Recently been diagnosed

[rayray119]

Hello iv been Recently been diagnosed with diabetes ended up in disnosed with diabites type 1 I ended up in hostipal after being in alot of pain at work. Still getting used to things really. I have my first shift back at work tomorrow. Can I ask do you usually do anything when your blood sugar is high I know what to do when it's low

 

[SB2015]

Welcome to the forum @rayray119

I am sorry to hear of your diagnosis. It take a bit of getting used to and is a very steep learning curve at the start. If you are happy to do so it will help us in our responses if you could tell us a little more
Which insulin’s you are using.
Do you know what your glucose levels were at diagnosis? This would have been a reading called HbA1c.
Are you on fixed doses of insulin at meals

It is likely that your Team will want to bring your glucose levels down slowly initially. You already know what to do for lows and they will work with you to explain how to do corrections when you are high. This will involve them working with you to work out your correction ratio.

I hope that work goes well today. Have you told them about your diagnosis. It is important that you have your jelly babies/gluco tabes/ hypo treatment with you and that they are aware of what you need to do if you have a hypo.

Do ask any questions that you have. Nothing is considered silly and there is plenty of help to tap into on here.

 

[Lucyr]

Hello iv been Recently been diagnosed with diabetes ended up in disnosed with diabites type 1 I ended up in hostipal after being in alot of pain at work. Still getting used to things really. I have my first shift back at work tomorrow. Can I ask do you usually do anything when your blood sugar is high I know what to do when it's low

Hello. Hope your day at work goes okay. When high I do a correction dose of insulin, using my ratio for the time of day to calculate the dose. Are you on fixed insulin doses at the moment or changing them to what you eat?

 

[rayray119]

Welcome to the forum @rayray119

I am sorry to hear of your diagnosis. It take a bit of getting used to and is a very steep learning curve at the start. If you are happy to do so it will help us in our responses if you could tell us a little more
Which insulin’s you are using.
Do you know what your glucose levels were at diagnosis? This would have been a reading called HbA1c.
Are you on fixed doses of insulin at meals

It is likely that your Team will want to bring your glucose levels down slowly initially. You already know what to do for lows and they will work with you to explain how to do corrections when you are high. This will involve them working with you to work out your correction ratio.

I hope that work goes well today. Have you told them about your diagnosis. It is important that you have your jelly babies/gluco tabes/ hypo treatment with you and that they are aware of what you need to do if you have a hypo.

Do ask any questions that you have. Nothing is considered silly and there is plenty of help to tap into on here.

The insulalion that I'm using to tresiba in the morning. And Novo rapid at meal times.

At the moment I'm on fixed doses. But hoping to be taught how to do it depending what I'm eating

Yes I read the discharge letter and it was actually 35(scary know I know what the normal range is).

Now I have been getting lows(probably more offen then I should including today during work and after the shift they brought back up though) but they've been high as well.

Unfortunatelty I was diagnosed in hospital not where I live because I was working at an event there

Work are aware of it and I'm already in the harbit of carrying sweets around with me.

 

[TheClockworkDodo]

Welcome to the forum, @rayray119 🙂

You'll need to get yourself referred to your local hospital diabetes team as you were diagnosed elsewhere - ask your GP to refer you as a matter of urgency - because you'll need to talk to a hospital diabetes specialist nurse (also known as a DSN). Don't let them fob you off with a surgery nurse, you need a specialist. The DSN is the person you need to teach you how to count carbs, work out the ratio of insulin you need to carbs so you can adjust your own insulin, and work out how much extra insulin you'll need to correct highs. It all varies from person to person, so although we can tell you that you will be able to correct highs by having extra insulin once you know how much extra to have, it would be safer for you to talk to a DSN about this before trying it.

 

[rayray119]

Welcome to the forum, @rayray119 🙂

You'll need to get yourself referred to your local hospital diabetes team as you were diagnosed elsewhere - ask your GP to refer you as a matter of urgency - because you'll need to talk to a hospital diabetes specialist nurse (also known as a DSN). Don't let them fob you off with a surgery nurse, you need a specialist. The DSN is the person you need to teach you how to count carbs, work out the ratio of insulin you need to carbs so you can adjust your own insulin, and work out how much extra insulin you'll need to correct highs. It all varies from person to person, so although we can tell you that you will be able to correct highs by having extra insulin once you know how much extra to have, it would be safer for you to talk to a DSN about this before trying it.

I have been referred tha hostipal sent a letter to my doctor I got a telephone apoimennt with my doctor Tuesday.

 

[SB2015]

Good morning @rayray119

I am glad that you have now got a referral to your hospital. things will be a lot easier to manage once you are able to adjust your doses to match your meals, and to make corrections for higher readings.

As you are newly diagnosed it is likely that you are in what is called the ‘Honeymoon Period’. You will still have some beta cells which produce insulin and now that you are injecting insulin they will have had a bit of a rest. They then decide to Chuck out some insulin at unpredictable times. This makes levels a bit unpredictable at the start.

Do you drive? Were you told that you need to inform the DVLA of your diagnosis. This doesn’t prevent you driving it is just that we need to renew our licence every three years. If you have a hypo you should not drive for 45 minutes. A good tip I was given was to check my levels 45 minutes before I needed to leave if I was going to drive. I could then avoid problems if I was going low.

Let us know how you get on and come back with any questions that arise.

 

[rayray119]

Good morning @rayray119

I am glad that you have now got a referral to your hospital. things will be a lot easier to manage once you are able to adjust your doses to match your meals, and to make corrections for higher readings.

As you are newly diagnosed it is likely that you are in what is called the ‘Honeymoon Period’. You will still have some beta cells which produce insulin and now that you are injecting insulin they will have had a bit of a rest. They then decide to Chuck out some insulin at unpredictable times. This makes levels a bit unpredictable at the start.

Do you drive? Were you told that you need to inform the DVLA of your diagnosis. This doesn’t prevent you driving it is just that we need to renew our licence every three years. If you have a hypo you should not drive for 45 minutes. A good tip I was given was to check my levels 45 minutes before I needed to leave if I was going to drive. I could then avoid problems if I was going low.

Let us know how you get on and come back with any questions that arise.

I don't drive at the moment but was learning and Wanted to start learning again.

 

[SB2015]

I don't drive at the moment but was learning and Wanted to start learning again.

Your T1 won’t stop you driving, but often people don’t drive for a while after diagnosis whilst they get things settled. Let us know how you get on with your appointment on Tuesday.

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

Welcome to the forum @rayray119

Hope your appointment goes well on Tuesday, and you can fill in a few more of the pieces of the puzzle.