ended up on heamo dialysis which I felt a lot better on this.I went to stand up on day and fell I could not make my left side of my body work,I thought I was having a stroke but then I realised my face stayed the same.I went to A7E and no one knew what was going on with me.They took me to the medical assesment unit were I spotted my specialist registra who knew what was wrong with me.This happened before I started dialysis.My potasium level was 8.5 so I was took to intensive care and they put me on insulin and calcium to fetch it down plus they put me on heamo dialysis for the first time in my groin.I was hooked up to all the heart monitors and I had a tube stitched into my wrist were they take your gasses from.I was told that if I had a heart attack they might not be able to fetch me back from it.So I was praying that I did not have a heart attack.In 2008 I had a kidney and pancreas transplant and I was in theatre for 11 hours.2 hours later I was being rushed back to theatre and all I remember is taking my mask off and seeing everyone in scrubs I looked at my surgeon and said I am sorry if I have sweared or done anything just please look after me.I wokeup in intensive care and my husband and parents told me that they had to take the pancreas out due to a blood clot that was big inside it.I had another pancreas transplant in 2009 that took straight away and I was home 6 day's after with tubes in.I have always took pictures of everything I have been through as my daughter was diagnosed with diabetes 2 weeks before her 4th bday.I had my old kidneys taken out as I got a infection that would not go away.I asked if I could have them but they said they was so shrivveled and full of scars that they had to bin them.My stomach and intestines have made me bloated,painful and I eat blended food.Last June my pancreas failed so I am back on my insulin pump,Plus I have just found out that I have coronary heart disease which is down to the weight I put on as it took 18 months to realise that my Autonomic neuropathy has attacked all my organs and muscles.I use a wheelchair due to my muscles wasting away and I am having tests as I have short term memory loss.My spine is not straight any more due to the muscles in my back.I have been very lucky as I could have died 9 times during my diabulimia day's,keton asidosis.I also have lung disease but that is getting better.With not being diabetic for 5 years my nerves grew back in my eye's and I can see a lottle out of my right eye.I would love to share my picture but I do not know if I can on here.If I save one person with what I have been through it will mean a lot to me.My daughter started being diabulimic 2 years ago and I always made sure she came to see me in hospital to show her what can happen.She is on the mend thank god.If you would like to ask me anything please do not hesitate to ask.I am off to bed but I will check 2moz.I have missed stuff out but I hope this is enough.Diabulimia was on tele,documentory about it and showing a girl who lost her site.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SugarLips66, post: 1106612, member: 180220"] hi Sarah I was diabulimic at the age of 18 I am now 37.There are 87% of teens who go through this way of losing a lot of weight.I had postnatal depression that started mu bulimia off.My HBA1C was 21.0 I went from 15st to 4st 12lb.You do not know what is happening inside your body with this dissorder so I would love to share with you all what happened when I realised I needed help.I put a stone on and went to town to buy a new outfit as it was my cusins 40th.I found a black sparkly cat suit in tammy girl which was age 9.That night at the party I met a great guy who is now my husband and carer.We was together 3 months when I lost my sight through retinopathy,I had 52 sessions off laser treatment to close the blood vessels which lasted 20 to 25min on each eye.It was very painful.I had the operation and I am lucky as they saved my left eye.My right eye was too bad but they still operated on it.After my eye's were ok everything else started to happen,I don't want to bore you so I will list everything I have through being diabulimic.I have nueropathy from head to toe,My feet our numb,I have Autonomic nueropathy which as attacked my bladder(I self cathetorise),bowel,Intestines and stomach.I had a stilborn son at 34 weeks but not through diabetes as I also suffer with blood clots.I then had twin boy's who are perfect and they turned 12 in feb.During my pregnancy I had a very nasty double nuemonia but babies were fine even though I was in intensive care.My kidney's failed the day I had them but I had many kidney infections and a abscess that had to be drained by a big needle through my back.When my boy's turned 1 I started dialysis at home.I got a infection in my line and I ended up on heamo dialysis which I felt a lot better on this.I went to stand up on day and fell I could not make my left side of my body work,I thought I was having a stroke but then I realised my face stayed the same.I went to A7E and no one knew what was going on with me.They took me to the medical assesment unit were I spotted my specialist registra who knew what was wrong with me.This happened before I started dialysis.My potasium level was 8.5 so I was took to intensive care and they put me on insulin and calcium to fetch it down plus they put me on heamo dialysis for the first time in my groin.I was hooked up to all the heart monitors and I had a tube stitched into my wrist were they take your gasses from.I was told that if I had a heart attack they might not be able to fetch me back from it.So I was praying that I did not have a heart attack.In 2008 I had a kidney and pancreas transplant and I was in theatre for 11 hours.2 hours later I was being rushed back to theatre and all I remember is taking my mask off and seeing everyone in scrubs I looked at my surgeon and said I am sorry if I have sweared or done anything just please look after me.I wokeup in intensive care and my husband and parents told me that they had to take the pancreas out due to a blood clot that was big inside it.I had another pancreas transplant in 2009 that took straight away and I was home 6 day's after with tubes in.I have always took pictures of everything I have been through as my daughter was diagnosed with diabetes 2 weeks before her 4th bday.I had my old kidneys taken out as I got a infection that would not go away.I asked if I could have them but they said they was so shrivveled and full of scars that they had to bin them.My stomach and intestines have made me bloated,painful and I eat blended food.Last June my pancreas failed so I am back on my insulin pump,Plus I have just found out that I have coronary heart disease which is down to the weight I put on as it took 18 months to realise that my Autonomic neuropathy has attacked all my organs and muscles.I use a wheelchair due to my muscles wasting away and I am having tests as I have short term memory loss.My spine is not straight any more due to the muscles in my back.I have been very lucky as I could have died 9 times during my diabulimia day's,keton asidosis.I also have lung disease but that is getting better.With not being diabetic for 5 years my nerves grew back in my eye's and I can see a lottle out of my right eye.I would love to share my picture but I do not know if I can on here.If I save one person with what I have been through it will mean a lot to me.My daughter started being diabulimic 2 years ago and I always made sure she came to see me in hospital to show her what can happen.She is on the mend thank god.If you would like to ask me anything please do not hesitate to ask.I am off to bed but I will check 2moz.I have missed stuff out but I hope this is enough.Diabulimia was on tele,documentory about it and showing a girl who lost her site. [/QUOTE]
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