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JIMDOG1

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Hi all i would just like to say this is a great forum for help.

Just a little about my life story

well it all started 2 weeks before christmas id started to feel unwell on wednesday couldent stomace my dinner so tossed it in bin went to bed that nite woke up early hours being sick i phoned up work in morning im not coming in feeling realy bad i was sick most of day could't eat much just the odd cracker that i could keep down i was feeling realy bad no energy i thought i had the vomiting virus dragged my self to chemist they gave me some otc meds told to drink lots of water and flat lemonade for which i was doing anyway.

I got told on friday by my boss i was needed on new job starting for mon i just spent most of friday to sunday afternoon at being bad then had to go up on sunday afternoon to new accomodation id the drive up was ok but upon arriving i was so sick it was burning my throat i couldent move i just felt so ill id never felt that bad before and ive had flu and appendix problems but id never felt that bad before it took me 2 hours just to change and wash as i knew i had to get checked out in hospital.

so when i arrived at hospital it took me half an hour to walk from car park to reception normaly 3 min walk, at reception i said i was feeling realy bad then the next thing i started to feel dizzy and fell on floor they rushed me into A&E id come round i told what had been happening they started doing tests and within 2 hrs they told me i was diabetic type 2 kesodosis my bg was of the chart every thing was bad my breathing my hr bp were seriously they couldent get iv in my arms as my veins were so bad so they wanted to put a central line in my neck but as i was so bad i would be going up to intensive care and be put on ventilator asleep i was getting more tired and strugling just to keep alert when anesthetist come down and spoke to me breifly he soon had me out for count.

when i woke up in icu the next day i had loads of drips and a insulin pump i was still feeling pretty bad and my bg was still very high so i spent 1 day in icu 4 in hdu and 2 on ward when i was given a test meter and shown how to inject as i would be going on to insulin and metformin i was still reading bg of 25.

when i got out i was down to 15.5 now over the last couple of weeks ive got it down to a max high of 8.7 and low of 3.5 and my diabetic nurse has cut my insulin on my check up this week and again today on phoning my bg levels with a view to stopping insulin and stay on metformin.

Ive changed my lifestyle dramaticly over the last few weeks with food and other changes no more smoking.

I know ive typed a fair bit but it was a real shock to me im only 32 im overweight did smoke im asthmatic as well basicaly the consultant said on that sunday nite if id left it another day i would't be here or a lot worse so its a life changer for me.

If this post is worth anything to anybody please think about your life style as ive had to do
 
hello from another newbie :) \i'm so sorry you had to go through this. I to have just had DKA and pneumonia and came out of hospital christmas eve. My DKA didn't quite get to the stage yours did though. I am waiting to see if i have to go on insulin now or if i can try one of the new injectable drugs for type 2's.
 
Sounds like you had a lucky escape! Pleased you have turned it around and hope you continue to make good progress.

Nigel
 
thanks claire :D

It is a horrible thing to go through at the stage i was i wish id picked up on some of symptoms but like the smoking i burried my head in sand and thought it would go away but it nearly cost me dear.

Im fine with the insulin injections its such a fine needle u dont feel it and its only 4 shots a day at mo hopefully i might come of insulin soon as my bg is doing good acording to nurse ive changed my diet totally cut out the bad stuff and keep an eye on what i buy now for sugar content and other stuff and eat at regular intervals instead off skipping meals :roll: :roll: :roll:
 
Thanks Nigel

Im realy trying my best i chuked the chrisps out full off rubish. ive got long road ahead tho :shock:

Jim
 
JIMDOGI, I am so glad to hear that your story appears to be heading for a happy ending.
I hope you are able to stop the insulin and that you are able to manage on metformin alone for ever.

