Hi all, thought i'd just introduce myself and give a little background to my diagnosis.
In October I was taken ill with severe lower abdominal pain, this pain was located around the top of the pubic bone towards the left hand side, this turned out to be an infection in my pelvis and I spent the best part of a week in hospital on IV antibiotics.
I happened to mention to the paramedic when she was at my house that I had been recently getting a dry mouth and needing to empty my bladder more frequently, she did a finger prick test and found that my BM was 24 followed by a test for Ketones which was 3.7, consequently I was blue lighted to hospital with suspected DKA and or sepsis. Although some of what happened the first few hours in hospital remains a blur fortunately I was told I had neither of these but I do recall that after being given insulin via an IV that my blood sugar remained at 24 so had no impact at all.
Next day on the ward I was visited by a diabetes nurse and prescribed novorapid at 6 units and Lantus at 16 units which in 2 days brought my pre meal levels down into the 9's and 10's with post meal levels around 12 to 13, a week on from that my levels were mostly between 5 and 8 and I was told I only needed to test before a meal. I was getting some higher morning levels so the diabetes nurse at my GP practice suggested a change to 5 and 18 respectively, now my levels pre meal are almost always within 5 to 7 with the odd one being below 5.
I was and still am significantly overweight and have been for quite some years (I have probably lost a good 2 stone in the past couple of months though most since 22 October when I was admitted to hospital), however until then I haven't actually been ill for years and have never needed to see a GP, I did have Covid at the end of September though but wasn't overly ill with it, just tired and congested in my head really. I have no idea how much I weighed at the start or how much I weigh now because I don't have any scales but my clothes and my face and people who I know are telling me I have lost weight. I'm a pretty fussy eater though which is making this journey pretty hard tbh.
I did feel a bit let down by the hospital diabetes team though because I basically went home with very little information about what was happening to me diabetes wise, I don't even know yet 6 weeks down the line what type of Diabetes I actually have, I was given this insulin and told to inject x amount at given times and a leaflet. I was recommended to look at the Diabetes UK website though which I have been doing for a few weeks before joining this forum.
My hospital HBA1c level on 22 October was very high at 124 which had come down to 108 on 7th November. I'm hoping that this week I will also have the result of an Islet antibody blood test that was taken on 7th November and I should know which type of diabetes I have although I reckon it is type 2 which is what I've put on my profile.
I will be having another HBA1c test in January and I have a phone appointment booked with a dietician at the end of December and that is pretty much where I am right now.
I'm hoping that if I am type 2 then I will be able to come off insulin and go onto medication at some point, is that a realistic hope or am I likely to be on insulin permanently?
In October I was taken ill with severe lower abdominal pain, this pain was located around the top of the pubic bone towards the left hand side, this turned out to be an infection in my pelvis and I spent the best part of a week in hospital on IV antibiotics.
I happened to mention to the paramedic when she was at my house that I had been recently getting a dry mouth and needing to empty my bladder more frequently, she did a finger prick test and found that my BM was 24 followed by a test for Ketones which was 3.7, consequently I was blue lighted to hospital with suspected DKA and or sepsis. Although some of what happened the first few hours in hospital remains a blur fortunately I was told I had neither of these but I do recall that after being given insulin via an IV that my blood sugar remained at 24 so had no impact at all.
Next day on the ward I was visited by a diabetes nurse and prescribed novorapid at 6 units and Lantus at 16 units which in 2 days brought my pre meal levels down into the 9's and 10's with post meal levels around 12 to 13, a week on from that my levels were mostly between 5 and 8 and I was told I only needed to test before a meal. I was getting some higher morning levels so the diabetes nurse at my GP practice suggested a change to 5 and 18 respectively, now my levels pre meal are almost always within 5 to 7 with the odd one being below 5.
I was and still am significantly overweight and have been for quite some years (I have probably lost a good 2 stone in the past couple of months though most since 22 October when I was admitted to hospital), however until then I haven't actually been ill for years and have never needed to see a GP, I did have Covid at the end of September though but wasn't overly ill with it, just tired and congested in my head really. I have no idea how much I weighed at the start or how much I weigh now because I don't have any scales but my clothes and my face and people who I know are telling me I have lost weight. I'm a pretty fussy eater though which is making this journey pretty hard tbh.
I did feel a bit let down by the hospital diabetes team though because I basically went home with very little information about what was happening to me diabetes wise, I don't even know yet 6 weeks down the line what type of Diabetes I actually have, I was given this insulin and told to inject x amount at given times and a leaflet. I was recommended to look at the Diabetes UK website though which I have been doing for a few weeks before joining this forum.
My hospital HBA1c level on 22 October was very high at 124 which had come down to 108 on 7th November. I'm hoping that this week I will also have the result of an Islet antibody blood test that was taken on 7th November and I should know which type of diabetes I have although I reckon it is type 2 which is what I've put on my profile.
I will be having another HBA1c test in January and I have a phone appointment booked with a dietician at the end of December and that is pretty much where I am right now.
I'm hoping that if I am type 2 then I will be able to come off insulin and go onto medication at some point, is that a realistic hope or am I likely to be on insulin permanently?
