Hi all,
I have been diabetic type 1 for 4 years and been low carb and high exercise that whole time and controlled and happy.
However l have had various emotionally draining issues since the diabetes (and further back which l wonder what may have caused my pancreas to give up)and over last year things got worse l had ketones and nearly threw up and passed out a few times... it took me a month to actually realise it was ketones, l had never had a problem with ketones in the past as always had them being low carb (l mean Dc Bernstein low). My blood sugar level started going up on its own as well (l was on 22units a day of background insulin and virutally no Novorapid due to low carb) and l started getting red rashes all over me shaking all over hot and cold etc. At xmas l went to a&e 3x thinking it was all diabetes related and always got sent away saying diabetes was fine (due to HBA1C good and no ketones... no issue that my background insulin was now at 60 units!) I was in tears every day, depressed, didnt see the point in carrying on if my health did not improve. I had no life drink and exercise made the rash worse, l was forever tired and not wanting to go out. It was awful going into work every day with red rashes all over my face and neck not knowing what was wrong with me and no one was helping. In the end l went to see a diabetes specialist privately. He referred me to a dermatologist and l was diagnosed with a rare potentially life threatening form of eczema. He said l should have been in hospital and made a decision to see if l would be okay at home. I spent 5 weeks at home on steroid tablets and steroid cream not seeing anyone (apart from parents who would come round to clean etc (everything was half done l was too exhausted to do anything). After that 5 weeks he put me onto immune suppressants and l stopped working. Im on my 3rd week at home still on the tablets but have stopped crying and have started to feel more like myself. Im taking each day at a time and resting when l feel l need to.
I believe my skin issues resulted from anger/anxiety due to family and being bullied at work. I had no idea what stress can do to your body... not only did l think l was going to have a heart attack but l was shocked at what it did to my blood sugar. I was under chronic stress and my adrenals were severely inflamed... when that happens your body stops looking after other stuff in your body to use any energy for the offending situation (fight or flight) and the first things it stops looking after in your body are the weakest things such as for me my skin (l had very severe eczema as a child) and l wonder whether getting diabetes is a similar thing (l have huge emotional family issues). Now lm looking more into natural remedies.. massage/EFT/Hypnotherapy etc. I dont want to just get better and get on with my life but l want to look at all the issues and make myself stronger. And lm considering retraining and becoming a Naturopath. Its so easy to get lost in life and have things affect you emotionally etc and not realise it... just goes to show how important it is to treat your emotions as number 1 (something lm learning!).
I have been diabetic type 1 for 4 years and been low carb and high exercise that whole time and controlled and happy.
However l have had various emotionally draining issues since the diabetes (and further back which l wonder what may have caused my pancreas to give up)and over last year things got worse l had ketones and nearly threw up and passed out a few times... it took me a month to actually realise it was ketones, l had never had a problem with ketones in the past as always had them being low carb (l mean Dc Bernstein low). My blood sugar level started going up on its own as well (l was on 22units a day of background insulin and virutally no Novorapid due to low carb) and l started getting red rashes all over me shaking all over hot and cold etc. At xmas l went to a&e 3x thinking it was all diabetes related and always got sent away saying diabetes was fine (due to HBA1C good and no ketones... no issue that my background insulin was now at 60 units!) I was in tears every day, depressed, didnt see the point in carrying on if my health did not improve. I had no life drink and exercise made the rash worse, l was forever tired and not wanting to go out. It was awful going into work every day with red rashes all over my face and neck not knowing what was wrong with me and no one was helping. In the end l went to see a diabetes specialist privately. He referred me to a dermatologist and l was diagnosed with a rare potentially life threatening form of eczema. He said l should have been in hospital and made a decision to see if l would be okay at home. I spent 5 weeks at home on steroid tablets and steroid cream not seeing anyone (apart from parents who would come round to clean etc (everything was half done l was too exhausted to do anything). After that 5 weeks he put me onto immune suppressants and l stopped working. Im on my 3rd week at home still on the tablets but have stopped crying and have started to feel more like myself. Im taking each day at a time and resting when l feel l need to.
I believe my skin issues resulted from anger/anxiety due to family and being bullied at work. I had no idea what stress can do to your body... not only did l think l was going to have a heart attack but l was shocked at what it did to my blood sugar. I was under chronic stress and my adrenals were severely inflamed... when that happens your body stops looking after other stuff in your body to use any energy for the offending situation (fight or flight) and the first things it stops looking after in your body are the weakest things such as for me my skin (l had very severe eczema as a child) and l wonder whether getting diabetes is a similar thing (l have huge emotional family issues). Now lm looking more into natural remedies.. massage/EFT/Hypnotherapy etc. I dont want to just get better and get on with my life but l want to look at all the issues and make myself stronger. And lm considering retraining and becoming a Naturopath. Its so easy to get lost in life and have things affect you emotionally etc and not realise it... just goes to show how important it is to treat your emotions as number 1 (something lm learning!).