I a,desperately looking for some hope and inspiration. mine has beeen a downhill journey I am afraid I am type 2 accidentally diagnosed 3 years ago. I am told my diabetes is genetic and I have probably had it all my adult life. I have always been slim and have never smoked.
I collapsed with a food allergy and my bg was so high I was immediateky put on metformin.
I had experienced symptoms ten years previously and had visited 3 differebt GP's who assured me that I could not possibly have diabetes. the symptoms subsided and I thought no more of it.
My GP sent me to the eye hospital almost immediately because of my poor eyesight and because
he thought he could ee shadow on the macular. The hospital momnitored me for the next 18 monhs but said there was nothing to worry about. Meanwhile my BG had failed o respond to the metformin or rosiglitazone. When my GP put me on Amaryl my blood sugar immmediately dropped o almost normal levels for a few monhs. Umfortunately this led to my having a massive reinal bleed/
laser treatment made the problem worse and I have had numerous operaions and procedures for my macular oedema. this is ongoing.
When I was first diagmosed i was strictly enjoined to try not to lose any more weight. In sopite of regular exercise and eating very small amounts of a healhy diet I have put on a couple of stone since diagnosis. On each occasion a drug is changed or increased and my BG drops i seem to suffer more retinal bleeding. Despite this all the HCP's seem determined to reduce my BG and BP although this is normal. I have been given medication which causes me o pass out completely.
Unfortunately I have been obliged o change my GP and my new practice leaves all to the DN,
She is one of those who believes everyone should be on insulin. She sarted trying o persuade me o "try it" on the phone ,before we had even met and before she had my records. She insists that
insulin makes everyone feel beter and has no side effects.
MY BG is mostly around 5 and ^ but unless I eat carbs with every meal the medicaion doesn't work and i have high readings which push up my HBAiC.
I saw someone at the hospital a few monhs ago who suggested januvia for these "spikes" he didn't think I was quite ready for insulin but said i would have o go on it if my next HBA1C did not show a reduction.
My problem is that I see no hope. Things have gone from bad to worse since i was diagnosed.
I saw a dietitcian for the first time at the hospital and she said i had nohing o worry about. thayt the surges were due o my liver. She said that I was very aware of the dietary issues. The doctor on the other habd said i could usefully lose a stone and was probably eaing as i had en years ago. if only! I sometimes feel I have o eat more han i wan. . or my BGs rise astroniomically.
if I am put on insulin I expect constant hypos as my daime readings are between 4.5 and 5.8.
If i don't eat carbs in the evening I ge spikes of between 12 and 15. Brisk 40 minute walks are not always possible in the winter after dark.
Insulin useage would also mean more contact with the DN whom I don't feel is able o see patients as individuals. She keeps changing her mind about whether insulin is suitable or not.
I have felt ill every single day since diagnosis and meformin. I am now almos blind in one eye and he oher isn't far behind.
Without wishing to discourage anyone else I wonder if anyone can give me a word of hope?
My diagnosis has led o consan sickness, semi-blindness and constant worry. I have told doctors in the practice how i feel but hey have no contribution to make.
Eventually the DN admied that insulin would probably cause more weiht gain. I can't help wondering if they are suggesing I lose weight now so that I will be able to pe beer with the weigh gain from insulin.
As you can imagine I am terrified to ry anything new lest i suffer some other side effect. I have been reading posts here for some time to try to find some hope bu while there are some very encouraging sories and i am very pleased for those concerned I see nohing which might help me.
 
Unbeliever.
I have had a look through all your posts and there doesn't seem to be a lot of info regarding the types of foods you are eating other than 'healthy'. When I see thatthe alarm bells ring as quite often it can be anything but healthy if you are a Diabetic.

Can you help us to help you and give us some idea what a typical days menu would consist of ?

How often do you test and when ? We may be able to suggest something that might help you.
 
Hi unbeliver

Please dont give up i know from previous experiance on other medical problems hcp can sometimes be very un helpfull and useless and very patranising 1 hospital i went to, no names (Hospital name removed) :roll: opps sorry, asthma probs and chest infection i ended up in intensive care intubated becase they left me so long in treatment room with out proper treatment my o2 levels dropped so low time consultant come to see me i was passing out going blue round lips then it was all panick stations for them.

come this time going into hospital diffrant 1 tho the consultants nurses on icu hdu not so much on ward were absoultly brill cant thank them enough for all there work and care even the diabetic nurse team i now see are brill but ive probaly still got a long way to go.

I cant realy comment on what your going through as im fairly new to diabetes and i know ive got to learn a lot my eye sight is border line at moment still got to go for scan, i had company medical and eye test as part of my job and i couldent read the top line on the device he uses its realy small but the rest was fine i can read number plate at standard distance set by dvla :roll: .

please dont give up keep trying everybody is diffrant when it comes to medication some work some dont.

All the best Jim
 
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