Hi Gina, Sorry to hear about your wrong diagnosis, it can't of been good going that long with your sugar levels unstable. I can believe it though, it seems that as Diabetes is fairly new as far as recognised conditions are concerned so a lot of GP's lack reasonable knowledge.
I do hope your feeling better since taking insulin, there are many different types and regimes so can sometimes take a while to find the right set up to suit your lifestyle.
As I said previously I link the pain you experience with sugar levels being high for a period of time, this can be as little as a couple of days. If this continues then I personally would look at increasing the long acting insulin, obviously do check your sugar levels thoroughly throughout a few days prior to doing so and this will give you an idea of when your levels are at there highest. E.G. - if they're high in the morning, take and increase the evening dose. If they're high in the evening, increase your morning dose. Do discuss this with your specialist as I'm not sure of your current regime.
I would recommed taking a small increase at first, especially if taking long acting in the evening as the chances of a hypo at night will increase.
Another important thing is having both insulins in your body when required. Some people may think that they can counteract not having long acting by taking more short acting and vice versa. This is definately not the case, without both insulins working together it can make you feel like your sugar levels are high anyway, regardless of how normal they look on a blood testing machine.
Again I do hope this is of some help to you, good luck!
Kind Regards,
Gary
