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- Type of diabetes
- Type 1
- Treatment type
- Insulin
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- Greed! Religion! Eggs!
Morning All, I am Type 1 49 yr Old diagnosed 8yrs ago! Since diagnosis & several months prior my life has been totally disrupted due to feeling totally rubish I take Novorapid & Levemir & inject 4-5 times a day. I am extremly Insulin sensitive so suffer many hypos both day & night in my sleep! I spend my days feeling like I have a massive Hangover, I dont have good days I just have less worse days! I don't plan anything anymore for fear of disrupting my family/friends as I feel so ill all the time! I have not worked & feel that I could not work when I feel so ill (Prior to diagnosis worked full time from the age of 16 to 31 & part time when I had my kids). I am convinced I am having severe Hypos in my sleep! I do sometimes wake up but think I am sleeping through them! My Dr's surgery has NEVER called mefor any kind of checkups (My Dad is type 2 & is seen every 6months) I seethe hospital every year but due to cut backs the yearly MOT I used to get is no longer avaiable! I have tried to explain my struggle to the Dr's who sit looking at me like I'm speaking Alien then tell me they will see me next year I have asked for help from my local DSN who is diabetic herself, who was no help at all infact wrote to my consultant telling him I was on a different Insulin & regime altogether! Am I the only one who feels like this? I am at the end of my tether! I try so hard but get nowhere