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Hi everyone
my name is susie im 48 yrs old, I have had type 1 diabetes for about 20 years, sadly I havent looked after it and have now got complications, neropathy in my feet and legs, and retionpaty, Ive finely come to my senses and getting my blood sugars to near normal levels trouble is it makes it harder cos then I get a few hypos. In January I went into hospital for a major stomach op which went ok I came out on the thursday collapse on the friday and ended up in intensive care for several weeks they thought I had an infection due to the op and had to open me up, thats all I can remeber, thankfully I came out but a week later I collapsed againg, I had ketone acidosis things werent good and my family were told I only had a 20% chance of living as my kidneys and liver had failed, I was out of it so cant remember anything, only waking up in intensive care again, they said my sugars had gone up too 29 and rising, it was really scary and now Ive been given a second chance and am now trying hard to look after my diabetes. noone has it in my family so I have noone to talk too about diabetes, I do see a nurse every few months but I dont get long with her. I would love to talk to someone who understands and maybe we can help each other, I live in the hertfordshire area.
Anyway hope everyone is ok, look forward to hearing from someone
hugs
susie🙂
 
Hi Susie, welcome to the forum 🙂 I'm so sorry to hear of the awful time you've been through. Great news that you are now trying your best to manage your diabetes properly. We will do all we can to help and support you!

No questions is considered 'silly' here, and you sahouldn't feel you ought to know stuff just becay=use you've been diagnosed a while - people are learning new things all the time! 🙂 What sort of insulin regime are you on?
 
Hi and a warm welcome to the forum, sorry to hear of all your troubles your in the right place now welcome onbard and have a good browse around you will soon get acquainted with us all xx
 
You certainly have landed at the right spot.......

Welcome susie...........🙂
 
Welcome to the forum, I was only diagnosed in April, but there has been tremendous elp and support on here, sometimes just from reading the posts, never mind asking about things.

Richard
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Hi Susie. You're certainly not alone here. There's lots of new and interesting ideas to try out and discuss which may help you to stay on track and have a good life. And plenty of us know how easy it is to ignore the healthy route and pretend it's not our problem. 🙄

Rob
 
Hello & welcome Susie soz to hear bout ur hard time of late hopefully now u can get back on the right track 🙂
 
hi just wanted to say welcome to the forum xx
 
Hi Suzie, Welcome to the forum 🙂 x
 
Hi Susie, welcome to the forum.
 
Hello and welcome to the mad house. Hopefully we can help you, it took me a while to work out that I do need to control my BG's. That was prior to going to university now I'm pumping. Perhaps you could ask to be referred to a different DSN?

Tom
 
Hi Susie, I've been diabetic for almost 10 years now but still have problems and questions - I've only been on this forum for a week or so but have found it a great help already and everyone's really friendly.
 
Hi everyone
thankyou for all your warm welcomes, well I have to take novarapid when I eat. and levermir at night as well as metaformin I was on 850 but because of my kidney failure Im only on 500. Ttouble is at the min my sugars are going low at bedtime last night it was2.9 so then I have to eat which I dont want to do at night.
Hope everyone is ok
take care
susie
 
cheeky monkey said:
Hi everyone
thankyou for all your warm welcomes, well I have to take novarapid when I eat. and levermir at night as well as metaformin I was on 850 but because of my kidney failure Im only on 500. Ttouble is at the min my sugars are going low at bedtime last night it was2.9 so then I have to eat which I dont want to do at night.
Hope everyone is ok
take care
susie
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Hi Susie, it sounds like our levemir might need reducing if you are getting low levels at night, or possibly worth discussing splitting the dose with your nurse.
 
cheeky monkey said:
Hi everyone
my name is susie im 48 yrs old, I have had type 1 diabetes for about 20 years, sadly I havent looked after it and have now got complications, neropathy in my feet and legs, and retionpaty, Ive finely come to my senses and getting my blood sugars to near normal levels trouble is it makes it harder cos then I get a few hypos. In January I went into hospital for a major stomach op which went ok I came out on the thursday collapse on the friday and ended up in intensive care for several weeks they thought I had an infection due to the op and had to open me up, thats all I can remeber, thankfully I came out but a week later I collapsed againg, I had ketone acidosis things werent good and my family were told I only had a 20% chance of living as my kidneys and liver had failed, I was out of it so cant remember anything, only waking up in intensive care again, they said my sugars had gone up too 29 and rising, it was really scary and now Ive been given a second chance and am now trying hard to look after my diabetes. noone has it in my family so I have noone to talk too about diabetes, I do see a nurse every few months but I dont get long with her. I would love to talk to someone who understands and maybe we can help each other, I live in the hertfordshire area.
Anyway hope everyone is ok, look forward to hearing from someone
hugs
susie🙂
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Dear susie Welcome to the forum, oh you have been having a rough time haven't you? I really feel for you, I do hope you your recovery is a good and positive one. Keep your chin up and when things look bad you can always talk on the forum, and when things are on the up, you can share that as well. Lots and lots of good wishes to you. Sheenax
 
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