Scary stuff

[Drummer]

Shocking and disgraceful ignorance.

 

[grovesy]

I have seen 2 different Diabetic Nurses at my surgery this year and both are saying it is now recommend for Type 2 to low carb. So the message is changing. They are both newish to my surgery.

 

[Ljc]

I agree that is shocking advise , with advise like that no wonder their are so many with T2 who end up in a sorry state.
Yes the word is getting out their, my newish nurse knows it’s about carbs and not just sugar.

 

[Quattro]

So, Friday came and went, no phone call with blood results as promised.

I have changed my diet and am limiting carbs. Had some greek yogurt (3% carb) with fresh strawberries for lunch, and a carvery for tea - pork, carrots, green beans, cauliflower cheese (just a small amount), red cabbage, and some gravy. Half a lager; I usually have a pint. Also went for a brisk two mile walk today.

I don't really know what else to do until my tester gets here on Monday. I do have an appointment with a consultant at the hospital on Monday. I contacted my health insurance on Monday 2nd December and feel I haven't got anywhere at all yet, except finding out that I have a very high BG level, and am Diabetic. A whole week gone and no help from my GP or health insurance.

My health insurance is a company one, with twelve people on it, so is quite a lot of money.

Many thanks for the help on here, it really is the only advice I have been given, it is much appreciated.

 

[Ljc]

I know it’s so worrying when you just don’t have the info and support from the medics etc you need when first diagnose. I hope your practice gets its act together soon.
I don’t know if your in the uk, if so , your Gp practice may have what’s called, Patient access , its an online service, Ive also signed up on it to view my medical records ,so I can look up my test results.
Here is some info
https://support.patientaccess.com/registration

I know you think you are flying blind right now but by joining here you have found a fount of knowledge about diabetes, . I was diagnosed in 94 and only joined this forum in 2016 , April 1st to be exact and although I knew a lot when I joined, my knowledge and diabetes control improved oh so much, these guys even helped me through a difficult time when I went on insulin as imo my practice nurse at that time knew diddly squat about insulin.
Did I read your getting a glucose meter on Monday, that is great, you’ll find it a great help in discovering what carbs you can tolerate and those you need to reduce or cut out, this is something that is so individual.

 

[grovesy]

Different surgeries use different systems. Not all surgeries allow blood results.

 

[Ljc]

Different surgeries use different systems. Not all surgeries allow blood results.

That’s true, I am glad mine does though.

 

[Martin9]

You need a diagnosis of your type of diabetes, then advice can be tailored to your specific.type of diabetes, while some advice overlaps, there are areas in which the advice is specific only to your type of diabetes
Regards
M.

 

[Drummer]

Why only a small amount of cauliflower cheese - made with just those ingredients, it is a perfectly good thing to eat...
It is when the recipe calls for carby ingredients that the trouble can start.
Start with cauliflower. add cream cheese, then some cheese, and maybe more cheese - no problem.

 

[silentsquirrel]

Why only a small amount of cauliflower cheese - made with just those ingredients, it is a perfectly good thing to eat...
It is when the recipe calls for carby ingredients that the trouble can start.
Start with cauliflower. add cream cheese, then some cheese, and maybe more cheese - no problem.

Quattro explains in post 14, Drummer - he has found cauliflower a trigger for gout.

Carvery meal choice sounds good, @Quattro, well done for trying the small amount of cauli cheese, hope you tolerated it well.

 

[Quattro]

Wow, has it been that long since I was on here ?

So, massive learning curve.

I got to see the Diabetic Clinic at the Northern General Hospital on 27th Dec, and found them to be absolutely brilliant. They took some more blood to test and found my HbA1c to be 100, it was 133 at the beginning of December, so going the right way.

They thought it would be Type 2, but started me on Insulin to be sure until they got an actual diagnosis. They got this 15th January and I'm type 1. I asked for a recount but they told me they test for a certain antibody which should be between 0 and 5. Mine was >2,000, so fairly conclusive 😳.

28th Jan they took more blood and my HbA1c had dropped to 69, then yesterday they took even more blood (I'm wondering how much more I have) and it's now 55. Very pleased with this, I have a target of 48 so should't be long now.

