Any type-one diabetics on NSC?

[eastlondonseagull]

And a massive amount of my time when people don't take their insulin then get DKA. Idiots.

There are lots of teenage (on the whole) girls with type 1 diabetes who do exactly that, on purpose. It's a form of anorexia, I think, but so bloody dangerous. DKA kills pretty quickly if untreated

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

And a massive amount of my time when people don't take their insulin then get DKA. Idiots.

Are you reading this , Russ ?

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

I can only imagine! I don't get it - they must start feeling really shit.

Puking up and moaning all the time as well.

 

[withdeanwombat]

You had one of these?!

I started off on glass syringes, too, but only for a while. Disposables were a breathe of fresh air, now the pens. The pump will be interesting

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Ha! The aforementioned Rand Rocket.After the needles had been boiled for a month they got a little less sharp and had to be stuck in with a lump hammer,

Pumps?

Pah!

 

[RM-Taylor]

And a massive amount of my time when people don't take their insulin then get DKA. Idiots.

I've had that 8 times. Always take my insulins and whatnot. Done tests to find out why it keeps occuring in me but they never seem to know why.

 

[ExmouthExile]

I had DKA over the New Year 2009 and it almost killed me! I guess I wasn't 'educated' enough. I'd had a cold for 3 months so my immune system was low anyway. Then just after Christmas I came down with what I thought was a stomach bug, dizzy, puking up etc. I lost my appetite and thought that because I wasn't eating, I wouldn't need any insulin ..... big mistake! On New Years Eve, my sister took me back to her place to take care of me (I live on my own) and my sugar level was off the scale on my meter (later read 38 at the hospital!) She said I looked like an 80 year old! I was literally drying up, they must have pumped god knows how many pints of fluid into me at the hospital to get me rehydrated.

Docs told my sister I was lucky to be alive. 4 weeks off work, and I felt like I'd just gone 12 rounds with Mike Tyson, I felt like shit. If you got diabetes, don't ever let yourself get into this mess, it is easily preventable. I had wires and tubes coming out of every orifice, I had to have a catheter! I remember, through a morphine induced haze, some doc had his finger up my arse, but I was so out of it I just didn't care! ....lolol. Having the catheter pulled out a few days later was an experience I won't forget in a hurry though .... i'm not going there again, not ever!!

 

[RM-Taylor]

I had DKA over the New Year 2009 and it almost killed me! I guess I wasn't 'educated' enough. I'd had a cold for 3 months so my immune system was low anyway. Then just after Christmas I came down with what I thought was a stomach bug, dizzy, puking up etc. I lost my appetite and thought that because I wasn't eating, I wouldn't need any insulin ..... big mistake! On New Years Eve, my sister took me back to her place to take care of me (I live on my own) and my sugar level was off the scale on my meter (later read 38 at the hospital!) She said I looked like an 80 year old! I was literally drying up, they must have pumped god knows how many pints of fluid into me at the hospital to get me rehydrated.

Docs told my sister I was lucky to be alive. 4 weeks off work, and I felt like I'd just gone 12 rounds with Mike Tyson, I felt like shit. If you got diabetes, don't ever let yourself get into this mess, it is easily preventable. I had wires and tubes coming out of every orifice, I had to have a catheter! I remember, through a morphine induced haze, some doc had his finger up my arse, but I was so out of it I just didn't care! ....lolol. Having the catheter pulled out a few days later was an experience I won't forget in a hurry though .... i'm not going there again, not ever!!

You probably know this already but still:

8 times out of 10, when you feel sick or are actually being sick, it will be linked to your diabetes. Test your BG and if it is elevated then give yourself a correction dose of insulin, usually 1 unit will lower the blood glucose by 2-3 mmol/s but this varies with people. You will normally find that after a few hours you'll feel back to your normal self again as the insulin has now prevented the antibodies from gaining the energy needed from the fat in the body. It's probably adviseable to test the level of your ketones once every month or so just to keep track of how well controlled the condition is.

 

[eastlondonseagull]

You probably know this already but still:

8 times out of 10, when you feel sick or are actually being sick, it will be linked to your diabetes. Test your BG and if it is elevated then give yourself a correction dose of insulin, usually 1 unit will lower the blood glucose by 2-3 mmol/s but this varies with people. You will normally find that after a few hours you'll feel back to your normal self again as the insulin has now prevented the antibodies from gaining the energy needed from the fat in the body. It's probably adviseable to test the level of your ketones once every month or so just to keep track of how well controlled the condition is.

DAFNE sick-day rules are pretty similar. One unit of insulin lowers BG by about three mmols. But if your ketones are very high, you need to inject 20% of your total daily insulin dose as a correction. And keep testing your sugars and ketones. DKA kills quickly, so needs to be taken seriously. NEVER stop taking your insulin, no matter how shit you're feeling!!

I got DKA myself when I was about 13. Spent about a week in hospital, not very nice. When I was diagnosed back in 1983, doctors said I had two days to live! Very hairy!!

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[eastlondonseagull]

Ha! The aforementioned Rand Rocket.After the needles had been boiled for a month they got a little less sharp and had to be stuck in with a lump hammer