Hello, I'm Sam and I'm new to this forum and diabetes.
My story began around June last year when I was taken into A&E after a nosebleed that would not stop after Two hours and the paramedics could not also get it to stop. While ENT was fixing me up and I was being discharged the nurse at the door stopped me and said the Doctor wanted to go over my bloods as something needed attention. I was taken to a side room where I had my blood glucose taken which read 23/mmol/L followed by my Ketones which just read HIGH(over 8.0) . I was then swiftly wired up to insulin and glucose machines and spent the next Two weeks in the diabetes ward recovering and learning about diabetes.
I should point out that before this I was abusing alcohol daily between 16/24 pints of Stella and generally not looking after myself.
For the next 4 months or so I was in and out of the hospital being taken into resuscitation(ICU) and spent a couple of months in the diabetes ward. As soon as I was discharged I turned back to alcohol and my sugars were always above 20 and sometimes hitting 32. After a dark time, I took an insulin overdose and was back in hospital where I begged for more alcohol support. I was discharged with acamprosate(now take naltrexone also) and with the support of the alcohol team and my beautiful wife(couldn't be sober without how amazing shes been), I started to face life day by day and try to take diabetes seriously and also my general health.
I'm now 5 and a half months abstinent and spend 100%(dam sensor dropped my perfect readings with a false hypo) of the time within range. My fasting BS is mostly between 4.4mmol/L and 4.9mmol/L, my HBA1C dropped from 122 to 32 last week. Slow-acting insulin was 20 units morning and night and fast-acting 6/8 units(I hadn't learned to carb count yet). I now take 3 units in the morning and 2 at night. Nothing with food as I don't spike higher than 7/8mmol/L after food. Next week they are looking to withdraw insulin altogether.
Anyway, I'm sorry for the little story. I'm happier sober than I have been for years and I have lost 30lbs without alcohol!
I forgot to note that even though I have selected type 1.5 LADA I know I am not actually that type but ketone-prone diabetes. I didn't see an option for that.
My story began around June last year when I was taken into A&E after a nosebleed that would not stop after Two hours and the paramedics could not also get it to stop. While ENT was fixing me up and I was being discharged the nurse at the door stopped me and said the Doctor wanted to go over my bloods as something needed attention. I was taken to a side room where I had my blood glucose taken which read 23/mmol/L followed by my Ketones which just read HIGH(over 8.0) . I was then swiftly wired up to insulin and glucose machines and spent the next Two weeks in the diabetes ward recovering and learning about diabetes.
I should point out that before this I was abusing alcohol daily between 16/24 pints of Stella and generally not looking after myself.
For the next 4 months or so I was in and out of the hospital being taken into resuscitation(ICU) and spent a couple of months in the diabetes ward. As soon as I was discharged I turned back to alcohol and my sugars were always above 20 and sometimes hitting 32. After a dark time, I took an insulin overdose and was back in hospital where I begged for more alcohol support. I was discharged with acamprosate(now take naltrexone also) and with the support of the alcohol team and my beautiful wife(couldn't be sober without how amazing shes been), I started to face life day by day and try to take diabetes seriously and also my general health.
I'm now 5 and a half months abstinent and spend 100%(dam sensor dropped my perfect readings with a false hypo) of the time within range. My fasting BS is mostly between 4.4mmol/L and 4.9mmol/L, my HBA1C dropped from 122 to 32 last week. Slow-acting insulin was 20 units morning and night and fast-acting 6/8 units(I hadn't learned to carb count yet). I now take 3 units in the morning and 2 at night. Nothing with food as I don't spike higher than 7/8mmol/L after food. Next week they are looking to withdraw insulin altogether.
Anyway, I'm sorry for the little story. I'm happier sober than I have been for years and I have lost 30lbs without alcohol!
I forgot to note that even though I have selected type 1.5 LADA I know I am not actually that type but ketone-prone diabetes. I didn't see an option for that.
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