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[Bazzza]

Heys guys. My Name is Bar and I have type 1 diabetes. I got told I had it about 8 years ago...I think I developed it after consuming a diet consisting of high fat and sugar from eating processed foods like bars of chocolate, chipper food and drinking up to 22 Liters of coke and diet coke a week for close to ten years. I'm only 28 now and my pancreas is producing a little bit of insulin but I was recently told this would stop at some stage. In the eight years I've had it I never looked after it, hardly ever took my meds or checked my BS readings. Last week I was admitted to the hospital with and they told me I was DKA with a ketone reading of 3.2 and a BS reading of 41.3mmoI/L (738 mg/dl)The doctors told me I should be dead and were amazed I was able to last so long.

I got a bit of a fright if I'm honest and have since started to take my insulin 4 times a day and change my diet completely. When I got out of the hospital on wednesday my readings were still pretty high...breakfast was around 13-18mmol/L, Lunch time was around 13-15mmol/L and dinner about 8-9mmol/L and before bed usually 15-16mmol/L. That was on Wednesday, Thursday and on Friday I started to eat coconut oil right after I injected my insulin and was drinking green tea all day, about four cups. Ever since then my levels have dropped significantly right across the day and remained around 8-9.7mmol/L. today I hit 4.9mmol/L before dinner and had a hypo...horrible feeling, and had nothing on hand to drink for it so, I had to opt for a cup of tea with 3 sugars and suck on a few sour lemon sweets I decided to keep in case of such an event. Anyways now I'm looking after myself and watching what I eat and how much and taking my meds, I'm on Insulin Novorapid pens and a Lantus pen for the 24hrs. I came here to hopefully get some info about diabetes and talk with others who have it. Well thats all from me.

Bar.

 

[this is too difficult two]

Hi Bar I am no expert but that's sounds more like T2

 

[Daibell]

Hi. T1 does not normally result from poor eating. At your young age it is more likely to be Late onset T1 (LADA) due to 'natural' antibodies. It's possible you also have T2 as well due to insulin resistance if overweight. If you can get your eating under control by low-carbing it will be easier to find out what you correct insulin does should be. You would then have far fewer hypos if any and BS sugar should be under reasonable control. The less insulin you take the smaller the BS swings and the less likely to have a hypo. You need to get your Basal Lantus under control first with a target fasting BS of between 5 to 7 mmol. Only make small changes each day and measure. After that you need to determine your Bolus ratio. As you have had DB for 8 years much of this should be familiar but some discipline is now needed?

 

[jack412]

g'day, you were crook and must have felt terrible with those high sugars, hopefully you will feel a lot better soon, that hypo feeling at 4.9 is because your numbers have been so high, your body isn't use to normal.
it's important to keep an eye on your eyes, so make sure you get 3 monthly examinations for the next couple of years and not the once a year, the drop can trigger eye problems that may need quicker treatment,
your consultant will advise on what BG levels he wants you at and arrange for the eye tests