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Hi all, I'm kirstie, 22 years young Diagnosed with type 1 On 18th January so still taking it all in (head feels like it's going to explode) Insulin dependant inject 4 times a day novarapid x 3...Levemir bedtime
I fell ill New Years day ( I just thought I was hungover oops) sore throat, tired. As the days went on I got worse, mouth sores, loosing weight, so I went to the doctors and got sent home with 'its just a viral' took the doctors word for it. I carried on getting worse and after 2 weeks it was to the point where it was taking me an hour to get out of bed in a morning( not good when you habe a 3 year old to get to nursery) So off I went to a&e sat for 4 hours, urine test, blood test and got sent home with antibiotics. I deteriorated and the next day I was back in resus my body had gone into shut down, my blood sugars were 30+ and I was suffering a server DKA and was so close to a diabetic coma! so I spent a week on high dependency unit with tubes and lines coming out of every were and then a few days on a ward and now I'm home feeling so much better
I always thought diabeties were for older people and never in my life thought it is this life threatening especially when you don't know you have it.
i think to myself why did my doctors and a&e not notice what was happening to me :/
Sorry for the long post.....I can talk for England haha
I fell ill New Years day ( I just thought I was hungover oops) sore throat, tired. As the days went on I got worse, mouth sores, loosing weight, so I went to the doctors and got sent home with 'its just a viral' took the doctors word for it. I carried on getting worse and after 2 weeks it was to the point where it was taking me an hour to get out of bed in a morning( not good when you habe a 3 year old to get to nursery) So off I went to a&e sat for 4 hours, urine test, blood test and got sent home with antibiotics. I deteriorated and the next day I was back in resus my body had gone into shut down, my blood sugars were 30+ and I was suffering a server DKA and was so close to a diabetic coma! so I spent a week on high dependency unit with tubes and lines coming out of every were and then a few days on a ward and now I'm home feeling so much better
I always thought diabeties were for older people and never in my life thought it is this life threatening especially when you don't know you have it.
i think to myself why did my doctors and a&e not notice what was happening to me :/
Sorry for the long post.....I can talk for England haha
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