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Get yourself back to A&E pronto please.
 
Caroline1967 said:
Hello again
Thank you to everyone who took the time to reply to me.
I came out of hospital on Sunday feeling very tired but a bit better.
Yesterday began to feel quite a bit better…just felt a bit sick when I ate or drank.
Today I feel dreadful again. I have a raging thirst again which had started to go yesterday. I feel hot, dizzy, sick and tearful. I have the most awful pains in my legs (probably nothing to do with diabetes but I never had them before and they are so bad they are making me cry). I phoned the pharmacy to see if I can have my gluco
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Please go to A&E.
 
Go to A&E as already stated.
You need insulin I still say you have type1 diabetes.
 
I also think they haven't diagnosed you properly (most likely Type 1) and should not have sent you home from hospital without appropriate treatment/insulin. Please let us know that you are safely at hospital and being treated when you can. Ask for GAD antibody and C-peptide tests to check for Type 1 and be firm about it. Ask why they can't do those tests if they refuse. Unfortunately you have to be pushy these days.... not easy I know, especially when you feel rotten.
 
So you understand how serious your condition is @Caroline1967 I'm going to be very blunt with you.
Your are in a life or death situation so you need to urgently seek medical attention which means ringing for an ambulance if you haven't got to A&E yet.
 
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Hoping you’re at A and E now @Caroline1967 I really hope you get an insulin drip this time. I don’t know what the issue is but you might have been misdiagnosed. If so, you need urgent attention. Don’t be afraid to say how ill you feel, and that you’re concerned you might have Type 1 diabetes.
 
Hi
I did go to hospital. I have a urine infection. I suspect it is the original one not cleared up properly. I have antibiotics.
I asked about being type 1 and they have tested for that and it is definitely type 2.
I saw a diabetic nurse at my own surgery this morning who recommended this site! He prescribed Gliclazide twice a day and dapagliflozin once a day. He has given me a blood glucose monitor but said I only need to check if I am feeling wobbly. I received my own one in the post this morning as I intend to test before and after meals as people on here have suggested. I bought a glucoNavii as the testing strips are cheap. I need to work out whether it is cheaper to buy the strips for the one the nurse gave me or to use the kit I bought. I don't want to use the nurse's strips and then find it costs an arm and a leg to replace them. Don't want to put a request in for more and the nurse think I am getting low blood sugar every day!

I am beginning to feel a bit better physically and a lot more in control.
Thank you to everyone who has helped me.
Caroline
 
That makes sense @Caroline1967 I suggested a UTI earlier as I’ve had a nasty one and they really can make you feel unwell. Also, they seem to often need different antibiotics to completely get rid of them. I hope your new antibiotics will help you feel a lot better very soon. The Gliclazide will help your sugars but just watch out that, as your infection clears, your blood sugar doesn’t drop too low as it’s possible the UTI was making it higher than it would have been.
 
Being a guy, I am not too familiar with UTI's, but Dapagliflozin is the same family as Empagliflozin. They work by causing the body to excrete sugar in the urine. This makes people who use it more prone to fungal and yeast infections. (See my signature for the list of soaps and moisturizers my pharmacist is giving me because of the Empagliflozin.)

I imagine that the problems will be be a lot worse for a woman, so talk to your Pharmacist and Doctor and pay very close attention to any advice that they give.
 
The nurse did mention this to me, but I couldn't remember which drug he was talking about.
I am being given so much information at the minute....I don't think I am remembering very much of it!!
Thanks
Caroline
 
Caroline1967 said:
The nurse did mention this to me, but I couldn't remember which drug he was talking about.
I am being given so much information at the minute....I don't think I am remembering very much of it!!
Thanks
Caroline
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It is recommended with that drug you drink plenty of fluids, somewhere I saw 3 litres per day otherwise you can become dehydrated as it works by removing excess glucose via urine so probably more loo visits. If course the urinary tract has a nice sugary environment that bacteria and yeasts just love.
I wondered how they had done the tests for Type 1 and been able to say you were not as they would normally take some time for results to come back.
I hope you are starting to feel a little better.
 
Caroline1967 said:
I am being given so much information at the minute....I don't think I am remembering very much of it!!
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You and me both my dear. I was only diagnosed just over a month ago, and am still trying to get my head around everything. There is the general idea of coming to terms with being diabetic, which even although I had suspicions, was still a shocker when confirmed. However, there is also the learning curve for a variety of subjects ranging from "What can I eat?" through "The meaning of all the terminology" to a "All the potential complications I am vulnerable to."

Don't worry though, we all go through it and we are only too glad to share our experience. Especially in this case, where, as @Leadinglights says: Drink plenty of water.
 
I will try to drink more water! I am drinking so much at the minute!
 
Caroline1967 said:
I will try to drink more water! I am drinking so much at the minute!
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also if the UTI does not clear you can go back to the GP and ask for long term antibiotics. I had to be on them for 6 months with a UTI in 2019 as some of us are just unable to shake them off. X
 
Mrs M - in 2019 it's more than likely that your T2 was well on it's way so you could easily have had random but higher than bog standard normal BG at various times during any 24 hours, which would make UTIs really hard to successfully get on top of and eliminate - and wouldn't particularly show up in a random fingerprick BG test along the way either, without you having any other symptoms, or even possibly showing up on an HbA1c at the time - but unchecked would lead to it being over 42 and labelled pre diabetes before then becoming 48+ and voila, T2 diabetes.
 
trophywench said:
Mrs M - in 2019 it's more than likely that your T2 was well on it's way so you could easily have had random but higher than bog standard normal BG at various times during any 24 hours, which would make UTIs really hard to successfully get on top of and eliminate - and wouldn't particularly show up in a random fingerprick BG test along the way either, without you having any other symptoms, or even possibly showing up on an HbA1c at the time - but unchecked would lead to it being over 42 and labelled pre diabetes before then becoming 48+ and voila, T2 diabetes.
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I think I was prediabetic then. but I have had a serious UTI every few years since my 20s.... I'm now in my 50s.



I get serious reccurant infections. My HbA1C was 45 in 2019 - its the last one I had before lock down. link is to the CUTIC advice to take to your doctor if your UTI does not go away. I'll be emailing that to them Monday....
 
Thank you. I have saved to cutic article in case I need it.
I am very tired today and felt awful this morning but I am feeling a lot better tonight.
C
 
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