Now im going to start this by saying that i've not yet got to terms with the lingo! and my questions might seem quite silly but im going to try my best to explain our situation and hope that you will understand
My boyfriend is 23 and hadn't been feeling well for a couple of weeks so i got him to make an appointment with the doctor, she literally took one look at him and sent him straight to the hospital for tests that was tuesday and he is still in hospital, he was diagnosed with type 1. When he went in his numbers (sorry using the words numbers as im not sure what the word is) were 33 when he went in! he also had 2.5 ketones in his urine. started on insulin injection and throughout the day they tested every hour and it gradually went down when i left him it had gone down to 8. Anyway they tested him this morning and it had shot up to 22, they couldn't understand it so put him on some drip that continuously provides him with steady insulin, his numbers were up and down all day from 24 to 7. When i left him this evening his numbers were at 7.2 and there were no ketones in his urine. My problem is the doctor just seemed so baffled and my boyfriend is worried that if it cant be controlled in hospital were your eating what they give you and doing as your told then how is he going to cope at home?
Im trying to educate myself on type 1 to so if anyone has any book recommendations or anything please share thank you for reading my long and probably confusing post xx
My boyfriend is 23 and hadn't been feeling well for a couple of weeks so i got him to make an appointment with the doctor, she literally took one look at him and sent him straight to the hospital for tests that was tuesday and he is still in hospital, he was diagnosed with type 1. When he went in his numbers (sorry using the words numbers as im not sure what the word is) were 33 when he went in! he also had 2.5 ketones in his urine. started on insulin injection and throughout the day they tested every hour and it gradually went down when i left him it had gone down to 8. Anyway they tested him this morning and it had shot up to 22, they couldn't understand it so put him on some drip that continuously provides him with steady insulin, his numbers were up and down all day from 24 to 7. When i left him this evening his numbers were at 7.2 and there were no ketones in his urine. My problem is the doctor just seemed so baffled and my boyfriend is worried that if it cant be controlled in hospital were your eating what they give you and doing as your told then how is he going to cope at home?
Im trying to educate myself on type 1 to so if anyone has any book recommendations or anything please share thank you for reading my long and probably confusing post xx