monkeygirl
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apologies in advance for long post I have been type 2 diabetic for over 20 years and last year I messed up big style and it nearly cost me my life so april last year I stopped taking all medication and i have a eating disorder (2g metformin and novorapid lantus) I began taking keto ******* in a desperate attempt to lose weight so these ******* i started off taking one and reduced for food too between 500-800 calories every day to some days not eating at all skip forward to end of July where I was taking 3 ******* per day and not able to keep any food down i was walking over 10k steps a day and honestly the weight was dropping off me by November I had dropped over 9 stone i felt like I was floating on the clouds then I started to get sick and my feet were suddenly starting to look and feel strange my face was looking sucked in only way I can explain and my eyes were bad so now comes the 12th December a date I will never forget I callopsed on the sofa and my partner had to get fire brigade and ambulance server DKA my whole body was purple black jeez what ever colour but normal blood sugar and ketones were sky high i was unconscious and was taking to icu where I spent almost 5 days for which I almost died then once stable i got transferred to 2 different wards then total of 12 days later Xmas eve i came home
Okay so 7 weeks later my right side used to be stronger it's not now I get spasms in my spine and my right black toes are still very sore and I've chill blades daily medication now 2g metformin, 5mg amlodipine (bloodpressure) forceval (multivitamin) 18 novorapid 3 times per day and 56 lantus i need a walking stick and a three wheel walker to get around for which i still need it's took me 5 weeks of physio to be able to make it upstairs to bed and I use a bath board to be able to shower
Cd take me 12-18 months for the nerve damage to settle down i still have a eating disorder and the same mental health issues for which I'm in recovery for
I have learnt that it's okay to reach out for help that I'm not on my own it's ok to be afraid but I'm trying to not let the fear control me
Thanks for listening
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apologies in advance for long post I have been type 2 diabetic for over 20 years and last year I messed up big style and it nearly cost me my life so april last year I stopped taking all medication and i have a eating disorder (2g metformin and novorapid lantus) I began taking keto ******* in a desperate attempt to lose weight so these ******* i started off taking one and reduced for food too between 500-800 calories every day to some days not eating at all skip forward to end of July where I was taking 3 ******* per day and not able to keep any food down i was walking over 10k steps a day and honestly the weight was dropping off me by November I had dropped over 9 stone i felt like I was floating on the clouds then I started to get sick and my feet were suddenly starting to look and feel strange my face was looking sucked in only way I can explain and my eyes were bad so now comes the 12th December a date I will never forget I callopsed on the sofa and my partner had to get fire brigade and ambulance server DKA my whole body was purple black jeez what ever colour but normal blood sugar and ketones were sky high i was unconscious and was taking to icu where I spent almost 5 days for which I almost died then once stable i got transferred to 2 different wards then total of 12 days later Xmas eve i came home
Okay so 7 weeks later my right side used to be stronger it's not now I get spasms in my spine and my right black toes are still very sore and I've chill blades daily medication now 2g metformin, 5mg amlodipine (bloodpressure) forceval (multivitamin) 18 novorapid 3 times per day and 56 lantus i need a walking stick and a three wheel walker to get around for which i still need it's took me 5 weeks of physio to be able to make it upstairs to bed and I use a bath board to be able to shower
Cd take me 12-18 months for the nerve damage to settle down i still have a eating disorder and the same mental health issues for which I'm in recovery for
I have learnt that it's okay to reach out for help that I'm not on my own it's ok to be afraid but I'm trying to not let the fear control me
Thanks for listening
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