Hello and thanks for reading. I am a type 1 diabetic and have been for 14 years. My last HbA1C was 53 last time, but over the past 3 to 4 months I have been quite ill. I have had endless blood tests plus been referred to everyone under the sun but since people here might have been in the same diabetic boat (which at the moment seems as doomed as the titanic) I thought I would post a question! All thoughts gratefully appricaiated.
Ok symptoms
very tired....I have slept for 18 hours, but now need to sleep for at least 11 hours a night. I come home from work and am knackered...I eat then go to bed! not good for a 31 year old lass!
Hair thinning, lost loads of hair on my head, the hair on my legs has stopped growing (which is obviously not a bad thing! but just slightly wrong since I used to be mistaken for king Kong when in shorts)
Very pale, dark circles under my eyes etc, getting breathless when just walking a short distance, lost my appitite having to force myself to eat, but having cut back on portions etc I'm still not looking like Claudia Schiffer! the skin on my hands and feet is much rougher despite using cream etc, the skin on my face is really dry.
Diacbetically my blood sugar levels have been a bit up and down, but my nurse puts my hard lumps on some injection sites down to not changing where I inject etc.....even thought I do! I'm missing some warning signs of low bloods but they have always been minimal and since I feel knackered all the time I think I'm just missing the signs!
Anyway I have had my blood tests, thyroid is a bit raised but nothing shocking, it has been 9.1 before but has lowered slightly, my C Reactive Protein was 9.1 and my ESR was 22. Now nothing stands out as being a cause for concern.....but I am concerned so any suggestions please post! I am seeing a diabetic consultant/ endcronologist (not that easy to spell) etc soon but I'm worried about would love some ideas about what might be going on!
Ok guess I should wrap up this story!
The End!
Ok symptoms
very tired....I have slept for 18 hours, but now need to sleep for at least 11 hours a night. I come home from work and am knackered...I eat then go to bed! not good for a 31 year old lass!
Hair thinning, lost loads of hair on my head, the hair on my legs has stopped growing (which is obviously not a bad thing! but just slightly wrong since I used to be mistaken for king Kong when in shorts)
Very pale, dark circles under my eyes etc, getting breathless when just walking a short distance, lost my appitite having to force myself to eat, but having cut back on portions etc I'm still not looking like Claudia Schiffer! the skin on my hands and feet is much rougher despite using cream etc, the skin on my face is really dry.
Diacbetically my blood sugar levels have been a bit up and down, but my nurse puts my hard lumps on some injection sites down to not changing where I inject etc.....even thought I do! I'm missing some warning signs of low bloods but they have always been minimal and since I feel knackered all the time I think I'm just missing the signs!
Anyway I have had my blood tests, thyroid is a bit raised but nothing shocking, it has been 9.1 before but has lowered slightly, my C Reactive Protein was 9.1 and my ESR was 22. Now nothing stands out as being a cause for concern.....but I am concerned so any suggestions please post! I am seeing a diabetic consultant/ endcronologist (not that easy to spell) etc soon but I'm worried about would love some ideas about what might be going on!
Ok guess I should wrap up this story!
The End!
hang in there. DEbs