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<blockquote data-quote="jameshallam" data-source="post: 111367" data-attributes="member: 23748"><p>I was really thirsty and started to get up in the middle of the night multiple times to go to the toilet. Went to my doctor for a thrush remedy and at the end of the appt I mentioned I had these symptoms for the last couple of weeks. She said it's probably nothing but to get a blood test because it could mean I had diabetes.</p><p></p><p>Being a fit and healthy 24 year old I thought nothing of it, never been ill before so I didn't get my blood test dome for another week or so.</p><p></p><p>Finally took a morning of work to get the blood test as the symptoms mentioned above went from an 'annoyance' to me needing to take a bottle of water with me EVERYWHERE and getting up 2-3 times a night.</p><p></p><p>I was due to go to Italy on a business trip for a week and the day of my flight I started to get tired walking up a flight of stairs and feeling generally ill. I looked up the symptoms online, unfortunately I had pretty generic 'flu like' symptoms and thought it'll pass in a couple of days like every other time...</p><p></p><p>Got to Italy on Thursday evening, worked Friday and had to leave wary as I was falling asleep. Went to Milan sightseeing on Saturday but had to come back early as I was sooo tired just walking around. Spent all day Sunday in bed and my mouth was so dry that if i didn't have a sip of water every couple of minutes I couldn't swallow! At that point I thought I better go home. I jumped on a plane home and went to my local GP on Monday lunchtime. He sent me straight to A&E in an ambulance as I had moderate-severe diabetes ketoacidosis. I had a BG of about 30ish and Ketones at a 'very dangerous level'</p><p></p><p>The consultant said he had never seen anyone in my condition not in a coma let alone still standing.</p><p></p><p>I was put on a drip of saline and a sliding scale of insulin. HAd to take the most disgusting potassium tablets and was subjecting to a number of various test for 4 days. After a couple of chats with the DN, and a big bag of 'goodies' I was let loose.</p><p></p><p>I'm just glad I came home early, was meant to be in Italy for another week - by which time i would have either been dead or in a dodgy Italian hospital not able to speak a word of Italian!</p><p></p><p>No real complaints about the NHS, apart from all the trainee doctors who make a real pigs ear of taking blood. Both my forearms were bruised for at least a week after leaving the hospital...</p><p></p><p>Sorry for the long story! It is good to have somewhere to vent though...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jameshallam, post: 111367, member: 23748"] I was really thirsty and started to get up in the middle of the night multiple times to go to the toilet. Went to my doctor for a thrush remedy and at the end of the appt I mentioned I had these symptoms for the last couple of weeks. She said it's probably nothing but to get a blood test because it could mean I had diabetes. Being a fit and healthy 24 year old I thought nothing of it, never been ill before so I didn't get my blood test dome for another week or so. Finally took a morning of work to get the blood test as the symptoms mentioned above went from an 'annoyance' to me needing to take a bottle of water with me EVERYWHERE and getting up 2-3 times a night. I was due to go to Italy on a business trip for a week and the day of my flight I started to get tired walking up a flight of stairs and feeling generally ill. I looked up the symptoms online, unfortunately I had pretty generic 'flu like' symptoms and thought it'll pass in a couple of days like every other time... Got to Italy on Thursday evening, worked Friday and had to leave wary as I was falling asleep. Went to Milan sightseeing on Saturday but had to come back early as I was sooo tired just walking around. Spent all day Sunday in bed and my mouth was so dry that if i didn't have a sip of water every couple of minutes I couldn't swallow! At that point I thought I better go home. I jumped on a plane home and went to my local GP on Monday lunchtime. He sent me straight to A&E in an ambulance as I had moderate-severe diabetes ketoacidosis. I had a BG of about 30ish and Ketones at a 'very dangerous level' The consultant said he had never seen anyone in my condition not in a coma let alone still standing. I was put on a drip of saline and a sliding scale of insulin. HAd to take the most disgusting potassium tablets and was subjecting to a number of various test for 4 days. After a couple of chats with the DN, and a big bag of 'goodies' I was let loose. I'm just glad I came home early, was meant to be in Italy for another week - by which time i would have either been dead or in a dodgy Italian hospital not able to speak a word of Italian! No real complaints about the NHS, apart from all the trainee doctors who make a real pigs ear of taking blood. Both my forearms were bruised for at least a week after leaving the hospital... Sorry for the long story! It is good to have somewhere to vent though... [/QUOTE]
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