Sweeeeeeeeeet
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- Type of diabetes
- Type 1
- Treatment type
- Insulin
The answer to your question - Nope. I displayed all the classic signs and took myself off to the gp. T1 was confirmed and I had an emergency appt with the Hosp DSN, but I wasn't an in-patient. Of course you're upset about the diagnosis, it's a shock to the system, but keep reading the posts here on the forum. I'm a newbie (diagnosed just 6 months ago) and am still going through a myriad of emotions, anxiety, fedupness, anger, sadness - all sorts, but the guys here on the forum have been an enormous source of help and support. I'm not on my own and neither are you. From time to time, we can have a laugh too. Keep in touch.
No, not all are diagnosed in DKA. I was diagnosed as a youngster and had probably been losing my beta cells for a year when I was finally diagnosed. The hospital couldn't believe I wasn't in with DKA as my Glucose level was something ridiculous.
Hi I was at my sisters for a weeks holiday, hundreds of miles from home. All the classic signs of Type 1 and I became worse at my sisters, she called for a doctor, doctor came and said my breath smelled of pear drops, he called for an ambulance and off I went to North Tees hospital, scared and felt very alone and vulnerable, and stayed for a week in hospital ( missing my two children who were on holiday with their dad and his girlfriend !! ) Then a week at my sisters, as I was advised not to travel back on my own by coach. That was nearly 26 years ago.
Best wishes RRB
"( missing my two children who were on holiday with their dad and his girlfriend !! )" <----- That part right there kind of makes you want to punch a wall, doesn't it? Or, your ex-husband. Whichever is closer. (No offense; I'm sure he's very good to the children.)
thanks Margaret, I'm just confused cos I'd been in hospital 6 month earlier with a pulmi ory embolism. It just seems to have happened so swiftly.I had all the signs of diabetes but didn't realise it. Went 2 a and e with a suspected dvt. Took bloods and they were very high. Type 2.
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