Is this normal?

[Sharlieboo]

Sorry, I've not been here long but all I've done so far is moan and ask questions .

I'm feeling really, really awful at the moment. I could just sit here and cry.

I've been ill for over 3 weeks with a chest infection and although I'm now on my second course of antibiotics, have an inhaler and have finally stopped coughing, I still feel like absolute ****. I've got no energy and I've got a pressured sort of underwater feeling in my head and ears. When I'm speaking with someone in a crowded room it's like they are in the distance and I struggle to hear.

Anyway, that's by the by but is it normal for illnesses to get to you this way when diabetic? I was diagnosed back at the beginning of December. I had sf and seasonal flu jabs mid-Dec and a pneumonia vaccination mid Jan and I swear I've not been right since. This is actually my second chest infection in 3 months. I look white as a sheet, am still have random bouts of diarroeah and sickness and feel really, really low.

When does it start to get better? I know that at my last reading the bg wasn't under control and they switched and increased my meds but honestly since I've been on all the tablets, have been extra careful with what I eat and taken up more exercise I've felt totally washed out. That can't be right can it?

How long did any of you find it took to feel well? I feel worse than before I was diagnosed.

 

[Synonym]

Poor lass, you do sound down!

I think that we do take longer to heal and it is very much more difficult to fight off infections. Since you are fairly newly on them the meds are probably making you feel worse too.

Last winter was the first time I had flu jabs and I was really ill nearly all winter and well into the spring. This winter I had every jab that was going and also followed the advice given by my naturopath and now take daily probiotic capsules and also Echinacea but my short term dosage is very much more than it says on the bottle; so far I have kept free of infection this winter which is very unusual and probably tempting providence to say so! :roll:

I hope that I may have built up some resistance by now and hopefully you will too because this will pass and you will be better very soon. You say that the coughing has stopped so it sounds as if you have passed the worst stage and are starting to be on the mend. That is often when you feel the lowest and feel worse because, funnily enough, you have a bit more energy to feel rubbish! Just be kind and allow yourself time to recuperate whilst making sure that you eat as well as you can – lots of vitamin c for example.

Hope you feel better sooner than you think and let us know how you get on.