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I am new to the site. I apologize if this post is lengthy. I feel so misunderstood and overwhelmed right now.
I was misdiagnosed as type 2 last year. Properly diagnosed as a type 1.5. Found myself in the ER with DKA. Luckily, I was able to receive two bags of fluid and sent home. I function on Metformin 500 BID.
Since my diagnosis, I cut ties with two PCP's and one Endo. The first PCP misdiagnosed, the second PCP asked when I started insulin
, and the Endo mishandled my thyroid situation.
I was diagnosed with a goiter and sent to ultrasound. A few weeks later, I underwent a FNB. Three nodules were in question. Lab results returned one nodule benign, two cystic but non-diagnosed. Too much blood on wet mounts. Benign nodule has hurtle cells. Last TSH panel was May, 2009. I felt my thyroid enlarge early fall , 2009. Endo did not perform new TSH panel nor looked into Hashimotos. I have many of the hallmarks for Hashimotos including the family history of thyroid issues (born with a toxic goiter). Immunity conditions appear in clusters. I was so frustrated with this Endo I left.
I've also had numerous dental issues. I've lost three molar root canals at the gum line. They are next to each other. Surgical extractions. Dentist insists implants. I disagree for several reasons. A heart condition limits what novocaine I can tolerate and I have severe sensitivity to medication. The top three "dental antibiotics" have caused symptoms from allergies to tachycardia. I want a partial denture. I am concerned this dentist is not reacting to my diabetic condition properly. Two of this molars could have been removed earlier had he had not sat on a medical consult. I am very concerned about infection.
I lost a year of school due to Diabetes. I returned last week to campus and cried. I do think I properly mourned the person who walked there before and who I am now. The person who suffered debilitating panic attacks, infections, bouts of dizzy spells, etc. I had to apply at the disabilities department. Me? Disabled? What? I am not in a wheel chair.
I felt very sick the week before classes started. I had to run up and down stairs to keep my blood sugar in check.
I feel like a health :boom: waiting to go off. No one around me understands type 1 diabetes, my frustration with the medical community, and why school has been so difficult to return to.
I was misdiagnosed as type 2 last year. Properly diagnosed as a type 1.5. Found myself in the ER with DKA. Luckily, I was able to receive two bags of fluid and sent home. I function on Metformin 500 BID.
Since my diagnosis, I cut ties with two PCP's and one Endo. The first PCP misdiagnosed, the second PCP asked when I started insulin
, and the Endo mishandled my thyroid situation. I was diagnosed with a goiter and sent to ultrasound. A few weeks later, I underwent a FNB. Three nodules were in question. Lab results returned one nodule benign, two cystic but non-diagnosed. Too much blood on wet mounts. Benign nodule has hurtle cells. Last TSH panel was May, 2009. I felt my thyroid enlarge early fall , 2009. Endo did not perform new TSH panel nor looked into Hashimotos. I have many of the hallmarks for Hashimotos including the family history of thyroid issues (born with a toxic goiter). Immunity conditions appear in clusters. I was so frustrated with this Endo I left.
I've also had numerous dental issues. I've lost three molar root canals at the gum line. They are next to each other. Surgical extractions
. Dentist insists implants. I disagree for several reasons. A heart condition limits what novocaine I can tolerate and I have severe sensitivity to medication. The top three "dental antibiotics" have caused symptoms from allergies to tachycardia. I want a partial denture. I am concerned this dentist is not reacting to my diabetic condition properly. Two of this molars could have been removed earlier had he had not sat on a medical consult. I am very concerned about infection.I lost a year of school due to Diabetes. I returned last week to campus and cried. I do think I properly mourned the person who walked there before and who I am now. The person who suffered debilitating panic attacks, infections, bouts of dizzy spells, etc. I had to apply at the disabilities department. Me? Disabled? What? I am not in a wheel chair.
I felt very sick the week before classes started. I had to run up and down stairs to keep my blood sugar in check.
I feel like a health :boom: waiting to go off. No one around me understands type 1 diabetes, my frustration with the medical community, and why school has been so difficult to return to.
