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High blood sugars!! Pancreatic diabetes

Georgie491 said:
Hi all, I'm actually waiting to see a specialist at some piont due to me possibly coming off insulin as I waa in October on a miniscule amount of insulin. Over a year I've lost 5 stone,took up running but I seem to be having extremely high blood sugars with low keytones!! This weekend for example one was 21.8,and my bloods in morning are between 13 and 15. Because I'm waiting to see a specialist the doc won't investigate just sayd to up my insulin by one or 2 ckicks but it isn't making a difference, only thing that brings it down is running!!
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Georgie491 said:
Cheers,I'm getting really frustrated with it all tbh. I'm awaiting an op and I bet they won't do it until this is sorted. Also got a huge cyst on my pancreas that's too dangerous to do anything with,pretty much fed up with it all. I was scared initially as the cyst is 15.5 cm long and can cause a lot of pain but I'm learning to live with it. Just don't need anything else going wrong xx
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Hi Georgie,
Will comment on the diabetes at a later stage if required but wanted to address my main point to your other pancreatic issues to try and reassure yourself.Is the operation you are waiting on a gallbladder removal or is it pseudocyst related.
Like yourself I had a large pseudocyst following my pancreatic damage and my first instinct was to get it removed but my Consultant preferred a watch and wait response which I went along with.
Like you I learned to live with it and soon found it was quite stable and did not cause me any issues.
So I had my gallbladder op with the cyst present which I was worried about and then about 12 months after my acute pancreatitis attack my pseudocyst resolved itself naturally which was a big relief so there is plenty of hope for yourself.
BW for future.
 
UPDATE! So hospital diabetes clinic called,i have been advised incorrectly to take at teatime! Should be at bedtime and she's upped me to 12 in morning and 10 at bedtime. So far been under 10 apparently from lunchtime yesterday when it was 13. She's going to call me on Friday to see how I'm doing and my care is now under them not doctors surgery.
 
Wendal said:
Hi Georgie,
Will comment on the diabetes at a later stage if required but wanted to address my main point to your other pancreatic issues to try and reassure yourself.Is the operation you are waiting on a gallbladder removal or is it pseudocyst related.
Like yourself I had a large pseudocyst following my pancreatic damage and my first instinct was to get it removed but my Consultant preferred a watch and wait response which I went along with.
Like you I learned to live with it and soon found it was quite stable and did not cause me any issues.
So I had my gallbladder op with the cyst present which I was worried about and then about 12 months after my acute pancreatitis attack my pseudocyst resolved itself naturally which was a big relief so there is plenty of hope for yourself.
BW for future.
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Thank you and hopefully I will be lucky!! I do get a lot of pain sometimes around middle but thankfully it's not that often now
 
Georgie491 said:
I really have no idea what I'm doing,I'm not allowed on any type of course because it's type 3
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There are multiple different courses you could do online if you want to do a course
 
Lucyr said:
There are multiple different courses you could do online if you want to do a course
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I'm not sure this is pertinent just now @Lucyr. @Georgie491 is on Lantus only and I'm not aware of any training course for the management of just basal insulin.
 
Proud to be erratic said:
I'm not sure this is pertinent just now @Lucyr. @Georgie491 is on Lantus only and I'm not aware of any training course for the management of just basal insulin.
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100% True of course - but no harm, I would have thought, in him having a quick look at BERTIE online just for starters and telling it he has Type 1 diabetes?
 
@Georgi491, on balance I think you might get enough from registering into a BERTIE online course and "go with the flow", ie as if you are on full Multiple Daily Injections (MDI). This is as if you are taking both basal and bolus insulin. A typical bolus would be NovoRapid insulin.

Also, I was very pleased for you to see your UPDATE and clarifying that your Hospital Clinic have responded and "taken ownership" of your case [which is how things should normally be].
 
Proud to be erratic said:
I'm not sure this is pertinent just now @Lucyr. @Georgie491 is on Lantus only and I'm not aware of any training course for the management of just basal insulin.
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They were complaining at not being allowed on an in person course. The online courses cover the same material.
 
A belated welcome from me @ Georgie491.
Glad to hear that you're now under the hospital team and hope that their advice will help.
 
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