Pancreatitis Induced Diabetes

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Bert,

You wrote, " I just got out of the hospital yet again for DKA! So, yes, I

totally understand your frustrations regarding blood sugar maintenance post

TP/ICT. "

I am sorry to hear that you are experiencing diabetes. If you do not have

diabetes ...yet ..., you cannot understand how horrific it is to go from 40 to

400 in a second. And, there is usually no rhyme or reason to the madness.

Finding a pattern to work from is difficult at best.

I recently went to diabetic education training, again. When I told my CDE

that diabetes was far worse than the pancreatitis, she said, " Then something is

wrong, because that is just crazy! " For a while she had me convinced that

they could tweak me into order. For a while I actually started saying, " You are

right, what could be worse than pain and nausea? " That did not last long.

Within a day or two I no longer was able to maintain my established insulin to

carb ratio. I remain with severe hypoglycemia unawareness, which they hoped

would return if I could prevent a hypoglycemic attack for a couple of weeks.

The neuropathy and visual problems are now becoming quite problematic.

Here is the good news! We will have a CDE, RN and a CDE, RD speak at the

symposium on the unique problems of pancreatitis induced diabetes.

Karyn E. , RN

Executive Director, PAI

_www.pancassociation.org_ (http://www.pancassociation.org/)

[Guest guest]

I remain with severe hypoglycemia unawareness, which they hoped

would return if I could prevent a hypoglycemic attack for a couple

of weeks. The neuropathy and visual problems are now becoming quite

problematic.

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Karyn I am so sorry to learn that your diabetes as gotten so

difficult to control. The hypos are so taxing on the body. When I

had that hypoglycemic seizure it was absolutely terrifying to my

daughter and it surely was no walk in the park for me either. I can

now recognize when I drop and it is a horrible horrible feeling.

What happens if you dont recognize it? How do you know what to do?

One of my greatest fears is that I will have those uncontrollable

BS's. It is very distressing to me to even imagine that all the

torture I went through to have the ict was all in vain. I can only

venture a guess that the complications of diabetes you are

experiencing are far more then just distressing. I understand

entirely how you feel saying unstable diabetes can be worse then cp.

I hope that you can regain control of your sugars before the

complications have a chance to worsen.

Warmly,