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<blockquote data-quote="MaryCanary" data-source="post: 957900" data-attributes="member: 206107"><p>I'm a recently-diagnosed Type 2, diet controlled for now. I also have lymphoedema, and a couple of months ago I developed a sudden and severe cellulitis in the affected arm. At first I was treated for septicaemia with three aggressive antibiotics (Vancomycin, Gentomycin and Clindimycin, all by IV, for six days, Then my veins collapsed and they took me off the IVs and gave me oral Clindimycin and sent me home. Then I developed a huge reaction - my skin was covered in a measles-like rash from head to foot so I had to come off the oral tablets too. I went to the optician a month later, complaining that my eyesight had suddenly become blurry. She spotted 'diabetic changes' to the back of my eye and sent me to the doc for blood tests. Of course, the bloods revealed high glucose levels and I was sent away with instructions to change my diet and take more exercise.</p><p></p><p>The reason I am telling you all this is because it has been suggested to me by medics in my family that it was the 'insults' that my body had suffered that had raised my glucose levels, though the condition had probably been developing anyway. </p><p></p><p>I have had a couple of hypos since drastically changing my diet. Both times I felt faint, my mouth tingled, I felt an impending sense of doom and I had to lie down before I fell down. The first time, I was actually having my blood pressure taken by the diabetic nurse and she said my BP was extremely low, and made me lie down and eat some glucose tablets. The next time, I was in a shop and I was quite scared. I always carry glucose tablets with me now. </p><p></p><p>The diet I am on is the Low Carb High Fat diet. I am taking almost no carbs at the moment, trying to reverse this damned disease!</p><p></p><p>Regarding pharmacists, I have been in hospital quite a few times and unfortunately I have found that they generally take several hours to send up the meds to the ward before discharge. This means an awful lot of hanging about before you can go home. I have often wondered why this happens. Other than that, no complaints!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MaryCanary, post: 957900, member: 206107"] I'm a recently-diagnosed Type 2, diet controlled for now. I also have lymphoedema, and a couple of months ago I developed a sudden and severe cellulitis in the affected arm. At first I was treated for septicaemia with three aggressive antibiotics (Vancomycin, Gentomycin and Clindimycin, all by IV, for six days, Then my veins collapsed and they took me off the IVs and gave me oral Clindimycin and sent me home. Then I developed a huge reaction - my skin was covered in a measles-like rash from head to foot so I had to come off the oral tablets too. I went to the optician a month later, complaining that my eyesight had suddenly become blurry. She spotted 'diabetic changes' to the back of my eye and sent me to the doc for blood tests. Of course, the bloods revealed high glucose levels and I was sent away with instructions to change my diet and take more exercise. The reason I am telling you all this is because it has been suggested to me by medics in my family that it was the 'insults' that my body had suffered that had raised my glucose levels, though the condition had probably been developing anyway. I have had a couple of hypos since drastically changing my diet. Both times I felt faint, my mouth tingled, I felt an impending sense of doom and I had to lie down before I fell down. The first time, I was actually having my blood pressure taken by the diabetic nurse and she said my BP was extremely low, and made me lie down and eat some glucose tablets. The next time, I was in a shop and I was quite scared. I always carry glucose tablets with me now. The diet I am on is the Low Carb High Fat diet. I am taking almost no carbs at the moment, trying to reverse this damned disease! Regarding pharmacists, I have been in hospital quite a few times and unfortunately I have found that they generally take several hours to send up the meds to the ward before discharge. This means an awful lot of hanging about before you can go home. I have often wondered why this happens. Other than that, no complaints! [/QUOTE]
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