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So, I wound up in this ambulance...

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LadyAlston

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I phones NHS Direct on Wednesday evening, because my BS had gone up to 22. They got the on-call doctor to ring me, and he wanted to see me immediately. When I told him I had no way of getting there, he sent me a taxi free of charge! I got there, and after he'd taken some details and checked my BS and ketones, he sent me home in another free taxi, with instructions to wait for an ambulance. By now, it was 5am, and I was shattered!

Ambulance finally turned up at 8am! I spent a couple of hours in A&E, and then they sent me to the observation ward, to be monitored by the diabetic team because my BS was up to 24 by then. Much bloods were taken, many fingers were stabbed, and gallons of fluids were partaken of! Oh, and they did a Hba1c, and it's risen to 11.8%. Dammit :(

Finally, at 5pm, the diabetic nursie said she wasn't willing to let me leave without more meds. So now I'm on gliclazide, and the metformin was upped to 3g.

The big plus side is that she told me I have to test at least 4 times a day, and she's writing to my GP to tell him to prescribe test strips and ketone strips for me! I see him on Thursday, so fingers crossed.

All in all, a pretty crappy 24 hours, and I still feel awful. Sorry about the whinging, but I'm so miserable right now :(
 
Really sorry to hear about what you have been through :( I hope that the new meds help bring your levels under better control, no wonder you feel awful - my HbA1c was 11.8% at diagnosis, so I can imagine how dreadful you feel. Hope you can get some good, restorative rest and feel much better soon. 🙂
 
argh that is a rough deal to have gone through, on the plus side with the new meds you will start to feel better and by the time you get your next hba1c it will be lower for sure 🙂
 
Sorry that you had such a rough time. Hope the meds start to work for you. Did the hospital arrange for one of its DSNs to keep in touch with you for a while ?
 
Crumbs, sounds like a rough night. Hope you feel better soon.
Any chance you have been misdiagnosed in the first place hence the rise in your A1c?
 
Good to hear from you again Lady A, but sorry for such a scary time.

Do you think you'd been running high for some time or can you pin it down to a trigger such as illness or stress ?

Or did you have a recent high carb meal perhaps ?

I hope the new meds can bring your BGs down.🙂

Rob
 
Sorry that you have been through such a traumatic time, but hopefully with the new meds things could soon improve for you, one good think to come out of this is,you should'nt get any problems with your GP over test strips.

John.
 
Hope you have a better night's sleep tonight - sure you will 🙂

I'm very impressed at duty doctor arranging for taxi journeys free of charge to you! Especially as not so long ago, a lodger knocked on our bedroom door (after midnight) to announce she needed to get to out of hours doctor, but didn't feel well enough to drive. I was the only one in the house able to help, as my partner can't drive, and other lodger had only recently moved back from Ireland so wasn't insured. Then she forgot to take her wallet, so I had to pay for her antibiotics, and the clinic credit card machine wasn't working, so thay wiped out my cash!
 
Thanks for all the replies folks! I still feel like c**p, but at least I'm getting some sleep! Lots of it, in fact! I sometimes feel like I'm sleeping my life away.

The hospital just sent me home with the new med. All follow-ups are through the GP.My GP is usually pretty good, but we'll see how it goes this time. I'll see what he says about the Hba1c rising. I will be insisting he follow the DSN's letter and coughs up test/ketone strips 🙂

The scary thing is, I hadn't done anything unusual. No big meal, no more stress than usual, no more illness than usual. It just started rising. I'd feel a bit better if I knew what caused it, so I could avoid doing it again!

And yeah, I'm surprised about the free taxis too! I suspect it was just that the on-call doc didn't want to have to home-visit, but hey, free taxis!

Thanks again for the support. It really does help to have somewhere to come when things get rough. I'll try to be around more from now on!
 
Hi there. Sounds like an awful night. But I'm glad you managed to get the proper help and something has been done for you.

Fingers crossed the meds work....I don't know too much about T2, but do you think there's a chance you've been misdiagnosed (as someone else suggested)?

Hope you get lots more sleep today and feel a whole world better 🙂
 
Copepod said:
Hope you have a better night's sleep tonight - sure you will 🙂

I'm very impressed at duty doctor arranging for taxi journeys free of charge to you! Especially as not so long ago, a lodger knocked on our bedroom door (after midnight) to announce she needed to get to out of hours doctor, but didn't feel well enough to drive. I was the only one in the house able to help, as my partner can't drive, and other lodger had only recently moved back from Ireland so wasn't insured. Then she forgot to take her wallet, so I had to pay for her antibiotics, and the clinic credit card machine wasn't working, so thay wiped out my cash!
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Cynical old me - it sounds as if you were the one taken for a ride not her.
 
LadyAlston said:
I phones NHS Direct on Wednesday evening, because my BS had gone up to 22. They got the on-call doctor to ring me, and he wanted to see me immediately. When I told him I had no way of getting there, he sent me a taxi free of charge! I got there, and after he'd taken some details and checked my BS and ketones, he sent me home in another free taxi, with instructions to wait for an ambulance. By now, it was 5am, and I was shattered!

Ambulance finally turned up at 8am! I spent a couple of hours in A&E, and then they sent me to the observation ward, to be monitored by the diabetic team because my BS was up to 24 by then. Much bloods were taken, many fingers were stabbed, and gallons of fluids were partaken of! Oh, and they did a Hba1c, and it's risen to 11.8%. Dammit :(

Finally, at 5pm, the diabetic nursie said she wasn't willing to let me leave without more meds. So now I'm on gliclazide, and the metformin was upped to 3g.

The big plus side is that she told me I have to test at least 4 times a day, and she's writing to my GP to tell him to prescribe test strips and ketone strips for me! I see him on Thursday, so fingers crossed.

All in all, a pretty crappy 24 hours, and I still feel awful. Sorry about the whinging, but I'm so miserable right now :(
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Oooohhh that is horrible, you poor thing, no wonder you felt awful. I hope now you have gliclazide and that the Metformin has gone up you start to feel better and the BS starts to behave it's self. Take care Sheena
 
vince13 said:
Cynical old me - it sounds as if you were the one taken for a ride not her.
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I wasn't impressed when she left a cheque on kitchen table on the day she moved out a few days later - I think cash would have been appropriate!

I couldn't leave someone in pain until morning, but another time, I'd check that any patient I take to out of hours GP takes their wallet / purse!
 
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