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<blockquote data-quote="blackandwhitepicture" data-source="post: 125413" data-attributes="member: 25608"><p>Hiya guys</p><p>For me no one had a clue what was wrong. Got rushed into A & E first they thought anaemic then anorexic (hadn't eaten a full meal for almost 2 weeks so you could make out every single bone on my body, I must have lost about a stone and I was/am 16yrs old) then they worried that my lungs had collapsed and rushed me into the x-ray room. Finally one of the many doctor who came into the cubical looked at me and instantly said she's diabetic. Once they checked everything my blood was 30+ and I was on something ridiculous like 70 breaths a minute. That is all I remember of my first day at the hospital as I kept going in and out of conciseness so its mainly a blur. </p><p>I was stuck in hospital for a week to recover they would have kept me longer but my mums a nurse so she managed to get me out sooner. I couldn't stand being a pin cushion any longer! </p><p>As we looked back it turned out about 3 weeks before I was constantly drinking even waking up every hour dying of thirst but this only lasted a few days. After that I had this horrible taste in my mouth and couldn't drink anything and I totally went of food (the taste was apparently from the ketones). Eventually I even started gagging at the sight of any sort of drink (I had been managing to gulp down a few mouthfuls of pop everyday before) we went to the doctors but all they did was give me some medicine that was meant to stop me from gagging but it didn't and then that night I was sick. The next day I couldn't even get out of bed without someone to lean against and that still took way to much energy. It felt like I was going to have a heart attack when I had only move a step! Mum tried to call a doctor out but they refused so she had to take (more like drag) me there instead. The minute the doctor saw me his face paled and he was soon running around like superman trying to do all the test as quickly as he could so he could get me out of there. In about 5 minutes he was done and sending us off to the hospital.</p><p>They definitely weren't the best few weeks of my life <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> just over 5 months on and I still cant stand the taste of water <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="blackandwhitepicture, post: 125413, member: 25608"] Hiya guys For me no one had a clue what was wrong. Got rushed into A & E first they thought anaemic then anorexic (hadn't eaten a full meal for almost 2 weeks so you could make out every single bone on my body, I must have lost about a stone and I was/am 16yrs old) then they worried that my lungs had collapsed and rushed me into the x-ray room. Finally one of the many doctor who came into the cubical looked at me and instantly said she's diabetic. Once they checked everything my blood was 30+ and I was on something ridiculous like 70 breaths a minute. That is all I remember of my first day at the hospital as I kept going in and out of conciseness so its mainly a blur. I was stuck in hospital for a week to recover they would have kept me longer but my mums a nurse so she managed to get me out sooner. I couldn't stand being a pin cushion any longer! As we looked back it turned out about 3 weeks before I was constantly drinking even waking up every hour dying of thirst but this only lasted a few days. After that I had this horrible taste in my mouth and couldn't drink anything and I totally went of food (the taste was apparently from the ketones). Eventually I even started gagging at the sight of any sort of drink (I had been managing to gulp down a few mouthfuls of pop everyday before) we went to the doctors but all they did was give me some medicine that was meant to stop me from gagging but it didn't and then that night I was sick. The next day I couldn't even get out of bed without someone to lean against and that still took way to much energy. It felt like I was going to have a heart attack when I had only move a step! Mum tried to call a doctor out but they refused so she had to take (more like drag) me there instead. The minute the doctor saw me his face paled and he was soon running around like superman trying to do all the test as quickly as he could so he could get me out of there. In about 5 minutes he was done and sending us off to the hospital. They definitely weren't the best few weeks of my life ;) just over 5 months on and I still cant stand the taste of water :( [/QUOTE]
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