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I know all about meal restriction as an anorexic.. Sometimes I find it easier joy to easy than fret about what and when I'm going to eat.

I went up to 11.7 1hr then 8.6 then 3.1 going into the 3rd hour.

I start getting real weird and sick at those numbers. Not this time but I usually vomit and start seeing black and curl up on the floor somewhere. The power of speech evades me. I dont like being in the teens (which had become routine for me) but I DO NOT like being in a low place either.

It was rice krispies as, oddly, they do not spike me as much as wheat breakfast cereals do


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Hi Littlewolf. I was anorexic in my teens and early 20s too, I didn't binge or vomit , just ate very little.

I am not surprised that you felt dreadful with those readings, its was a huge swing. So, it was probably very much a reactive hypo. 3.1 would be low enough to make you feel a bit wobbly anyway if it had been a gentle drop, but you came down with a bit of a thump. No doubt it was a small bowl of rice krispies too! I do wish your doctor would take your numbers seriously, its not good getting these huge swings. Its not 'normal'.

Don't really know what to advise you to do. Have you tried having a full fat, plain greek yoghurt for breakfast? they are actually quite filling but low carb, or a couple of ryvita and a boiled egg, or maybe an egg and some bacon? these are all better options than cereal . If you haven 't already tried those ,it might be worth having a go and see if it helps?
 
Sorry to hear youve been through the same illness as me...kudos to you for having gotten through it. You understand how it feels to be force fed and told EAT CARBS then having to do a complete 180 :/

Yes, I did feel a bit beaten up..

I wish I didn't hate eggs.. My dad is banking bacon from the house and going crazy on the cereals because he thinks it will improve his cholesterol. I love meat though. I'd buy and cook bacon but it means getting a little earlier. My fault for applying for a uni I have to commute far to!

I started unusually low as of last night and this morning. I'm in shock at todays random reading of 24.8.

Arg.



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24.8 Arrrrrrrrr ! ! ! !

Try going for a couple of ryvita with a bit of cream cheese, or peanut butter, or just a scrape of butter, takes 30 seconds to do that . Grab a teaspoon and a greek yoghurt. You can eat that virtually on the run in the morning.

Can't be easy at Uni trying to fit in sensible meals etc. Mind you, with readings as high as 24 ( almost 25 ) you aren't going to keep a sensible HbA1C, at least them something will have to be done. The trouble is, going that high, then probably plummeting back down to quite low numbers is really going to make you feel bad.

I hope you get some sort of resolve on this. In the mean time hugs and try to keep hold of things. I was reading on one of the other threads ( don't know whether or not it is an accurate figure, you would have to have a google and find out more) but if you get to 30 then you WOULD need to present to A&E . So please in the mean time, keep a check on things. You know how highs feel. Doesn't the Uni have a nurse or doctor that could see you?
 
Did u check for ketones with the 24.8? Whenever u go above 12 check for them, that's what my consultant told me anyway and as soon as they appear get up to A and E and they will have to take u seriously :-)


Diagnosed with GD in 2010, Completely disappeared postpartum. Re-diagnosed December 2012 with type 1.5 diabetes, age 26, BMI 22 currently controlled by only Metformin, 500mg twice a day.
 
I think my dad has swiped my urine testing strips. He firmly believes in jut doing what the doctor says and thinks I'm belong needlessly obsessive by testing blood sugar etc if the doctor says nothing is wrong

So I couldn't check for ketones.. I've also run out of strips. Feel uncomfortable eating anything at all. With my mother out of the country again it's all gone to ****. He's never here, I gave him my money for food shopping and have been stuck here watching my little brother. He left me with this shopping list which I'm going to have to spend my last tenner on..

Bread
Cereal
Granola
Pasta
Chips
Crackers

I am fed up of living on this ****. I a fed up of having no life. I am only here to be a childminder, cleaner and shopper. I can't move in with my boyfriend even if Was allowed as he's on the other side of the country and I need to finish my degree.

