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<blockquote data-quote="Seacrow" data-source="post: 1721989" data-attributes="member: 420515"><p>I'm lada, I'm fairly sure I'd been diabetic for at least a year based on eyesight changes and general health. I postponed the visit to the gp until after Christmas (was darned well going to have one last blowout). Walked into the office, said 'Hi, I think I'm diabetic' and handed over a urine sample. 'OK' said my very nice gp, who was already somewhat accustomed to me, and stuck the test strip in. 'Yes, I'm pretty sure you're diabetic too' she said. </p><p></p><p>'Excuse me a moment' and she's on the phone. Blatantly earwigging, I overhear phrases such as: dangerously high blood glucose, ketones off the strip scale, ambulatory patient but she'd be much happier with ambulance travel, needs immediate admittance. This is where it dawned on me - the gp thought I was seriously ill. More than that, I was going to STAY in hospital. But I felt fine, just annoyed with all the drinking and peeing. I tried to tell her, and she looked at me and said 'if I let you go, you could keel over and die just outside. You ARE going to hospital NOW'</p><p></p><p>In the ambulance the paramedic asked a question needing a reasoned response every 10 minutes. It sunk in a little further, this is serious, and they are actually worried about my survival here. By the time I had gone through A&E and got onto a ward I was dazed and fuzzy thinking. Now I think it was shock, back then they said it was high bg.</p><p></p><p>Overnight stuff happened. Apparently doctors and nurses had conversations with me. I don't remember any of it. Memory starts up on the second day, it was generally accepted that I was diabetic, would be taking insulin, and would manage fine. I was making calm and reasoned responses, so they discharged me.</p><p></p><p>I got home and fell apart. I couldn't even look at a syringe, so injecting myself was right out. I'd binge eat chocolate and sweets, telling myself I didn't care. When I did manage to inject I'd take too much so I wouldn't have to inject again for longer. Took me about a year to get to a level state where I was coping.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Seacrow, post: 1721989, member: 420515"] I'm lada, I'm fairly sure I'd been diabetic for at least a year based on eyesight changes and general health. I postponed the visit to the gp until after Christmas (was darned well going to have one last blowout). Walked into the office, said 'Hi, I think I'm diabetic' and handed over a urine sample. 'OK' said my very nice gp, who was already somewhat accustomed to me, and stuck the test strip in. 'Yes, I'm pretty sure you're diabetic too' she said. 'Excuse me a moment' and she's on the phone. Blatantly earwigging, I overhear phrases such as: dangerously high blood glucose, ketones off the strip scale, ambulatory patient but she'd be much happier with ambulance travel, needs immediate admittance. This is where it dawned on me - the gp thought I was seriously ill. More than that, I was going to STAY in hospital. But I felt fine, just annoyed with all the drinking and peeing. I tried to tell her, and she looked at me and said 'if I let you go, you could keel over and die just outside. You ARE going to hospital NOW' In the ambulance the paramedic asked a question needing a reasoned response every 10 minutes. It sunk in a little further, this is serious, and they are actually worried about my survival here. By the time I had gone through A&E and got onto a ward I was dazed and fuzzy thinking. Now I think it was shock, back then they said it was high bg. Overnight stuff happened. Apparently doctors and nurses had conversations with me. I don't remember any of it. Memory starts up on the second day, it was generally accepted that I was diabetic, would be taking insulin, and would manage fine. I was making calm and reasoned responses, so they discharged me. I got home and fell apart. I couldn't even look at a syringe, so injecting myself was right out. I'd binge eat chocolate and sweets, telling myself I didn't care. When I did manage to inject I'd take too much so I wouldn't have to inject again for longer. Took me about a year to get to a level state where I was coping. [/QUOTE]
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