So after my last post in October, I went for my 3rd Portacath operation, the operation was successful and I had a working port up until about 2 weeks later and my port decided to break again. It only lasted 1 week of IVs. The line kinked again In my chest, causing my port to block.
At the beginning of November I held a charity ball for Cystic Fibrosis, it was a fab night, and we raised a lot of money!
After all of this I then had my glucose tolerance test for Diabetes, I have this every year as a precaution so I didn't think anything of it. However this time when I went back into clinic, my blood sugar levels in the test were 11.0 which is very high after 2 hours of waiting. To make sure this wasn't a false test they decided to do a CGMS test on me for a few days, a little device sat in my stomach to measure my blood sugars non stop, as well as doing regular finger pricks.
Obviously it all came back positive and I am now injecting myself daily with insulin.
My lung function has dropped 13% from 93%-80% so I am currently on my IV antibiotics for two weeks, but I'm having to have it through a cannula as my port is still broken, I'm on my 3rd cannula in 1 week as my veins keep collapsing.
Anyway I hope everyone has had a lovely Christmas (and soon to be new year!)
Despite being ill I had a lovely Christmas at ho,em with my family. Sorry that this blog has been a bit jumbled, just trying to update in everything that has happened in a brief way.
Thankyou for reading
Speak soon,
Emily xo
