Wrong diagnosis

[purplestar]

I am 34 and I found out two days ago that I was reassessed in 2012 and my diagnosis was changed from T2 to T1 diabetes whilst in hospital and not one of the doctors I was seeing told me about it. I was diagnosed in 2010 with T2 and was put on insulin injections after my hospital admission in 2012. But they 'forgot' to tell me that I'm actually type 1!

I am angry about not being told about my change in diagnosis. I am scared because I don't know much about the differences between the two types and how all this could affect me in the long term. Is there anything different I should be doing? I think I'm going to be shown about carb counting soon but right now I'm just injecting and guessing. I have so many questions and I'm starting to panic...

 

[Snowy12]

Hi try not to panic I know it is hard for me to say,I am sure the type 1s will be able to give you lots of good information.Take Care Andrea.

 

[noblehead]

To take the guess work out of your insulin dosing have a look at the following, it will help you until you get on a carb counting course such as DAFNE:

http://www.bdec-e-learning.com/

Also, for a good book on type 1 diabetes get yourself a copy of the book Think Like a Pancreas.

 

[purplestar]

Thank you! That is so helpful.

 

[Daibell]

Hi. With T1 you have to have insulin sooner or later as you pancreas will not be producing enough insulin. Once you understand carb counting, which is really very easy, you can have quite good control of your blood sugar. Just be sensible about the amount of carbs you have to avoid weight gain. With good blood sugar control you will avoid any long-term bad outcome, so apart from the nuisance of injecting there is little to worry about.

 

[jack412]

Hi
This set of workbooks are worth reading and practising working examples of carbs and doses and corrections

Don't change dose without nurse approval

Workbook 1

http://www.diabetesinscotland.org.uk/Publications/9225 Carbohydrate Counting.pdf

Workbook 2

http://www.diabetesinscotland.org.uk/Publications/9226 Carbohydrate Counting the Next Steps.pdf


Carb list

http://www.diabetesinscotland.org.uk/Publications/9227 Carbohydrate Tables A6.pdf



Diary

http://www.diabetesinscotland.org.uk/Publications/9228 Free Diary Portrait A4.pdf



Basal testing

http://www.diabetes-support.org.uk/info/?page_id=120



Sick day rules

http://www.diabetes-support.org.uk/info/?page_id=141

http://www.diabetes-healthnet.ac.uk...flet_-_Sick_Day_Rules_for_Type_1_-_Nov_13.pdf


Sick day rules flowchart

http://www.leicestershirediabetes.org.uk/uploads//documents/Type1 Sick_day_rules_InsulinV3.pdf


A workbook with USA numbers and math rules, but it has a good trouble shoot at the end


http://www.bd.com/us/diabetes/download/insulin_adjustment_workbook_complete.pdf