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Originally Posted by wtfrazier
I will keep this short - I was diagnosed as a Type 1 on December 19, 2009. I admitted myself into hospital extremely sick on that day. Blood sugar when I went in was at 1166 (determined only thru lab analysis). I was in full tachycardia with 180 bpm and a blood pressure of 170/110.
After nearly 24 hours of insulin pump and fluids, I got down to where their BG machines could read my blood sugar levels. Took almost 2 days to stablize my blood sugar and rehydrate me.
After recovering, my doctors had told me that I probably had 4 hours to go when I came in on that Saturday morning and it would have been at best a coma for me. And to think I was going to push myself and go in on the following day, Sunday. The doctors said had I laid down on that Saturday, I probably wouldnt have woken up. Anyway, I finally got to leave the hospital after 4 days.
I have been doing good since. Actaully feel the best I have in a long time.
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Déjà vu. I can't believe how similar this sounds to my situation. My pre-diabetes stressor, as another poster put it was, believe it or not, a sun burn I got on my first day at a new job. I was having frequent urination, extreme thirst, ravenous hunger, and massive weight loss for two weeks after that. My son was born March 31, 2007, my wife and he came out of the hospital on April 1, and my wife took me back in on April 2nd with my blood sugar at 1192. I was slipping in and out of consciousness, and don't remember much about the first two days except some family visits and the diabetic educator, who explained things rather too slow for my liking.
I was 18 at the time, and the 3 year anniversary of that visit is creeping up. Fortunately I've got my son's birthday right before it, and that has distracted me both of the last 2 years.