- Messages
- 131
- Type of diabetes
- Type 1
- Treatment type
- Insulin
Hi,
I understand I’m probably experiencing ‘diabetes burnout’, I’m still in suspected honeymoon phase and am still struggling to ‘get it right’ with my readings consistently being up and down between 5-17!
I had a scare yesterday as I started experiencing symptoms of high blood sugars and DKA, checked my libre 7.3, did a back up test with my meter 7.7? Odd I thought, tested my ketones, 0.6!? I injected a correction unit and ate a small amount of carbs to cover half as I’m quite sensitive.. i have been checking my ketone in my urine since then as my prescription of ketone strips ran out and doesn’t come in until 1st September.
I don’t know what could have caused the ketones, I haven’t had any symptoms since -dry mouth/frequent urination etc. I upped my basal dose before bed last night and had a positive outcome, staying between 4-7 which is the best fasting sugar I have had since giving birth. However I’m finding in the day I am needing to give more correction doses, although the extra dose with meals usually drops me low.
My diabetes team are starting to prove to be unhelpful and seem to be using the ‘situation with COVID’ to ignore my calls and be less than supportive.
I just can’t shake the anger and upset of potentially ending up in DKA, my diabetes team couldn’t be reached and seeing as I haven’t experienced DKA before or symptoms of! I had to try and scour the internet to find out how to resolve the symptoms quickly or if I needed emergency help. (Which I know they don’t intervene until ketones go above 2).
I have just simply had enough, mentally I’m exhausted of struggling with my sugars. Physically I’m exhausted from caring for my ill daughter (she has congenital heart disease and congenital tracheomalacia) And trying to take care of my diabetes. My team just don’t seem to want to support me and now I feel like I’m stuck in a rut, sometimes skipping meals because I simply don’t want to be bothered trying to control it when it seems everything I do either sends me high or stupidly low - which is terribly dangerous for me and my daughter.
I just feel like giving up and letting the disease take over just for a day off. ;( (That’s a figure of speech, I wouldn’t harm myself.)
I understand I’m probably experiencing ‘diabetes burnout’, I’m still in suspected honeymoon phase and am still struggling to ‘get it right’ with my readings consistently being up and down between 5-17!
I had a scare yesterday as I started experiencing symptoms of high blood sugars and DKA, checked my libre 7.3, did a back up test with my meter 7.7? Odd I thought, tested my ketones, 0.6!? I injected a correction unit and ate a small amount of carbs to cover half as I’m quite sensitive.. i have been checking my ketone in my urine since then as my prescription of ketone strips ran out and doesn’t come in until 1st September.
I don’t know what could have caused the ketones, I haven’t had any symptoms since -dry mouth/frequent urination etc. I upped my basal dose before bed last night and had a positive outcome, staying between 4-7 which is the best fasting sugar I have had since giving birth. However I’m finding in the day I am needing to give more correction doses, although the extra dose with meals usually drops me low.
My diabetes team are starting to prove to be unhelpful and seem to be using the ‘situation with COVID’ to ignore my calls and be less than supportive.
I just can’t shake the anger and upset of potentially ending up in DKA, my diabetes team couldn’t be reached and seeing as I haven’t experienced DKA before or symptoms of! I had to try and scour the internet to find out how to resolve the symptoms quickly or if I needed emergency help. (Which I know they don’t intervene until ketones go above 2).
I have just simply had enough, mentally I’m exhausted of struggling with my sugars. Physically I’m exhausted from caring for my ill daughter (she has congenital heart disease and congenital tracheomalacia) And trying to take care of my diabetes. My team just don’t seem to want to support me and now I feel like I’m stuck in a rut, sometimes skipping meals because I simply don’t want to be bothered trying to control it when it seems everything I do either sends me high or stupidly low - which is terribly dangerous for me and my daughter.
I just feel like giving up and letting the disease take over just for a day off. ;( (That’s a figure of speech, I wouldn’t harm myself.)