So I'm new here and newly diagnosed T1D (not entirely sure that's right) and I'm struggling a bit. I'm 31 and both type 1 and type 2 run in my family (type 1 on dad's side, type 2 on mom's side). I fell ill with Covid19 and was sick for about 6 weeks just feeling the worst I have ever felt. (Suspected at that time, confirmed later as I didn't want to ask someone else to pick me up and drive me to the hospital) Right at the end of it I finally was feeling better and had 2-3 good days when all the sudden I was just fatigued beyond anything I had experienced. I had been badly sick for weeks so during that time I didn't think too much about being really thirsty, urinating all the time, or the weight loss (I lost 48lbs in those 6 weeks).
The fatigue I had was so bad I only had about 3-4 hours of usable energy, before I was falling asleep. So I finally called for a ride for a friend to take me to an urgent care center. They ran a few tests on me and kinda freaked when they couldn't test my blood sugar. Tried it 3 times before the Nurse Practitioner sent me to the hospitals ER. BS was 770 and my A1C came back later as either 12.2 or 12.7 I don't remember exactly.
Turns out I was KDA and pretty severely dehydrated (apparently I was 3L low on fluid). Was in the hospital like 5 days and put on Lantus and Novolin. Because this was all during the heigth of all the Covid stuff in my area none of the doctors or staff seemed to want to spend any real time with me. Everything just felt really rushed like they were trying to minimize patient contact.
Due to not havin' health insurance I was prescribed a 70/30 mixed insulin and sent on my merry way.
I'm overwhelmed and honestly I'm a creature of habit, so I basically do the same meals over and over again. I measure out all my ingredients so my portions are all consistent and I try to eat at the same times to make everything easy on me. But with the same meals, same level of daily activity and basically the same daily regiment I keep getting these oddities.
For instance same breakfast, lunch, and dinner on Monday may leave me within' my blood sugar range, yet the exactly same meals and insulin amount on Wednesday puts me hypo in the 50s or 60s.
I've been tryin' to keep things consistent to keep me from gettin' too overwhelmed, but I keep having these hypo episodes I can't account for.
Is this normal for a newly diagnosed person?
Also the reason I mention the whole covod thing is I've had 2 doctors mention that covid19 is damaging the pancreas of alot of people. I know at least in Italy they're doin' a study as people are contracting Covid and then as a result no longer producing insulin or not enough.
Was anyone else here diagnosed after catching covid? Any similar experiences? I'm hearing that we may see a influx of new pseudo T1Ds that aren't autoimmune, but don't produce enough insulin and aren't insulin resistant.
Idk I'm just rambling and tired of goin' hypo for no discernible reason.
The fatigue I had was so bad I only had about 3-4 hours of usable energy, before I was falling asleep. So I finally called for a ride for a friend to take me to an urgent care center. They ran a few tests on me and kinda freaked when they couldn't test my blood sugar. Tried it 3 times before the Nurse Practitioner sent me to the hospitals ER. BS was 770 and my A1C came back later as either 12.2 or 12.7 I don't remember exactly.
Turns out I was KDA and pretty severely dehydrated (apparently I was 3L low on fluid). Was in the hospital like 5 days and put on Lantus and Novolin. Because this was all during the heigth of all the Covid stuff in my area none of the doctors or staff seemed to want to spend any real time with me. Everything just felt really rushed like they were trying to minimize patient contact.
Due to not havin' health insurance I was prescribed a 70/30 mixed insulin and sent on my merry way.
I'm overwhelmed and honestly I'm a creature of habit, so I basically do the same meals over and over again. I measure out all my ingredients so my portions are all consistent and I try to eat at the same times to make everything easy on me. But with the same meals, same level of daily activity and basically the same daily regiment I keep getting these oddities.
For instance same breakfast, lunch, and dinner on Monday may leave me within' my blood sugar range, yet the exactly same meals and insulin amount on Wednesday puts me hypo in the 50s or 60s.
I've been tryin' to keep things consistent to keep me from gettin' too overwhelmed, but I keep having these hypo episodes I can't account for.
Is this normal for a newly diagnosed person?
Also the reason I mention the whole covod thing is I've had 2 doctors mention that covid19 is damaging the pancreas of alot of people. I know at least in Italy they're doin' a study as people are contracting Covid and then as a result no longer producing insulin or not enough.
Was anyone else here diagnosed after catching covid? Any similar experiences? I'm hearing that we may see a influx of new pseudo T1Ds that aren't autoimmune, but don't produce enough insulin and aren't insulin resistant.
Idk I'm just rambling and tired of goin' hypo for no discernible reason.