I am on 10 units of Levemir at night and now 4 in the morning (I started with 10 but they have reduced it as my BG lever is often below 5 at 5.00pm when I want to drive home). I am now carb counting and injecting 1 unit of Humalog for every 10g of carb I eat. This is working well, and my BG has been between 4.2 and 7.5 for the last 4 weeks.

Cholesterol is dropping slowly as well, as I do apparently have a fatty liver, so I am being careful with saturated fats, and have lost some weight as well.

Life is pretty much back to normal except that I have to inject myself in the belly at least 5 times a day ( I hate needles), and have to check my BG every time I want to drive a car, and then every two hours. But on the plus side, I am a lot fitter, a lot lighter and know a lot more about how bits work, or are supposed to work 🙂

Richard

 

[Toucan]

Hello @Quattro and welcome back
Good to hear that you eventually got your diagnosis sorted out, and that you are coming to terms with the changes so well.

 

[Neens]

Wow, has it been that long since I was on here ?

So, massive learning curve.

I got to see the Diabetic Clinic at the Northern General Hospital on 27th Dec, and found them to be absolutely brilliant. They took some more blood to test and found my HbA1c to be 100, it was 133 at the beginning of December, so going the right way.

They thought it would be Type 2, but started me on Insulin to be sure until they got an actual diagnosis. They got this 15th January and I'm type 1. I asked for a recount but they told me they test for a certain antibody which should be between 0 and 5. Mine was >2,000, so fairly conclusive 😳.

28th Jan they took more blood and my HbA1c had dropped to 69, then yesterday they took even more blood (I'm wondering how much more I have) and it's now 55. Very pleased with this, I have a target of 48 so should't be long now.

I am on 10 units of Levemir at night and now 4 in the morning (I started with 10 but they have reduced it as my BG lever is often below 5 at 5.00pm when I want to drive home). I am now carb counting and injecting 1 unit of Humalog for every 10g of carb I eat. This is working well, and my BG has been between 4.2 and 7.5 for the last 4 weeks.

Cholesterol is dropping slowly as well, as I do apparently have a fatty liver, so I am being careful with saturated fats, and have lost some weight as well.

Life is pretty much back to normal except that I have to inject myself in the belly at least 5 times a day ( I hate needles), and have to check my BG every time I want to drive a car, and then every two hours. But on the plus side, I am a lot fitter, a lot lighter and know a lot more about how bits work, or are supposed to work 🙂

Richard

These are great results - well done. Keep going - glad you got the help you needed after such a scary start. We were diagnosed on the same day.

 

[stephknits]

Glad you got your diagnosis sorted out finally! Are you under the hospital diabetes team or the GP? Excellent bs readings by the way.

 

[Quattro]

Thanks for the comments guys n gals.

I am still under the Diabetes and Endocrine Centre's care at the Hospital. They don't seem in any hurry to get rid of me, so as they are soooo much better than my GP, I'll stay with them.

 

[trophywench]

You'll never be free of em! A diabetics best mates. After all GPs aren't even supposed to be specialists in any medical condition, think about it, why is it called 'General' practice? LOL

There are other bits of you which are easy enough to get to, to jab in. eg the evening and first thing in the morning Levemir could just as easily go in your outer thighs - suggest you keep the muscles relaxed when you do it though else it will most likely hurt - belly's the same though for that.

 

[Ljc]

I am so glad you have finally got the correct diagnosis .
I thought you might like to see a diagram of other areas suitable for injection insulin

insulin injection sites - Google Search

www.google.co.uk

 

[Quattro]

I started off with the thighs as I really couldn't bring myself to inject myself in the belly <shudder>.

I tried it a couple of times but couldn't watch at the same time. To be honest, it didn't hurt but I really wasn't comfortable with it. After stabbing myself in the finger a couple of times, I forced myself to watch (It did hurt in the side of the finger 😳 ). I am now able to inject into some spare belly fat every time, and watch at the same time. Still a little hesitant, but I am getting there. Feel the fear and do it anyway 🙂

At the hospital on Tuesday I actually watched when they took some blood samples, although it did make me a little faint headed.

 

[trophywench]

Well you're lucky not being diagnosed until you were already past your youth. As a child my mother wouldn't stand for either of her daughters making a fuss about medical procedures so we both soon learned not to. Hence aged 22, I just had to get used to it and since I already had a life (in the terms of 'get a life!' LOL) that I wished to continue with, I did so.

If little kids can cope with it - and they do - so can you.