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<blockquote data-quote="Sid Bonkers" data-source="post: 226800" data-attributes="member: 19121"><p>Its a long story but to cut to the chase as it were...</p><p></p><p>Had a blood test and returned an Ac1 of 12.9% so doctor started me on 1 x metformin on a Friday, felt really awful over the weekend, not upset tummy due to met but felt just really ill, hot, cold, shakes, dizzy spells etc so on Monday I went back to the doctors who tested my blood pressure, or rather he tried to, three times actually but failed to get a reading at which point he rang the local A&E and they advised him to send me directly to them, do not pass go etc etc.</p><p></p><p>Arrived at A&E actually feeling fine and was surprised to be ushered straight into the triage nurse who took my blood pressure and immediately told me to lay on a stretcher and not move! I was then wheeled straight into the Resuscitation Unit and told I may have had a stroke and that I was suffering Supra Ventricular Tachycardia (SVT) which is best described as an out of sync heart beat where the right and left ventricles beat out of time with each other, I had a pulse of 188 bpm. Oh and my bg was 29. something or other.</p><p></p><p>They had to slow my heart down and get it to beat in rhythm again so they gave me a drug which temporarily stops the heart and then another shot immediately that starts it again, they said that it usually works :shock: but if it didnt they would have to de-fibrillate me. </p><p></p><p>Luckily it worked the second time round and I was then admitted for observation and was put on an insulin drip with half hourly and then hourly finger prick tests till my levels came down and the following morning a very nice specialist diabetes nurse came to see me and said that I was in such a state that insulin was the only alternative and that it had been my out of control bg levels that had caused my heart problems.</p><p></p><p>My wife works in the cardiac unit at the same hospital and the head cardio consultant kindly came to see me too and he was convinced that I had a heart problem so arranged various tests including an echo cardiogram and a 24 hour tape ecg, thankfully it tests revealed that I had not suffered a stroke and that thankfully my heart was reasonably fit for a man of my age.</p><p></p><p>And so that is briefly how I came to be put straight on insulin <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sid Bonkers, post: 226800, member: 19121"] Its a long story but to cut to the chase as it were... Had a blood test and returned an Ac1 of 12.9% so doctor started me on 1 x metformin on a Friday, felt really awful over the weekend, not upset tummy due to met but felt just really ill, hot, cold, shakes, dizzy spells etc so on Monday I went back to the doctors who tested my blood pressure, or rather he tried to, three times actually but failed to get a reading at which point he rang the local A&E and they advised him to send me directly to them, do not pass go etc etc. Arrived at A&E actually feeling fine and was surprised to be ushered straight into the triage nurse who took my blood pressure and immediately told me to lay on a stretcher and not move! I was then wheeled straight into the Resuscitation Unit and told I may have had a stroke and that I was suffering Supra Ventricular Tachycardia (SVT) which is best described as an out of sync heart beat where the right and left ventricles beat out of time with each other, I had a pulse of 188 bpm. Oh and my bg was 29. something or other. They had to slow my heart down and get it to beat in rhythm again so they gave me a drug which temporarily stops the heart and then another shot immediately that starts it again, they said that it usually works :shock: but if it didnt they would have to de-fibrillate me. Luckily it worked the second time round and I was then admitted for observation and was put on an insulin drip with half hourly and then hourly finger prick tests till my levels came down and the following morning a very nice specialist diabetes nurse came to see me and said that I was in such a state that insulin was the only alternative and that it had been my out of control bg levels that had caused my heart problems. My wife works in the cardiac unit at the same hospital and the head cardio consultant kindly came to see me too and he was convinced that I had a heart problem so arranged various tests including an echo cardiogram and a 24 hour tape ecg, thankfully it tests revealed that I had not suffered a stroke and that thankfully my heart was reasonably fit for a man of my age. And so that is briefly how I came to be put straight on insulin :D [/QUOTE]
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