Background
Diagnosed T2 2019 - HB 126 worked hard to lose 3.5 stone, great diet and exercise but lowest I got it was 75 before it shot back up to 99.
Fast forward to July 2023 - admitted to hospital with HB of 175 and ketones over 7, 7st weight loss now weighing less than 7 stone DKA and told how remarkable it was I was still functioning - I felt ‘okay’ still living a very normal life! Diagnosed T1
Came out of hospital after a week feeling anxious with my two insulin pens and a libre on my arm - felt rubbish for a couple of weeks then bang! The pains were unbearable, every joint / muscle ached from my neck to my ankles - my chest was awful! I put this down to my periods returning diabetic team kept telling me it was normal it was recovery my body had been through trauma - still early days…
Flew to Greece, spent most the time there miserable - expecting a heart attack at any given moment. Constantly popping pills trying to get rid of the pain. Arrived home and couldn’t eat - very thought of food made me feel sick. Dr prescribed naproxen.
Now, almost 4 weeks on, I have almost lost the weight I regained after hospital - the pains and aches have eased but the top of my back thighs to the back of my knee has the worse stinging sensation - dr has now given me antriptiline (only two days ago) and told me she believes it to be neuropathy I am confused as when my diabetes was uncontrolled and I was ‘dangerously Ill ‘as they kept telling me I felt much better than now. I am trying my very hardest to eat now too.
So main reason for this long post is to ask if there anything I can do or take to help me I am only 35, a primary school teacher and I am really struggling both physically and mentally. I am putting little energy I do have into teaching my lovely class and then have zero energy at home for my own family - I feel nobody understands what I am going through and I just want to feel like me again!! The word neuropathy has only been suggested by GP I’ve had no actual testing
Diagnosed T2 2019 - HB 126 worked hard to lose 3.5 stone, great diet and exercise but lowest I got it was 75 before it shot back up to 99.
Fast forward to July 2023 - admitted to hospital with HB of 175 and ketones over 7, 7st weight loss now weighing less than 7 stone DKA and told how remarkable it was I was still functioning - I felt ‘okay’ still living a very normal life! Diagnosed T1
Came out of hospital after a week feeling anxious with my two insulin pens and a libre on my arm - felt rubbish for a couple of weeks then bang! The pains were unbearable, every joint / muscle ached from my neck to my ankles - my chest was awful! I put this down to my periods returning diabetic team kept telling me it was normal it was recovery my body had been through trauma - still early days…
Flew to Greece, spent most the time there miserable - expecting a heart attack at any given moment. Constantly popping pills trying to get rid of the pain. Arrived home and couldn’t eat - very thought of food made me feel sick. Dr prescribed naproxen.
Now, almost 4 weeks on, I have almost lost the weight I regained after hospital - the pains and aches have eased but the top of my back thighs to the back of my knee has the worse stinging sensation - dr has now given me antriptiline (only two days ago) and told me she believes it to be neuropathy I am confused as when my diabetes was uncontrolled and I was ‘dangerously Ill ‘as they kept telling me I felt much better than now. I am trying my very hardest to eat now too.
So main reason for this long post is to ask if there anything I can do or take to help me I am only 35, a primary school teacher and I am really struggling both physically and mentally. I am putting little energy I do have into teaching my lovely class and then have zero energy at home for my own family - I feel nobody understands what I am going through and I just want to feel like me again!! The word neuropathy has only been suggested by GP I’ve had no actual testing
