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<blockquote data-quote="Marjorie Burrow" data-source="post: 2348368" data-attributes="member: 535072"><p>New to taking insulin, not new to having Diabetes. I will try and explain why I've been put on insulin but it is a long story going back to 2008/09.</p><p>I started with bleeding from my bottom, went to A&E had loads of test done and different X-Rays, after a couple of hours they decided to admit me into a ward. I started going in and out of concieness, very shortly I was taken to operation theatre. My husband was asked to sign for me as I only had an hour to live. Next I remember was two weeks later, when they bought me out of the induced coma. Hubby told me what had been happening, gradually as I became more aware. My operation was removal of my large bowel and a iliostomy so now have a stoma. Where my body went into toxic shock it affected my Pancreas.</p><p></p><p>That's when I was found to have Diabetes and put on Metformin.</p><p>Last November 2019 I became very ill again and was admitted into a ward, I had developed hearna and a lot of my intestine had got trapped in the hearna.</p><p>Diabetes meds working well, checks every six months.</p><p>Gradually since 2019 and because of self isolation covid, I hadn't left the house for check ups, believing it not safe to go out.</p><p>When I thought I should in October 2020 my blood sugar was over ten.</p><p>I will just explain for people who don't know, having an iliostomy means everything goes through the system in six hours so much quicker that includes metformin, before it has chance to break down and work. This is the reason my meds were changed to insulin.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marjorie Burrow, post: 2348368, member: 535072"] New to taking insulin, not new to having Diabetes. I will try and explain why I've been put on insulin but it is a long story going back to 2008/09. I started with bleeding from my bottom, went to A&E had loads of test done and different X-Rays, after a couple of hours they decided to admit me into a ward. I started going in and out of concieness, very shortly I was taken to operation theatre. My husband was asked to sign for me as I only had an hour to live. Next I remember was two weeks later, when they bought me out of the induced coma. Hubby told me what had been happening, gradually as I became more aware. My operation was removal of my large bowel and a iliostomy so now have a stoma. Where my body went into toxic shock it affected my Pancreas. That's when I was found to have Diabetes and put on Metformin. Last November 2019 I became very ill again and was admitted into a ward, I had developed hearna and a lot of my intestine had got trapped in the hearna. Diabetes meds working well, checks every six months. Gradually since 2019 and because of self isolation covid, I hadn't left the house for check ups, believing it not safe to go out. When I thought I should in October 2020 my blood sugar was over ten. I will just explain for people who don't know, having an iliostomy means everything goes through the system in six hours so much quicker that includes metformin, before it has chance to break down and work. This is the reason my meds were changed to insulin. [/QUOTE]
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