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Silvercat

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I am sick of being diabetic. I am sick of taking meds. I am utterly fed up with all the side effects.
I phoned my diabetic nurse just after 9 this morning where I have to leave a message and she gets back to me. At 2 mins to 5 as I was about to drive home I finally got my call back from a different nurse as mine wasn't in the office. I explained I was about to drive home so she said did I want to call Monday instead. I said no in disgust. I have been ill today not next Monday. In fact I have been ill all week. I have had increasing tiredness to what feels like utter exhaustion. I got up this morning and within an hour of being up was falling asleep in the chair. I have been struggling to stay awake at work all week and every night when I have come home I have fallen asleep at about 6-30. Then I need bed by 9pm. I am sick of feeling ill...still feeling and being sick with the Byetta plus I have a horrible taste in my mouth/smell of either something vaguely metallic or something strangely sweet. This taste/smell also seems to provoke my nausea. I wanted to talk it all through but seems its impossible. 3 months now on the Byetta 10mg and I have rarely felt well since starting it. It doesnt make me feel full rather makes me not want to eat at all and the thought of food just makes me feel sick again as does going round the supermarket. Nothing makes me feel like eating any more. This is just not me as I love my food. Right now i just want to throw all my meds in the bin and the rate I am going that's what I am going to do. I have just had enough.
 
Hi Silvercat
Don't feel your alone I've been there and I'm sure many other diabetics have, we get sick of being sick I don't think I've felt completely well for a long time but you can't let something like this destroy your life and it will do that if you let it.
Go to your GP and speak to them and don't be fobbed off with the 'your just having a bad few weeks' ask them to do blood and urine tests just to make sure its well known that diabetics mask infection within the body. If that provides no joy keep asking questions.
Control it don't let it control you.
 
Awww poor Silvercat, being diabetic and getting it all right is often such a struggle and a lonely one at that, I think everyone of us here in this forum has felt like you do at one point or another.

Please try and relax over the weekend, and see your doctor or nurse first thing on Monday, dont struggle on for yet another week, as KimSuzanne says you could have an infection somewehere and not be aware of it, this happened to me a couple of times too. What are your readings like?

Being so sleepy and lethargic can also be a sign of depression, at the moment I would say just be really extra good to yourself and listen to your body, go with it, if you need to sleep then dont struggle against it, just sleep, eat some really healthy food, get yourself some really nice bubble bath, something with a citrus or very fresh smell to help cheer you up and pamper yourself, sounds to me that you have been driving yourself too hard as well, going to work feeling so rotten, my word you are certainly a fighter arent you? Spoil yourself a little bit, you have deserved it.

Maybe you have someone to take you out, even if its just a car ride, anything that you would enjoy, sometimes when I felt all ill and in despair and too tired to walk my husband would take me for a forest drive or to an animal rescue centre (I love animals a real lot) and this helped a bit even if I fell asleep in the car there and back, take a pillow and a blanket with you, maybe you dont even need it. Do some light exercise, strangely enough even if you are tired, a bit of exercise can give you a bit more energy, although if you do have an infection maybe you should wait till your doctor or nurse have given you the all clear.

Thinking of you, you are not alone, I know everyone here is hoping that you will feel better again very soon.

Love from

Karen x
 
I know the weather forecast for the weekend is rain. (Well I assume it is as it always rains on the weekend when I have to take the children cloths shopping.) but maybe you could try and get out for a walk and take a picnic. I know it sounds like **** advice but it might just lift your spirits. We have started walking every morning for 20-30 minutes before the school run. It takes a lot of organizing and motivation to leave the house that much earlier but it does make you feel better and is a good start to the day.

I really feel for you. I'm not diabetic and I feel weight down with responsibly of it all.

Chin up.

Donna
 
Hi Silvercat,
As others have said, we all get really fed up at times from this bloomin' diabetes. I think it's because it's not like some illnesses that "get better". We're stuck with it for life. I would love to wake up in the morning and think of nice things but right now, every morning, the diabetes is the first thing on my mind and I said to hubby this morning "I just wish this would all go away and I could go back to how I was pre-diagnosis." Sadly, it won't and I can't.
Hubby and I are going off for a U.K. break soon and are going self-catering, so I can pick and choose what I eat easier.When hubby said he'd take some beers and wine for the evening (I don't drink), I had a few seconds thought of a treat I could take for myself (mmm choccies.....I wish) and jokingly told hubby I'd take a few lettuce leaves!! :roll:
I think when we feel cheesed off, we have to find something, no matter how small, that makes us feel good about life. For me, a walk really lifts my mood.I'm sure there is something that you really enjoy too, so do it and I hope you'll feel brighter soon.
The great thing about this forum is that we REALLY know how you feel and though we can't offer a perfect solution, we can listen.
Chin up.
Chocoholic
 
Silvercat , Phew what a tale :cry: You say you dont feel like eating anything. I too am on Byetta 10mcg and know that it can suppress your appetite big time. Are you able to eat anything at all ?? Also what is your weight loss if any ? What about fluid intake and BS readings.
I know that when i was first diagnosed i followed the official line for 6 months Steamed veg,brown bread etc etc , Lost loads of weight but didnt actually feel any better for it thats when i decided things wern`t mean to be like this and took my foot off the brake a bit. i too was always tired no energy. Thats why i ask about your food intake etc.
I am fortunate in that i havnt had the nausea although i had salami yesterday and did feel distincly queesy.
First thing monday get yourself down the surgery, after all the meds are supposed to be part of the solution. While i cant offer you any panacea, your posting may help someone else who has the same symptoms and that is the value of this site

Stay in there
Dave P
 
Thank you everyone for your kind words and advice.
My blood sugars have been fine so nothing has been reflected there.
My weight loss is good and still going down.
Foodwise I am struggling to find something that I can actually face either cooking or eating. I have such an awful taste in my mouth that won't go away (3 lots of my meds can cause this!) and as it gets towards evening meal time I start to feel nauseous. I went round the supermarket the other day and just couldnt find much at all that I felt I could eat. I havent eaten meat much at all lately apart from some cooked ham. I am ok with cheese some of the time. For somebody who loved food as much as me this is very odd....its not that I feel full just the horrible nausea I get when even thinking about what to eat.
Hopefully I will get to talk to my diabetic nurse today. I am still tired but not as bad as last week.
Chocfish I just don't do time off work lol. Been in my present job for just over 3 years and never had a day off sick. I have to be really bad to stay off lol.
 
Some people are as sick as dogs on Byetta and it sounds like you are one of them.

There is a once weekly version available in the US and perhaps it will be here soon.
 
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