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Hi Nessa, welcome to the forum 🙂 How long have you been diagnosed and how do you treat your diabetes - injections or a pump?
 
June 2010 I was found in a coma I had no idea I was diabetic I use pen tips 5 times a day two types of insulin
 
Nessa Megan said:
June 2010 I was found in a coma I had no idea I was diabetic I use pen tips 5 times a day two types of insulin
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Goodness! Had you been ill? Glad to see you survived! Most of the people here are from the UK, but it is always nice to meet someone from across the water 🙂 If you have any questions, please ask away! 🙂
 
I had been sick for years but no one could figure out why, they even said it was not diabetes and just meds making me so thirsty turns out I keep having pancritis and I have gastroperesus and now neuropathy so bad I can barely walk I just spent yet another month in the hospital I am also a brittle diabetic.how did you get diagnosed? Pump or needles?
 
I'm very sorry to hear this :( It always astounds me how a diagnosis of diabetes can be missed when the tests are so simple.

I got sick with what I thought was a stomach virus and ended up in hospital when I reached a point where I realised it wasn't getting better, but worse. It turned out I had DKA. With me, I had symptoms for about 18 months beforehand, but hadn't realised, then the virus pushed me over the edge. I'm on injections.
 
I really wanted to get a pump before but the pen tips for the injections are so tiny now I am getting used to it
 
Nessa Megan said:
I really wanted to get a pump before but the pen tips for the injections are so tiny now I am getting used to it
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Yes, everyone who doesn't have diabetes thinks that having to have injections must be the worst thing about it, but really the difficult bit is knowing how much to inject! 🙄

However, we have a member with gastroparesis who has found that a pump really helps, so might be worth considering again?
 
The needles aren't fun but they are no where near as aweful as I thought they would be in the beginning I was terrified now I am fine poking my finger is what bothers me if the kids are around I get them to do it then I don't have to push button 🙂
 
Hello Nessa, welcome. 🙂 I'm a Canadian as well, originally from Southern Ontario but transplanted to the UK as a teenager - 30 years before becoming a T2.
 
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