Berylbluecat
New Member
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 2
Hi Everyone
This is my 1st ever post. I have turned to here in desperation. Brief history: Dad diagnosed aged 28 type 1, rip at 83 years, half sister diagnosed aged 17, rip from complications aged 57, daughter, diagnosed type 1 aged 3, currently 31 years old and has been registered blind due to diabetic retinopathy, daughter, diagnosed aged 17, currently 36 years old, frequent DKA, very busy mother of 4 children, and myself, diagnosed type 2 aged 39 years, took just 1 Metformin a day until July this year, had previously been active, attending gym etc, had a short course of steroids in June for an inflamed rash on both legs, 5 days into course, Bam!, Confusion, thirst, blurred vision, excess peeing etc, blood sugars of 32.8, they've been high ever since. Glucophage dose doubled (can't tolerate any more than 1000mg daily), lots of other oral meds tried, now on Tresiba 40u daily plus glucophage, still hyperglycaemic (weekly averages of 20 plus), can't get a referral to secondary care, I live in a village, GP surgery in next village and DSN only works on a Monday, no support from one week to the next. Has anyone else experienced problems accessing support for type 2?
This is my 1st ever post. I have turned to here in desperation. Brief history: Dad diagnosed aged 28 type 1, rip at 83 years, half sister diagnosed aged 17, rip from complications aged 57, daughter, diagnosed type 1 aged 3, currently 31 years old and has been registered blind due to diabetic retinopathy, daughter, diagnosed aged 17, currently 36 years old, frequent DKA, very busy mother of 4 children, and myself, diagnosed type 2 aged 39 years, took just 1 Metformin a day until July this year, had previously been active, attending gym etc, had a short course of steroids in June for an inflamed rash on both legs, 5 days into course, Bam!, Confusion, thirst, blurred vision, excess peeing etc, blood sugars of 32.8, they've been high ever since. Glucophage dose doubled (can't tolerate any more than 1000mg daily), lots of other oral meds tried, now on Tresiba 40u daily plus glucophage, still hyperglycaemic (weekly averages of 20 plus), can't get a referral to secondary care, I live in a village, GP surgery in next village and DSN only works on a Monday, no support from one week to the next. Has anyone else experienced problems accessing support for type 2?
