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Not having a great time with GP

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I know. I thought things may at least sort themselves out at hospital but no how wrong i was. Just made me feel i had wasted there time and mine and took away an ambulance from someone that truley needed it. God i just cant drink enough. Need to be hooked up to a drip constantly lol current blood sugar 28.4! Ahhhh i will never moan about being cold again lol x
 
I really am shocked at how you have been treated :(
 
Sammi87 said:
I know. I thought things may at least sort themselves out at hospital but no how wrong i was. Just made me feel i had wasted there time and mine and took away an ambulance from someone that truley needed it. God i just cant drink enough. Need to be hooked up to a drip constantly lol current blood sugar 28.4! Ahhhh i will never moan about being cold again lol x
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How are you this morning, Sammi87?
What treatment have you been given for abscess on your face and raised temperature? If you haven't got anything yet, then please go to or phone pharmacist / A&E / out of hours GP. Your priority must be to get proper treatment, but please let us know what happens, when you can get online.
 
Sammi - I note you are in Kent. I live in Maidstone and when I was first diagnosed I took myself to the Diabetes Clinic at the hospital where they saw me without a Dr referral as my levels were so high - and then wrote to GP for a retrospective referral. They sorted me out with all the info I needed - dietition, courses etc. After going through various meds I was on insulin within 18 month of initial diagnosis - thank goodness. Sometimes you have to make a nuisance to get the treatment you instinctively know is correct.
 
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Copepod said:
How are you this morning, Sammi87?
What treatment have you been given for abscess on your face and raised temperature? If you haven't got anything yet, then please go to or phone pharmacist / A&E / out of hours GP. Your priority must be to get proper treatment, but please let us know what happens, when you can get online.
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I am on antibiotics i started them on wednesday, i am always hot and sweaty due to the high blood sugars. Thank you for your concern 🙂
 
pippaandben said:
Sammi - I note you are in Kent. I live in Maidstone and when I was first diagnosed I took myself to the Diabetes Clinic at the hospital where they saw me without a Dr referral as my levels were so high - and then wrote to GP for a retrospective referral. They sorted me out with all the info I needed - dietition, courses etc. After going through various meds I was on insulin within 18 month of initial diagnosis - thank goodness. Sometimes you have to make a nuisance to get the treatment you instinctively know is correct.
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I was on insulin for a month which brough my levels down to the correct 4-7 band then they took me off it and put me on metaformin and now they have spiked again. My nearest hospital is Darenth Valley im presuming they have a diabetes center but im unsure where it is.
 
Sammi87 said:
Yes thats the one thank you so much for taking the time to find that for me, says appointment only?! Can i still just turn up?
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Well you can try if there's a DSN line to ring or can you get to the A&E of that hospital? Don't forget it's bank holiday on Monday though.
 
Sammi87 said:
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I am on antibiotics i started them on wednesday, i am always hot and sweaty due to the high blood sugars. Thank you for your concern 🙂
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Glad to hear you've started antibiotics. Are they making you feel any better?
It's slightly unusual that you feel hot and sweaty - those are symptoms of high tempearature, while cold and clammy / sweaty (in absence of high temperature) are usual symptoms of low blood sugar / hypoglycaemia. However, not everyone experiences various levels of blood chemistry in the same way.
@Pumper_Sue has found you the contact details for your local hospital and diabetes clinic, so it can't do any harm to phone and ask to speak with a diabetes specialist nurse. When the inevitable question about whether or not you are under care of clinic is asked, you need to ask how to get refered, and then follow their advice - local situations may be different, so take local advice.
 
Ever since my symptoms of diabetes startes i have been feeling hot and sweating constantly :( 4got the sensation fo feeling cold now lol yeh ill try my luck ringing tuesday aee what they say x
 
Hi Sammi
May I ask why are you waiting until Tuesday to ring the hospital? Better to ring later on this morning and ask to speak to a DSN or anyone of the Diabetes team to ask for advice as a matter of urgency ~ tel them everything you have told us and how exeedingly concerned & worried you are now about how very ILL you feel. Please tell them the following:-

1. How you were taken off insulin & prescribed Metformin and by whom and since then you've had:-
2. Continuous elevated levels ranging between 16 ~ 32+ on a daily basis
3. A high temperature & sweating
4. Unquenchable thirst
5. Frequency of urinating
6. Blurred vision
7. Ketones in your urine
and you are:-
8. Feeling exhausted all of the time
..and any other symptoms you are suffering with that I've failed to mention, sorry.

It is imperative that you ring the hospital ASAP ~ please will you do this today Sammi?

Please keep in touch with us as and when you can to update us, as said before, we are all very very concerned about your well being ~ and carry on drinking lots of water to keep yourself hydrated.
Take care (((hugs))) xxx
 
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As Monday is a bank holiday, it is very unlikely that anyone from the diabetes team or the DSNs will be there.
 
wirralass said:
Hi Sammi
May I ask why are you waiting until Tuesday to ring the hospital? Better to ring later on this morning and ask to speak to a DSN or anyone of the Diabetes team to ask for advice as a matter of urgency ~ tel them everything you have told us and how exeedingly concerned & worried you are now about how very ILL you feel. Please tell them the following:-

1. How you were taken off insulin & prescribed Metformin and by whom and since then you've had:-
2. Continuous elevated levels ranging between 16 ~ 32+ on a daily basis
3. A high temperature & sweating
4. Unquenchable thirst
5. Frequency of urinating
6. Blurred vision
7. Keytones in your urine
and you are:-
8. Feeling exhausted all of the time
..and any other symptoms you are suffering with that I've failed to mention, sorry.

It is imperative that you ring the hospital ASAP ~ please will you do this today Sammi?

Please keep in touch with us as and when you can to update us, as said before, we are all very very concerned about your well being ~ and carry on drinking lots of water to keep yourself hydrated.
Take care (((hugs))) xxx
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Im waiting until monday being its sunday today and bank holiday monday im under the idea no one will be avaliable. Having stomach pains and diarorreah now just to add to my dehydration. Combo of the antibiotics and the metaformin im guessing.
 
Stomach pain can be a symptom of DKA. Do you have strips to measure ketones? If so what are they saying?

Please phone 111 and/or go to A&E. bank holiday or not, the situation you describe is very urgent.
 
Sammi87 said:
Im waiting until monday being its sunday today and bank holiday monday im under the idea no one will be avaliable. Having stomach pains and diarorreah now just to add to my dehydration. Combo of the antibiotics and the metaformin im guessing.
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To be blunt - stop guessing and speak to a health care professional instead. NOW. Phone 111, or, if more serious, 999.
 
I'm with the above advice. It's not for you to decide what you're symptoms are due to, that's for a doctor to decide. Before you end in a heap on the floor, please speak to someone. 111 at the very least, though my guess is that will end up with an ambulance, as it should.
 
I went into hospital last week with suspected DKA with same symptoms was there 5 hours dishacharged no change. Rang 111 was then told 999. Was poked, prodded and stabbed then sent home.
 
Sammi87 said:
I went into hospital last week with suspected DKA with same symptoms was there 5 hours dishacharged no change. Rang 111 was then told 999. Was poked, prodded and stabbed then sent home.
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That was last week. What are you going to do this week?
 
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