Hi all, I was diagnosed as a Type 2 late February this year, after going to GP about unexplained weightloss, and lots of other symptoms of what I now know, to be high blood glucose.
She pricked my finger and said "You're Diabetic" booked me onto a ward at the hospital saying if I don't go I could go into a coma and die. My BG was 31.8 mmol/L. She also said my BP was very high, not surprisingly, after receiving that news.
After being on a saline drip for 4 hours I was given metformin and Humulin I insulin, a blood testing kit and lots of literature and sent home.
I struggled for weeks to get my levels out of the 20's, having my dose increased from 12 to 22 units, but also experiencing a few hypos early morning.
I got changed to novamix 30 twice a day, but still struggled, with spikes of high 20's and Drops as low as 2.3 on occasions. It was decided that I might actually be type 1 and after waiting months for blood test results to come back, I got told on the phone last week that I tested 100% positive for type 1 on both tests.
I am still on novamix 30 until I go to my next DSN apt on 10th September, where I've been told I'll get Basal and Bolus insulins, and be shown how to Carb count and work out my own dose.
I have also had routine blood results back, saying that I have suspected thyroid disease too, my GP said that could explain the excessive tiredness and the extra weight I've put on.
To say my head is bamboozled, is an understatement.
She pricked my finger and said "You're Diabetic" booked me onto a ward at the hospital saying if I don't go I could go into a coma and die. My BG was 31.8 mmol/L. She also said my BP was very high, not surprisingly, after receiving that news.
After being on a saline drip for 4 hours I was given metformin and Humulin I insulin, a blood testing kit and lots of literature and sent home.
I struggled for weeks to get my levels out of the 20's, having my dose increased from 12 to 22 units, but also experiencing a few hypos early morning.
I got changed to novamix 30 twice a day, but still struggled, with spikes of high 20's and Drops as low as 2.3 on occasions. It was decided that I might actually be type 1 and after waiting months for blood test results to come back, I got told on the phone last week that I tested 100% positive for type 1 on both tests.
I am still on novamix 30 until I go to my next DSN apt on 10th September, where I've been told I'll get Basal and Bolus insulins, and be shown how to Carb count and work out my own dose.
I have also had routine blood results back, saying that I have suspected thyroid disease too, my GP said that could explain the excessive tiredness and the extra weight I've put on.
To say my head is bamboozled, is an understatement.