Hello
Just wanted to introduce myself to the forum and share my story so far. I'm a 47 year old female with no family history of diabetes.
Around two months ago I started to feel ridiculously thirsty, drinking bucketloads of water, tea, squash, whatever was available. A few days later I thought I had food poisoning and was very poorly for 48 hours. Three days after, I woke up to very blurry vision......a GP visit was then booked. She checked my urine which had ketones, and did a finger prick test which showed BG level in the twenties. She called A&E and said I'd be in later to see them (I had a son to feed before I could go!).
By the time I got there my level had risen to the mid thirties and I was then suffering from DKA, which was a little scary. I was hooked up to an insulin sliding scale, together with various other drips to keep my fluids up. Four days later I was discharged with insulin pens, Metformin tablets, a glucose monitor, and an array of sundries and leaflets.
More blood tests were needed to determine which type I was, my hba1c, and other stuff I can't remember as its a bit of a blur. I started injecting myself and was getting on with it ok, but did experience a number of hypos, probably because of unaccounted exercise or not fully understanding that I should be adjusting the insulin based on exactly what I ate; I was instructed to start with 4 units of NovoRapid before breakfast and lunch, then 6 for dinner and I stuck with that religiously.
Since then my DSN has confirmed I'm type 1 and suggested I only take my basal insulin (Lantus), as I'm still in the honeymoon period and will still be producing some. I'm trying to get some exercise in every day to try to burn off some of those pesky carbs! If my levels do spike then I can give myself a corrective dose of NovoRapid.
So until my pancreas decides to give up the fight, I imagine this is what I'll be doing. When it does stop in the coming weeks/months and I need to really think about calculations, ratios etc, I know that this is going to be a great place to come for advice and support.
Apologies for chapter and verse, but it's quite cathartic to actually put this in writing. I'm only two months in and, although I feel I have learned quite a lot, there's so much more to understand and it's a daunting prospect. I don't feel sorry for myself or depressed about being gifted with T1, I just know that I face quite a challenge.
Thanks for reading
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Just wanted to introduce myself to the forum and share my story so far. I'm a 47 year old female with no family history of diabetes.
Around two months ago I started to feel ridiculously thirsty, drinking bucketloads of water, tea, squash, whatever was available. A few days later I thought I had food poisoning and was very poorly for 48 hours. Three days after, I woke up to very blurry vision......a GP visit was then booked. She checked my urine which had ketones, and did a finger prick test which showed BG level in the twenties. She called A&E and said I'd be in later to see them (I had a son to feed before I could go!).
By the time I got there my level had risen to the mid thirties and I was then suffering from DKA, which was a little scary. I was hooked up to an insulin sliding scale, together with various other drips to keep my fluids up. Four days later I was discharged with insulin pens, Metformin tablets, a glucose monitor, and an array of sundries and leaflets.
More blood tests were needed to determine which type I was, my hba1c, and other stuff I can't remember as its a bit of a blur. I started injecting myself and was getting on with it ok, but did experience a number of hypos, probably because of unaccounted exercise or not fully understanding that I should be adjusting the insulin based on exactly what I ate; I was instructed to start with 4 units of NovoRapid before breakfast and lunch, then 6 for dinner and I stuck with that religiously.
Since then my DSN has confirmed I'm type 1 and suggested I only take my basal insulin (Lantus), as I'm still in the honeymoon period and will still be producing some. I'm trying to get some exercise in every day to try to burn off some of those pesky carbs! If my levels do spike then I can give myself a corrective dose of NovoRapid.
So until my pancreas decides to give up the fight, I imagine this is what I'll be doing. When it does stop in the coming weeks/months and I need to really think about calculations, ratios etc, I know that this is going to be a great place to come for advice and support.
Apologies for chapter and verse, but it's quite cathartic to actually put this in writing. I'm only two months in and, although I feel I have learned quite a lot, there's so much more to understand and it's a daunting prospect. I don't feel sorry for myself or depressed about being gifted with T1, I just know that I face quite a challenge.
Thanks for reading
x
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