So, I’m a month in now and pretty miserable.
I saw the diabetes nurse a week after my first appointment and she said that she’d do the next blood test after 3 months and there was no point in doing it any sooner as it was a measure of the preceding 3 months. She said she’d ring me the following week, but I never heard any more from her. When I requested my repeat prescription last week I discovered that she’d doubled the dose of the Metformin by adding one (1000mg) in the morning too (previously just one in the evening) so I rang to check it and finally got to speak to her. She asked me to go for a blood test the week before Christmas, which is only 2 months since diagnosis and contradicts what she said previously.
Since increasing the dose I have felt nauseous all the time to the point that I don’t want to eat anything, although if I don’t I feel lightheaded. I am hungry all the time. And I no longer enjoy anything I’m eating, or anything in life generally. I’m miserable. I’m also terrified that due to how much more meat and dairy I’ve been eating since eliminating any bread/potatoes/pasta/pastry etc from my diet, they’ll tell me my cholesterol is elevated and want me to take medication for that next!
My first grandchild is due in two weeks and I’m one of my daughter’s birthing partners but right now I’m worried that I’m not going to be well enough to be able to be much help. I’m hoping that adrenaline will kick in when the time comes.
The appointment for my liver ultrasound came for the day after my granddaughter’s due date, so I’ve asked for a different appointment as I can’t commit to being at the hospital (in a different town to where my daughter is due to give birth) or anywhere else, for the next month. I’m also worried because apparently I can’t eat for 6 hours before the appointment, but I’m having to eat every 3-4 hours because of the constant hunger and feeling lightheaded, so I’m not sure that I’d be able to get there safely (would have to drive).
Everything just seems overwhelming at the moment, and if this is what the rest of my life is going to be like, I’m not sure that it’s worth bothering.