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Hi again guys, I hope everyone is doing good and had a stress free 2018 so far.
On a bit of a downer lately as I'm getting fed up of feeling ill and I've become one of "those people". I've already had a disciplinary this week at work because of 3 no shows (a letter they issue you when you don't provide a good enough reason or no reason for not coming in). 2 were related to my mentally ill uncle trying to hurt himself (who has now been missing for 3 weeks) and the third was diabetes. But that's another can of worms.
I'm on a zero hour contract and I've had quite a few days off last year because my health has been really c**p. I don't seem to catch things other than colds, my body just seems to enjoy attacking itself. I had stomach issues, possibly an ulcer/acid/GERD and my sugars were not good. Lots of hypos and then I wasn't able to eat because of the stomach issues and I got really sick with starvation ketones and spent most of December in bed. I had a few issues with sugars in January, my insulin needs drastically went down so it was a horrible process trying to learn my new doses with so many hypos, but I haven't had a hypo in over a week, maybe 2 weeks. So I think I've got it under control again despite a few highs. I went from needing about 3-4 units per 10g to about 1.5-1.8 based on close monitoring I've done.
I caught a cold on Tuesday and still went to work, sugars haven't been too high which is nice considering I usually sky rocket when i have a cold. Spent Friday and Saturday in bed, and now I've got sickness and diarrhoea!?
I've just woken up at 4am not feeling right. I have been getting lower back/tailbone pain lately that radiates around to my left hip/pelvis and tonight to the centre of my stomach where my belly button is. Been on the toilet for an hour with horrific diarrhoa and acid reflux! The back/hip pain might be unrelated as I think my work or mattress is causing it as it feels like stiff muscle type pain and doesn't really bother me unless I'm at home, and it eases off after I've been pottering about or working. I have work tomorrow too and I'm so stressed out that I'm not gonna be well enough. I drive to different locations for work, sometimes hours away so its not like I'm close to home if I am not well and if you are ill you still have to wait for the job to finish to go home unless someone offers to drive you.
My boyfriend and I ate the exact same dinner last night and he's fine so it can't be food, although I am feeling slightly better now I've purged what felt like demons and my entire set of internal organs into the toilet (sorry )so I'm hoping something just disagreed with me. I've just had a heartburn tablet to hopefully get rid of this horrible reflux.
Does anyone else with type 1 find themselves sick more often? Not necessarily catching things from other people as my immune system seems in overdrive (diabetes, allergies, eczema...), but I seem to have more health problems than I used to even though my diabetes control isn't bad. I've never been hospitalised or had any complications. I'm only 28 and just feel like my body hates me!
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On a bit of a downer lately as I'm getting fed up of feeling ill and I've become one of "those people". I've already had a disciplinary this week at work because of 3 no shows (a letter they issue you when you don't provide a good enough reason or no reason for not coming in). 2 were related to my mentally ill uncle trying to hurt himself (who has now been missing for 3 weeks) and the third was diabetes. But that's another can of worms.
I'm on a zero hour contract and I've had quite a few days off last year because my health has been really c**p. I don't seem to catch things other than colds, my body just seems to enjoy attacking itself. I had stomach issues, possibly an ulcer/acid/GERD and my sugars were not good. Lots of hypos and then I wasn't able to eat because of the stomach issues and I got really sick with starvation ketones and spent most of December in bed. I had a few issues with sugars in January, my insulin needs drastically went down so it was a horrible process trying to learn my new doses with so many hypos, but I haven't had a hypo in over a week, maybe 2 weeks. So I think I've got it under control again despite a few highs. I went from needing about 3-4 units per 10g to about 1.5-1.8 based on close monitoring I've done.
I caught a cold on Tuesday and still went to work, sugars haven't been too high which is nice considering I usually sky rocket when i have a cold. Spent Friday and Saturday in bed, and now I've got sickness and diarrhoea!?
I've just woken up at 4am not feeling right. I have been getting lower back/tailbone pain lately that radiates around to my left hip/pelvis and tonight to the centre of my stomach where my belly button is. Been on the toilet for an hour with horrific diarrhoa and acid reflux! The back/hip pain might be unrelated as I think my work or mattress is causing it as it feels like stiff muscle type pain and doesn't really bother me unless I'm at home, and it eases off after I've been pottering about or working. I have work tomorrow too and I'm so stressed out that I'm not gonna be well enough. I drive to different locations for work, sometimes hours away so its not like I'm close to home if I am not well and if you are ill you still have to wait for the job to finish to go home unless someone offers to drive you.
My boyfriend and I ate the exact same dinner last night and he's fine so it can't be food, although I am feeling slightly better now I've purged what felt like demons and my entire set of internal organs into the toilet (sorry )so I'm hoping something just disagreed with me. I've just had a heartburn tablet to hopefully get rid of this horrible reflux.
Does anyone else with type 1 find themselves sick more often? Not necessarily catching things from other people as my immune system seems in overdrive (diabetes, allergies, eczema...), but I seem to have more health problems than I used to even though my diabetes control isn't bad. I've never been hospitalised or had any complications. I'm only 28 and just feel like my body hates me!
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