27/05/20 23:19 BS 9.6 ok ish after the day I’ve had, 27/05/20! 😱 Tested for ketones & none in my urine. Had half an oatcake & decided on 28 units of Novorapid so, half that & had 14 units. 28/05/20 01:14 BS 5.1 & had midnight Levemir of 20 units again: deliberately delayed it to see where my BS would be before deciding if it needed to go up more? Maybe overdid Novorapid bit but, BS didn’t drop anymore & 02:30 BS 6.1.
I had another shock yesterday as my after lunch reading was still high 10:04 BS 14.0 & had actually noticed the walk to & from the kitchen, about 70 steps, was taxing me again when cooking lunch after my BS reading of 8.7 at 07:53 earlier. Tested for ketones again & none in my urine. That still high reading dismayed me & my GP practice was now open so, I called. When my call was returned I asked her “shouldn’t I be getting better instead of starting to get worse again, has the pneumonia cleared from my lungs & do I need more antibiotics?” Another wait for an ambulance to take me to The Causeway Hospital A&E again which came just after midday. By which time I’d tracked my BS twice without corrections 11:08 BS 12.2 & 11:50 BS 10.4 just after GP called me back & waiting for ambulance so, had midday Levemir & decided to up the dose even more than the previous day to 42 units.
In A&E the doctor told me, a different one, that actually I didn’t have pneumonia & the x-rays showed a fogginess that was most likely the CV virus in my lungs: A&E doctor on 15/05/20 wasn’t a specialist; x-rays had since been re examined by a specialist later! I wasn’t actually tested then, 15/05/20 for CV19 either as I thought. He told me it’s hospital policy to only test for CV in patients who had severe enough symptoms to be admitted & only then to assess where to put the patients in the wards. He would x-ray me again but, not test me for CV either as my vital stats were actually better this time around than on 15/05/20: oxygen levels 98% The x-ray showed the same thing as last time & he said more antibiotics wouldn’t help as there’s no cure for CV, I wasn’t in a severe enough condition to need admittance, although he thought it mostly likely I had CV & still have it, in terms of treatment there was no point in testing me & sent me home telling me I need to self isolate for 7 days to 14 days. I took another taxi home & was reeling a bit in shock before eating dinner & sleeping afterwards! 15:45 BS 9.9 before dinner. I remember thinking 42 units Levemir was a good guess then as my BS held steady before I slept more or less straight after eating. I just realised now, while typing this, I can’t remember what dose of Novorapid I injected? But, whatever it was I woke up on the above reading of 9.6.
Since being awake I’ve read up on CV19 advice & testing for it in NI. There’s little point in testing after 5 days of symptoms first showing up & definitely not after 7 days. The CV test centres in NI will only test if it’s up-to 5 days after symptoms. So, I can’t get tested to be sure & I’m only slightly relieved to not be severe enough to need to be in hospital!
Will call my GP again in the morning to see if I can get tested & tell them what happened at A&E! I realise now that I was too shocked to even think of calling yesterday when I got home while the practice was still open!
I will keep a close eye on things & keep testing for ketones & going by the meter for insulin doses. Will call my hospital team DSN & let her know what’s going on & may get some advice re doses as well!
A VERY early Good Morning to you all & wish you all a Wonderful Day that’s better than mine!🙄
Edited to add:- remembered now I had 28 units of Novorapid before dinner yesterday but, don’t remember why I decided on that dose?