God, even when dad's sister turns up with leftovers its PASTA ******* BAKE

If I suggest anything other that the typical working class freezer full of **** or offer to cook something else he thinks I'm being snobby. The amount spent on biscuits and sugary cereal we could eat a bit better if some things were substituted.

I'm at the end of my tether. I feel like I'm never going to get out of here, no one will ever take me seriously and i'm not just worried about blood sugar because of guidelines it's because I'm symptomatic NOW. It's getting hard to read my bloody phone screen at times, I have too many skin problems, always an infection somewhere and I get so tired :(

What dad says goes and he sees no reason why he should have to change anything to accommodate me. His abuse Is the reason I ended up depressed and ruined my metabolism with an eating disorder in the first place.

I know I sound like an ungrateful **** but I've ALWAYS been the polite, subservient girl that just takes what she's dealt. Ive had enough... I just want my own life but I can't get out because if I leave NOTHING gets done. Even my cat goes hungry all week, no dishes have been done and my little brother is living off of one or two microwave burgers out of the fridge!!!!

:'( I don't want to be here



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Hi Littlewolf, I am so sorry its bad for you, no point in saying you shouldn't eat that stuff because you already know all that. I just hope that it doesn't push you back into going without food because you need to eat. I really hope you get some sort of resolve soon. In the mean time hugs from me to.
 
This is my greatest fear. I've worked hard to be Food Positive and now my 3 original problems are rearing over me

- lack of control over other elements of my life
- fear of weight gain/insulin
- feeling obligated to my parents and how they want me to live/eat

They are the things that made me starve myself in the first place. Being hypoglycaemic half my life I've always craved carbohydrates as well as them surrounding me all the time at home. Either I don't care and basically poison myself with sugar or I stop eating full stop.

This love/hate relationship with food is killing me. Unlike an abusive partner, I can't break up with food because I need to eat to live.

With my history of severe depression and an ED I don't know what the hell I have to do to get some help.

Although it seems like its falling on deaf ears I DO appreciate your messages of support. I feel immensely guilty for raving but this seems the most appropriate place to do it...

*STARTS RANTING ONCE MORE*

I just hope to god my boyfriend goes to Uni over here and we can move in together. He's the only one who has been supportive of me and seems interested in my diabetes or conscious of why I make certain food choices or notices when I look unwell, asks what my readings are etc. he's starting to be more conscious for his own health. I work from home mostly, fine with cooking and cleaning and laundry for us. I'd be so much happier if I wasn't caught up in my parents' domestic ********.

To top it all off my university decides to tell me AFTER passing my first year despite all the trouble at home/health, that I was missing 10 credits (I was supposed to add another module to my program of study. I might have to repeat the year and find £9000 for the sake of 10 CREDITS

Aaaarrgh. It's not like I failed- I PASSED but no one told me I wasn't doing enough classes!

Stress doesn't help BG, I know. I think it's best if I vape something then try and do some work... For the therapy and the cash. I do tattoo design, costume making and animal portraits. Honestly, my cat is the only thing that keeps me sane sometimes...

*/END RANT*

I will book a double appointment with a doctor I haven't seen before then whack them with my family history, symptoms and readings all on one go. Seeing it all presented like that (rather than visits over the course of years treated as separate events) might help them see the obvious problem and bigger picture.

Autism, autoimmune disorders, allergies, food intolerances, PCOS, infections, mood swings, peeing like crazy, low birth weight, eating disorders, family and random sugars more than 3 times what they should be. Surely seeing it all together like that will make them connect the dots.

I'm budgeting for the month on Monday when I get paid. I'm forgoing luxuries and if I have enough after allowing for my Dad's birthday present I will call this company that does private blood tests for £65-100.

The one I am most immediately anxious about it LADA. If that's ruled out at least I know I have plenty of time to turn things around and it wont get dramatically worse anytime soon. If its MODY then most people with that don't ever require insulin and are fine with tablets right? It can't really be type 2 right? But even then, maybe I just need to get rid of internal fat.. Somehow.


