Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Kerri Hatch's life is run by alarms. They tell her when to eat, when to take her myriad of medicines, when to check her glucose and when to give herself insulin.
Life wasn't always like this for the now 44-year-old. When Kerri was 29, she learned she had Type 1 Diabetes, the type usually diagnosed in children and young adults. It meant her pancreas didn't work to produce insulin. Insulin is a hormone made naturally in the pancreas that helps move sugar into the cells of your body. Your cells use the sugar as fuel to make energy.
Without enough insulin, sugar stays in your bloodstream, raising your blood sugar. High blood sugar, or hyperglycemia, can lead to the signs and symptoms of diabetes. Over time, high blood sugar can damage nerves, eyesight and kidneys. Without proper management, a diabetic can also go into Diabetic Ketoacidosis, or DKA, and that's exactly what happened to Kerri right after she was diagnosed.
http://www.khou.com/story/news/heal...the-most-lethal-of-eating-disorders/76167818/
If anyone thinks they may be affected or wants to seek help in dealing with diabulimia, please get in touch with DWED (Diabetics With Eating Disorders) at http://www.dwed.org.uk/
Life wasn't always like this for the now 44-year-old. When Kerri was 29, she learned she had Type 1 Diabetes, the type usually diagnosed in children and young adults. It meant her pancreas didn't work to produce insulin. Insulin is a hormone made naturally in the pancreas that helps move sugar into the cells of your body. Your cells use the sugar as fuel to make energy.
Without enough insulin, sugar stays in your bloodstream, raising your blood sugar. High blood sugar, or hyperglycemia, can lead to the signs and symptoms of diabetes. Over time, high blood sugar can damage nerves, eyesight and kidneys. Without proper management, a diabetic can also go into Diabetic Ketoacidosis, or DKA, and that's exactly what happened to Kerri right after she was diagnosed.
http://www.khou.com/story/news/heal...the-most-lethal-of-eating-disorders/76167818/
If anyone thinks they may be affected or wants to seek help in dealing with diabulimia, please get in touch with DWED (Diabetics With Eating Disorders) at http://www.dwed.org.uk/