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- Type of diabetes
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- Insulin
Hello All!
I've been a type 1 diabetic for 26 years and have recently been experiencing a few health problems. I know some are related to my diabetes but not too sure if it is all diabetic related or just general health (IMO I feel that most health professionals tend to blame diabetes too easily instead of investigating possible other issues!).
I'm on Novorapid and Levemir and in summary, for the previous 3 - 4 years I have been on a low carb / calorie diet and apart from occasional short bouts of highs and lows my sugar levels (which last a couple of weeks) my levels were good. However since January 2015 I have been experiencing continuous variations of highs and lows with no reason whatsoever. To try and manage this I dropped to a completely no carb diet and was averaging around 800 - 1000cals per day as I was putting on weight, I was also having to increase my levermir. I've now put on over a stone in weight and I'm exhausted. I'm averaging around 4s to 5s in the morning but even after eating Greek Yogurt for breakfast and salads with chicken for lunch my sugar levels are increasing to 18s and 20s by 4pm! Which I can't understand! I can't physically cut back any further, my typical diet consists of mainly protein i.e chicken or fish with veg and salad which is pretty miserable. If I try to eat carbs my sugars shoot up, I use a ratio of 1insulin to 2 g carbs which is quite high considering the little carb intake and even though I'm not eating carbs for a meal I have to lie on the Bolus and say I'm having 15g carbs just for it to register that I have to take Novorapid. I guess this means I'm Insulin resistant but I'm not considered Obese so when I talk to my healthcare team about it, they give me the impression that there's nothing to worry about and they won't tell me how I casn get my insulin sensitivity back?
In addition I have recently discovered that I have diabetic Maculopathy following concerns over poor vision in my left eye. The impact of this makes it difficult for me to read which is basically 90% of my job. I've been wearing an eye patch in work to work on cumputers, so my right eye does all the work, but I'm now experiencing severe headaches. I've never suffered with Migraines before but it's got to a point where any bright lights, smells or sounds cause a headache which lasts all afternoon I'm also getting like an electric shooting sensation if I turn too quick or see a bright light and I really don't know what to do and whether me wearing an eye patch is causing this...
I was turned away from A&E twice because they advised me that no one in the Emergency eye department could see me and because it's diabetic related I can only be seen by one Specialist?? I went to my Boot Optician and I can only be seen by one Optician because she is the only one accredited by the Eye Screening Organisation?? I've also been in contact with my Diabetic Nurse and Dietician and four weeks later I am still having to chase for an appointment to see someone. When I did spoke to a nurse she advised that it might be Thyroid related? So I had two blood tests taken because the hospital thought they only needed to do the HB1aC and forgot the Thyroid....one mess up after another and I've had a gutsful of the NHS, talk about bang your head against a brick wall!! I had to pay privately in the end to get to see an eye specialist and so far my medical bill has reached £300 for the consultation and OCT scan.
Last night me and my husband decided to look for answers on the internet and found this amazing site. Within half an hour I discovered Noctura 400 which might help with my eye and learnt about Glyconeogenesis. I'm hoping this might be the reasons for my current health issues, I never realised that my body could breakdown proteins into fats!?
I wanted to post to ask if any of you have had similar experiences, what you have done to improve things and if anyone has been experiencing headaches like mine and what might be causing them?
Thank you!
I've been a type 1 diabetic for 26 years and have recently been experiencing a few health problems. I know some are related to my diabetes but not too sure if it is all diabetic related or just general health (IMO I feel that most health professionals tend to blame diabetes too easily instead of investigating possible other issues!).
I'm on Novorapid and Levemir and in summary, for the previous 3 - 4 years I have been on a low carb / calorie diet and apart from occasional short bouts of highs and lows my sugar levels (which last a couple of weeks) my levels were good. However since January 2015 I have been experiencing continuous variations of highs and lows with no reason whatsoever. To try and manage this I dropped to a completely no carb diet and was averaging around 800 - 1000cals per day as I was putting on weight, I was also having to increase my levermir. I've now put on over a stone in weight and I'm exhausted. I'm averaging around 4s to 5s in the morning but even after eating Greek Yogurt for breakfast and salads with chicken for lunch my sugar levels are increasing to 18s and 20s by 4pm! Which I can't understand! I can't physically cut back any further, my typical diet consists of mainly protein i.e chicken or fish with veg and salad which is pretty miserable. If I try to eat carbs my sugars shoot up, I use a ratio of 1insulin to 2 g carbs which is quite high considering the little carb intake and even though I'm not eating carbs for a meal I have to lie on the Bolus and say I'm having 15g carbs just for it to register that I have to take Novorapid. I guess this means I'm Insulin resistant but I'm not considered Obese so when I talk to my healthcare team about it, they give me the impression that there's nothing to worry about and they won't tell me how I casn get my insulin sensitivity back?
In addition I have recently discovered that I have diabetic Maculopathy following concerns over poor vision in my left eye. The impact of this makes it difficult for me to read which is basically 90% of my job. I've been wearing an eye patch in work to work on cumputers, so my right eye does all the work, but I'm now experiencing severe headaches. I've never suffered with Migraines before but it's got to a point where any bright lights, smells or sounds cause a headache which lasts all afternoon I'm also getting like an electric shooting sensation if I turn too quick or see a bright light and I really don't know what to do and whether me wearing an eye patch is causing this...
I was turned away from A&E twice because they advised me that no one in the Emergency eye department could see me and because it's diabetic related I can only be seen by one Specialist?? I went to my Boot Optician and I can only be seen by one Optician because she is the only one accredited by the Eye Screening Organisation?? I've also been in contact with my Diabetic Nurse and Dietician and four weeks later I am still having to chase for an appointment to see someone. When I did spoke to a nurse she advised that it might be Thyroid related? So I had two blood tests taken because the hospital thought they only needed to do the HB1aC and forgot the Thyroid....one mess up after another and I've had a gutsful of the NHS, talk about bang your head against a brick wall!! I had to pay privately in the end to get to see an eye specialist and so far my medical bill has reached £300 for the consultation and OCT scan.
Last night me and my husband decided to look for answers on the internet and found this amazing site. Within half an hour I discovered Noctura 400 which might help with my eye and learnt about Glyconeogenesis. I'm hoping this might be the reasons for my current health issues, I never realised that my body could breakdown proteins into fats!?
I wanted to post to ask if any of you have had similar experiences, what you have done to improve things and if anyone has been experiencing headaches like mine and what might be causing them?
Thank you!
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