Newly diagonosed and scared

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Oynx said:
What are the terms for the exception certificate? Will i def pass for one? As my hubby is on a high income band so i dont qualify for much even though i dont work
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If you are put on any form of medication to treat diabetes, regardless of type, your prescriptions from now on will be free. It is only if it is treated by diet/exercise alone that you would have to keep paying. You can get a form from your practice reception to fill in, the doctor signs it and voila, your exemption card will arrive in the post a couple of weeks later 🙂
 
As far as I understand it (correct me if I'm wrong everyone... ) having high blood sugar levels is not putting you in any immediate danger. It's much more dangerous to have low blood sugar. So even though you feel crappy and uncomfortable, nothing bad is going to happen to you right now. Get on the phone to your GP in the morning though, ask to see a different Doctor maybe? I bet they could put you in immediate contact with a diabetic nurse if someone just tried. Be strong 🙂

Please phone NHS direct if you think you need help though! x
 
Northe, i promise i will call the doctors tomorrow to see if my papers are ready, i dont think they will be though as i got diagonsed last friday at 4pm - So i think they will be ready ina few days time tbh.
All i can do is do as you say eat my veggies and drink loads of water.
If it gets worse what should i do, as im finding that every 20 - 30 minutes that pas i feel that little worse...... its more the fdizzyness and my vision thats getting worse this time, the blurryness is a nightmare and makes me feel sick, also the room spinning.
 
FairyNuff said:
As far as I understand it (correct me if I'm wrong everyone... ) having high blood sugar levels is not putting you in any immediate danger. It's much more dangerous to have low blood sugar. So even though you feel crappy and uncomfortable, nothing bad is going to happen to you right now. Get on the phone to your GP in the morning though, ask to see a different Doctor maybe? I bet they could put you in immediate contact with a diabetic nurse if someone just tried. Be strong 🙂

Please phone NHS direct if you think you need help though! x
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The thing is i feel quite bad, but dont want to get to the hospital and told theres nothing wrong. . . . Even though i know there is (i know my body) . . . :( i dont know what to do . . . . .
 
onyx the thing with T2 is it doesn't come on that quickly im concerned about the blurred vision and dizzyness ...i think you need to call NHS direct and if they say go to A&E then go ...did you GP give you any indication as to the results of your blood tests at all any figures mentioned??🙂
 
am64 said:
onyx the thing with T2 is it doesn't come on that quickly im concerned about the blurred vision and dizzyness ...i think you need to call NHS direct and if they say go to A&E then go ...did you GP give you any indication as to the results of your blood tests at all any figures mentioned??🙂
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All he said was its 14.8 mmol your diabetic i will sort some papers for you to make an appoinment..... Im going to probably go to hospital ..... as im going tingly, my fingers
 
i think you should go hunny try not to panic ...they will probably be a differnt team than you saw before and tell them NHS direct sent you !!! good luck and let us know how you get on x🙂
 
Oynx said:
All he said was its 14.8 mmol your diabetic i will sort some papers for you to make an appoinment..... Im going to probably go to hospital ..... as im going tingly, my fingers
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Please do, it's better to be safe than sorry 🙂 You shouldn't feel guilty about it. I was in a terrible state before I rang the ambulance, having not wanted to 'bother' them - I ended up in hospital for 8 days!
 
FairyNuff said:
As far as I understand it (correct me if I'm wrong everyone... ) having high blood sugar levels is not putting you in any immediate danger. It's much more dangerous to have low blood sugar. So even though you feel crappy and uncomfortable, nothing bad is going to happen to you right now. Get on the phone to your GP in the morning though, ask to see a different Doctor maybe? I bet they could put you in immediate contact with a diabetic nurse if someone just tried. Be strong 🙂

Please phone NHS direct if you think you need help though! x
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Hi Fairynuff, what you say is true, but only if the person is still producing their own insulin i.e. they are type 2. It's possible that Oynx is failing to produce insulin and is Type 1, in which case high blood sugars can cause ketones to develop and a condition called DKA to develop, which is extremely serious.
 
Do they always do this? send people home without any information/medication when they don't even know what type it is? Seems a bit scary to me. What if the person is type one and things suddenly get a lot worse?
 
katie said:
Do they always do this? send people home without any information/medication when they don't even know what type it is? Seems a bit scary to me. What if the person is type one and things suddenly get a lot worse?
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I suspect that if I had been to my doctors with the symptoms I had been displaying prior to getting really ill, and saw the doctor with diabetes as his 'specialty' (not the one I see now), he would have done the same with me, primarily because of my age.
 
im pretty sure Onyx has gone to hospital and really hope she be ok ....i am so glad she found this place so quickly and had the confidence to return to A& E after being told there was nothing wrong last week ....now hopefully she should get some answers !
 
been to hospital and come home and am in floods of tears. They tested my blood and it was 8.3 - the did an ecg as my heart was racing and its fine, the checked blood presure that was fine, my pulse was a little fast, but they sent me home saying theres nothing wrong with me.

i feel so ashamed, i know i didnt imagin all of those things, i will never go to the hospital again when i feel like that. I feel so ashamed, they made me feel like i was wasting thier time :'(
 
I even told them i was awaiting to see weather i was type 1 or 2 diabetic but they said to wait for my hospital appointment and that im not dying right now so i can go home. :( absolute waste of time, i feel so guilty about going now. but i swear i really am not making this us i swear i felt like, it has passed now and i feel shattered but i honestly did feel like that. it got better after i drunk 4 pints of water . . . . . Im not imagining it. i swear :'(
 
ooooh hugs onyx but dont let the attitude get you down ...im glad the bs was 8.3 ...i for one feel very relieved as i was very concerned by the symptoms you are displaying ...get onto gp tomorrow its not fair to leave you in limbo like this ...dont beat yourself up better safe than sorry ....in the meantime try and relax a bit x🙂
 
im getting used to it next time i feel like that i think i will just drink 4 pints of water go to bed and see what happens, i wont be going to the hospital again. I will just have to live with it.

As for my gp - im getting to the stage were i dont care if im diabetic anymore :'( im getting fed up with the lot of it!!

You guys are fantastic, i wish my gp could have done somethig or explained stuff to me :'( after all isnt that what he gets paid for?
 
the thing i dont get was why was my hands tingling? why did my vision start decreasing, why was i getting dizzy? I asked the doctor at hospital and they shrugged at me. THEY LITERALLY SHRUGGED AT ME!! :'( I feel so let down by the NHS. :'(
 
I can do, i have to admit i always get an appointment with him because no one likes going to see him lol .... That will teach me for going to him because i can get an apointment quick.
 
Oynx said:
I can do, i have to admit i always get an appointment with him because no one likes going to see him lol .... That will teach me for going to him because i can get an apointment quick.
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ok well maybe talk to the practice manager ask who you should see as you have been left high and dry.... they should have DSN (diabetic special nurse) attached to the surgery (as T2 generally get seen at the surgery ...T1 at hospital ...correct me if im wrong other forum users..)remeber they need to be working for you as well xxx🙂
 
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