Going back to my story… August 1998

by Alternative Diabetic, posted in Diabetes

I am now going back having jumped from July 1996 to August 1998..the 2 years in between were busy bringing up 2 young children and dealing with daily Hypo glycemic attacks !!!

August 1998 , I gave birth to my 3rd Child a Boy born at 36 weeks, again by caesarian. …However I may not have had him had I listened to the Doctors again !!

Three months into the pregnancy I went for a scan to be told , due to the blood tests I had, the baby hadn’t developed and I should have a termination..I was told a scan would be pointless and computers don’t get it wrong , so we sat outside the doctors room in the hospital while he saw the next patient and decided where to have the termination.  I was so sure the pregnancy felt right that when I went back in the room I insisted on a scan !!

Yes you guessed , the Doctor finally agreed to the scan and my feelings were right ..the results on the computer were wrong and our Baby was developing perfectly !!! 

Moral of the story always believe in your second sense and fight to be heard if you believe something is wrong.

I wouldn’t have given birth to my 3rd Child had I not pushed the doctor to give me a scan..after which I decided to change specialist ..hence going back to town.

Time to reflect….Sept 2016

by Alternative Diabetic, posted in Diabetes, Diabetic Maculopathy

Sitting on a plane, gives me time to reflect on how I want to proceed with my blog !! I stopped writing my blog as I had a recent issue with my eyes…A complication of diabetes, ‘Diabetic Maculopathy ‘. which I am now having injections for .. in my eyes !!

My first reaction was to say why me ! Then I decided to turn it round and be positive..I opened up an Instagram account to fill with inspirational sayings and photographs that made me happy..I called it ‘ @alternativediabetic ‘ . Hopefully helping others going through similar situations in life.

I want to live my life to the full as you don’t  know whats round the corner, also travel more ..hence my blog stopped for a while ! ..Now after another short break  I’m ready to carry on bringing my story up to date …

‘I will eat my Hat’ if you have a thyroid problem…July 1996

by Alternative Diabetic, posted in Diabetes

I made an appointment to revisit my diabetic specialist, he didn’t really believe in alternative therapies so when I mentioned I believed I had a thyroid problem he laughed and said I needed to come to terms with my diabetes.

As I was a private patient I insisted on some blood tests to see if the iridologist was correct,  my specialist agreed to do them but said he would eat his hat if I had a thyroid problem !!!

That evening the specialist called me at my home to say he was eating his hat as he spoke to me … I had a severe under active thyroid ‘myxoedema’ and should start Thyroxine therapy that evening and to come to the hospital to collect my prescription!!

I started on a high dose 150 micrograms straight away …

IRIDOLOGY…how it helped me.. June 1996

by Alternative Diabetic, posted in Diabetes, iridology

I was recommended to go to an iridologist ..for those who don’t know….

Iridology  is an ancient diagnostic technique through analysis of the iris of the eye.It is painless, non -invasive,and astonishingly accurate method of health analysis. It is believed to reveal the condition of each and every organ in the body….extract from a book by Adam Jackson Iridologist.

At the time I was willing to try anything alternative , the hypos(low blood sugar) I had on a regular basis were getting me down. One of the things I learnt was that the iridologist believed I had a thyroid disorder and if I corrected it, my diabetes would settle ..he wasn’t convinced I was Type 1 !!

With this knowledge I went to pay another visit to my  diabetic specialist…

 

Where has the year gone !! … back to April 1993

by Alternative Diabetic, posted in Diabetes, Pregnancy & Diabetes, Pregnancy diabetes

When I started this blog I was going to write about my story from first being diagnosed, however so much has happened in the past year that I was unable to go back to my blog as I was dealing with current diabetic issues!!

Therefore I have decided to bring my blog up to date quicker by saying my history in a briefer format.

APRIL 1993  had my first baby a Girl by  C-section.. A fairly good diabetic pregnancy with no real complications except for delivering the baby at 37 weeks due to Oedema.

There is no point discussing the complications re diabetic pregnancies as many guidelines have changed as it was over 20 years ago!

DECEMBER 1995 had my second baby by C- section.. A slightly harder pregnancy as the baby a Boy was nearly 10lbs by week 36 so had to deliver him on News Years Eve by Emergency Caesarian ! He was in special care unit for a week…

Having 2 young children proved very tiring with having to manage my diabetes as well,. so I employed a lovely au pair to help me. I had to change to a new ENDOCRINOLOGIST No 3  more local as hard to travel into town with the young children. I was feeling extremely tired all the time so I decided to take an Alternative health route !!!

I went to see an IRIDOLOGY Specialist !!… (To be continued….)

 

Finally home after a month of travelling ! June 2015

by Alternative Diabetic, posted in Diabetes

It’s not that I don’t feel lucky to have had such fun …America…Middle East … Europe, however 6 security checks is challenging for an insulin independent diabetic !!! 

I wear an Omnipod (Insulin Pump) … The amount of swobs and body checks and questions makes you not want to fly !! I realise it’s important but surely they can make it more pleasant when it’s obvious you are diabetic !! Then there is the changing of the body clock and adapting your insulin round it … Not sure people realise what we go through !!🙈😎… Back into my history shortly ….