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Hi Littlewolf.
You will need to take a deep breath and try to stay calm while you put everything down on paper . Plot what you have eaten with your results . Explain that your family are trying to stuff you with carbs and what the effect it has on you. Tell them that you are very concerned that this will push you back into anorexia, which you are still recovering from. Once you have been through that, those tendencies do tend to stay with you for ever, so it would be good to stress that. (believe it or not, but I am 60, haven 't been anorexic since my late teens, but under extreme stress I stop eating and want to throw everything in the cupboards away ! ! ! ) I doubt that you have internal fat, although that is a possibility, when you are anorexic your body is in starvation mode and will try to store any food available to it, in case in doesn't get any more, but you really must not, and I mean this, you must not go back to starving yourself. Plead with the doctor if you have to for a c-peptide at least, hopefully a GAD too, explain how just knowing the results of these tests will help you cope. Try to stay calm at the doctors, do not rant at them, or tell them their job, even though you may feel like doing so. It may sound daft , but play the poor wee female card, even cry and tell them how scared you are and that you really need them to support you. You would be surprised how well that can work. In the mean time, stay strong.
 
I hope your appointment is worthwhile and that you finally get somewhere with your GP. Just a caution about the SD Codefree meter, I have one as a back up and generally speaking it's OK but I do find it tends to read slightly higher than the more expensive big name brands, and occasionally some readings can be way out. If you can afford it, it might be a better idea to buy another meter but use it less often, for example for fasting readings 2-3 times a week, and/or 2 hour postprandial 2-3 times a week, and maybe to verify exceptionally high readings. By all means use the SD Codefree if you are testing more frequently, but you may find that the SD Codefree tends toward the high side and your true BG levels may not be as high as you fear.

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I would keep a log of all communications with your GP, I would definitely get down to A&E next time you are struggling, they will not see it as a burden, they will understand and you will get all the tests done in one place and quickly, best of luck and hope you get sorted soon.

Take Care
 
I also use my Grandma's spare Accu-chek to verify really abnormal readings and they've only been a few decimals apart if anything. I've been feeling it. I get very lethargic, hot, irritable, dry mouth, thirsty, peeing a lot, pain in my back/side...

Got too much to sort out at uni to think of when to book an appointment now. My legs are getting pins and needles often and burning periodically now.

Thanks guys..I'm emailing around to find a walk in centre


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Argh... Since this is my moaning thread, I have extremely tender,swollen lymph nodes in my neck and and abscess on my ear lobe...

My ears are stretched to 16mm. I have always been meticulous with cleaning them and keeping the skin healthy with jojoba oil massages, but someone actually bit my earlobe and tore it a little (dont ask) I had no antiseptic so I put hydrogen peroxide and sudocrem on it but it actually got worse after cleaning... It's drained a lot of pus on one side but I can't drain the other.

I also constantly have folliculitis.. Dental abscesses, UTIs and frequent fungal infections.

Strong positive for protein with my new urine sticks...

Stressed about my laparoscopy in a weeks time.:'(

I am hoping I can get an appointment tomorrow because I still haven't had my OGTT results reviewed..

Someone pray for me please..


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Can't believe it

After half an hour of waiting on the phone to Kingston Hospital, trying to find out the time, my surgery has been cancelled.

No letters. No nothing.

I think they did it because I had to cancel the last two scheduled dates because I'd have no one to drive me home or get me up the stairs.(2nd floor flat) My mother was in another country for months and is been really stressful for me as you can seen in this thread.

I have still received no discussion or treatment regarding Polycystic Ovary Syndrome despite bringing it up in appointments several times.

3rd GP said there was nothing abnormal about BG of over 11 daily. Not even the 24.8 as I 'must have just eaten something sugary'. Well it still wasn't down 4 hours later, regardless.

Regarding my endo/ovarian cyst surgery..

20 years of being alone made to feel guilty about normal sexual urges, I finally get a boyfriend whom I'm lucky to see once every 3 months and every time we have sex I'm in pain. Horrible sharp twinges when I walk down the street..

Officially going to give up and let myself rot because the NHS has given up on me... :'(


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