My Little Story

[DaveChubb]

Hi all, I’ve been a member of this forum for some time now, but never really participated much.

I’ve been diabetic for around 10/11 years now. Took it quite seriously at first, but after a while I just ate what I wanted whenever I wanted. Didn’t really care that much, although I did still take my meds and attended appointments when I needed to.

Last November I became ill, my wife ended up phoning an out of hours medical service early in the morning as I was in quite some pain.
I was burning up and was sweating a lot.

I was eventually admitted to hospital where they diagnosed me with severe pneumonia and plural effusion.

It was the worst pain I’ve ever experienced.

Whilst in hospital I was checked regularly for my blood sugar levels, they were coming in regularly at 22!

The nurses told me with my levels being so high it was the perfect breeding ground for my pneumonia.

I was in hospital for eight days of treatments, oxygen, antibiotics, then stronger antibiotics as I became more unwell.

Whilst I was asleep one day someone left me a brand new testing kit, which I now use once a day. I’m not sure how often or when I’m supposed to test though.

Since leaving hospital I’ve lost nearly two stone in weight, corrected my eating habits and I’m doing alright.

My levels spike up here and there, but generally I’m between 6.0 and 8.2.

If you’re a new type 2, please take it seriously.

I scared the hell out of my family, they thought my days were numbered. Please don’t make my mistakes.

Thanks for reading.

 

[jaywak]

It's never to late but the earlier the better ! I was the same with my type 1 at 16 , I took my insulin but ate every thing I wanted to and never tested which was very archaic in the day anyway , but here I am 49 years later with I think not a problem other than maybe a slow brain function which maybe was due to quite a few severe nocturnal hypos or maybe that's just how I am , I really do cringe at my lack of care for myself and wish I had put more effort into it all those years ago ,but like I say here I am and by the grace of god feeling good . To people reading this like Davechub says take it seriously you will reep the benefits later on that's for sure .