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<blockquote data-quote="GraceK" data-source="post: 346815" data-attributes="member: 47233"><p>Thanks for supporting coco4 ... more people need to open their mouths wide and complain loudly. I think diabetics on the whole tend to play down their condition for one reason or another and perhaps we shouldn't be so accommodating when it comes to getting PROPER attention to our needs.</p><p></p><p>OK so many diabetics don't consider themselve 'ill' and lead very active, trouble free lives and that's great, but some don't.</p><p></p><p>I don't consider myself 'ill' either, and my diabetes so far hasn't been that troublesome except when it was undiagnosed. But I do consider myself to have a medical condition which can take me by surprise even if I think I have it under control and through which I may become very ill, very quickly and not have a clue what to do. And if I hear anyone saying that I'm costing the NHS a fortune because I'm a fat, lazy b***h, they're likely to get a mouthful of not very nice language from me and a bit of re-education.</p><p></p><p>Only today for example, I was feeling great, had a good night's sleep, got up and had a breakfast of bacon, black pud and egg and got on with sorting out my finances, making a few essential phone calls, getting my personal paperwork organised and I felt marvellous getting all that done. So I decided to go food shopping. Went to the local mall, popped in a few shops, was walking down one of the aisles when I felt an earthquake beneath my feet and my eyes went all gozzy and I started to get shaky. "Ooops! What could this be? Was that an earthquake or am I having a dizzy spell?" (I have Meniere's too). I walked a bit further and felt dizzier, felt my thoughts going haywire and realised "Poooiiiing! I'm hungry!" I'd been so busy all day that I'd forgotten I had my breakfast at 10am and it was now 4.30pm and I'd had nothing else to eat.</p><p></p><p>I made for the nearest Greggs and bought a steak pasty and a little bottle of Irn Bru because I really felt like I was going to pass out and needed something quick. I found a bench to sit on beside a woman who was drinking some Coke. We got chatting. Lo and behold, she was a T1 who had felt like she was going to hypo and I was a T2 who thought I was going to hypo too!" We drank our drinks, ate our snacks and chatted until we both felt stable and we had a good laugh about our predicaments and parted company. </p><p></p><p>My problem is I don't often feel hunger in my stomach, I rarely get hunger pains, so sometimes I forget to eat my snacks or I will miss lunch, more so at weekends when I'm not at work because I'm less likely to notice the time. So I've got to the point a few times when I've felt faint and dizzy because I've been hungry without realising it. So that blows the myth that all diabetics are diabetic because they stuff their faces with food all day long. Even when I'm at work I miss my morning and afternoon snacks mainly because we have to answer the phone within 3 rings and I don't want to get caught with my mouth full! But I'm going to have to do something about that because by 5pm I'm feeling faint.</p><p></p><p>So there ya go, a day in the life of a newly diagnosed T2 doing her shopping on Saturday. I didn't call an ambulance, I didn't need the Police and I didn't have to go to A & E. Wonder how busy they'll all be tonight? :roll:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GraceK, post: 346815, member: 47233"] Thanks for supporting coco4 ... more people need to open their mouths wide and complain loudly. I think diabetics on the whole tend to play down their condition for one reason or another and perhaps we shouldn't be so accommodating when it comes to getting PROPER attention to our needs. OK so many diabetics don't consider themselve 'ill' and lead very active, trouble free lives and that's great, but some don't. I don't consider myself 'ill' either, and my diabetes so far hasn't been that troublesome except when it was undiagnosed. But I do consider myself to have a medical condition which can take me by surprise even if I think I have it under control and through which I may become very ill, very quickly and not have a clue what to do. And if I hear anyone saying that I'm costing the NHS a fortune because I'm a fat, lazy b***h, they're likely to get a mouthful of not very nice language from me and a bit of re-education. Only today for example, I was feeling great, had a good night's sleep, got up and had a breakfast of bacon, black pud and egg and got on with sorting out my finances, making a few essential phone calls, getting my personal paperwork organised and I felt marvellous getting all that done. So I decided to go food shopping. Went to the local mall, popped in a few shops, was walking down one of the aisles when I felt an earthquake beneath my feet and my eyes went all gozzy and I started to get shaky. "Ooops! What could this be? Was that an earthquake or am I having a dizzy spell?" (I have Meniere's too). I walked a bit further and felt dizzier, felt my thoughts going haywire and realised "Poooiiiing! I'm hungry!" I'd been so busy all day that I'd forgotten I had my breakfast at 10am and it was now 4.30pm and I'd had nothing else to eat. I made for the nearest Greggs and bought a steak pasty and a little bottle of Irn Bru because I really felt like I was going to pass out and needed something quick. I found a bench to sit on beside a woman who was drinking some Coke. We got chatting. Lo and behold, she was a T1 who had felt like she was going to hypo and I was a T2 who thought I was going to hypo too!" We drank our drinks, ate our snacks and chatted until we both felt stable and we had a good laugh about our predicaments and parted company. My problem is I don't often feel hunger in my stomach, I rarely get hunger pains, so sometimes I forget to eat my snacks or I will miss lunch, more so at weekends when I'm not at work because I'm less likely to notice the time. So I've got to the point a few times when I've felt faint and dizzy because I've been hungry without realising it. So that blows the myth that all diabetics are diabetic because they stuff their faces with food all day long. Even when I'm at work I miss my morning and afternoon snacks mainly because we have to answer the phone within 3 rings and I don't want to get caught with my mouth full! But I'm going to have to do something about that because by 5pm I'm feeling faint. So there ya go, a day in the life of a newly diagnosed T2 doing her shopping on Saturday. I didn't call an ambulance, I didn't need the Police and I didn't have to go to A & E. Wonder how busy they'll all be tonight? :roll: [/QUOTE]
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