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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TheScribbler" data-source="post: 48878" data-attributes="member: 12286">Hi everyoneI'm 43 and live in London.  I have been diabetic for about 3 months now. I was very ill with a severe case of acute pancreatitis last year, keeping me in hospital for nearly a month and off work for ages afterwards, followed by a couple of further milder episodes. Nobody knows what caused the pancreatitis - I've never been much of a drinker, and I didn't have gallstones, which are the usual suspects. Anyway, as a result, my pancreas is now only about half there, so I have diabetes and very poor enzyme production. I'm on 12 units of Levemir and about 17 of Novorapid a day, plus Creon tabs to help me digest fats. (If I don't take the Creon, you really don't want to be in the same room as me - terrible wind!) My HbA1c is 7.4, which is too high, I know. My blood sugar readings during most of the day are fine, but then my blood sugar shoots up in the evening, even though I try to balance my insulin and carbs carefully. My weight had been steady for about 6 months, but then about a week ago I had a bit of stomach pain and ever since I have been really hungry, stuffing my face and piling on the pounds. Maybe a trip to the Doc is in order as it seems a bit odd.I am on a final written warning at work for "poor performance" and it looks as if I'm going to lose my job. My argument is that if you have been off sick for 5 months in a year it is a bit difficult to get everything done you were meant to do. Mind you, having been so ill, I now have a different outlook on life and I'd rather go home at 5.00pm and spend time with my wife and two young children than work late writing reports that will be forgotten in 3 months' time. I don't care about work quite as much as I used to, so maybe they have a point, but it is not a good time to be without a job.What else? Oh, my wife had a mastectomy last September, my mother has dementia, and my father-in-law is in bed, slowly dying from Alzheimer's and I've lost loads of money on the stockmarket. But the odd thing is that I actually feel quite happy.  Shouldn't I be depressed or something? Maybe I'm just weird?  :wink: Anyway, love to hear from people, especially anyone who has become diabetic through pancreatitis.</blockquote>

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