Hi all. I'm Annie from Scotland. Nice to meet you all.
Whilst I am not diabetic, this is a sad tale about my Mother. She has been disabled for the past 30 years due to nerve damage in her spine and could only be 'pain free' by lying down in bed, hence she could not go out of the house as walking and sitting was too painful. However, in the last year, she has taken a turn for the worse and her legs have finally packed in and she is completely bedridden 24/7. Her only time outdoors in 30 years was in an ambulance taking her to hospital last year when her legs went. By the way she is 80 years old. Once home, her GP told her (on the phone) she had Type 2 diabetes and to take this pill each day and not to have any sugar ( I will confirm the name of the tablet later as I have forgotten how to spell it)lol. So my Mum always does as she is told and did just that. She lost lots of weight and was very poorly to the point when she was unconscious and the paramedics had to be called. By the time I got to her she was just coming around and they managed to stabilize her. They told me to get one of those machines that test the blood sugar from the chemist which I did. Her GP doesn't want to know basically and will not visit. She has had one visit in 15 years. They are not very helpful at all so that is why I am here. My Mum (Nancy) seems to need LOTS of sugar. She fortunately loves sweets and takes them constantly to keep her levels around 6.5 to 8. When she creeps slightly over that, I advise her to cut down a little and sure enough she comes back to 6 or there abouts. Sorry this is long but do you guys out there think that she is diabetic or not? I'm confused. The advice about cutting out sugar completely, put her in the hypo in the first place. We get no advice from any medical docs at all.
BTW diabetes runs in the family.
Thanks for listening and I wish you all well with whatever problems you might be having.
Annie
xx
Whilst I am not diabetic, this is a sad tale about my Mother. She has been disabled for the past 30 years due to nerve damage in her spine and could only be 'pain free' by lying down in bed, hence she could not go out of the house as walking and sitting was too painful. However, in the last year, she has taken a turn for the worse and her legs have finally packed in and she is completely bedridden 24/7. Her only time outdoors in 30 years was in an ambulance taking her to hospital last year when her legs went. By the way she is 80 years old. Once home, her GP told her (on the phone) she had Type 2 diabetes and to take this pill each day and not to have any sugar ( I will confirm the name of the tablet later as I have forgotten how to spell it)lol. So my Mum always does as she is told and did just that. She lost lots of weight and was very poorly to the point when she was unconscious and the paramedics had to be called. By the time I got to her she was just coming around and they managed to stabilize her. They told me to get one of those machines that test the blood sugar from the chemist which I did. Her GP doesn't want to know basically and will not visit. She has had one visit in 15 years. They are not very helpful at all so that is why I am here. My Mum (Nancy) seems to need LOTS of sugar. She fortunately loves sweets and takes them constantly to keep her levels around 6.5 to 8. When she creeps slightly over that, I advise her to cut down a little and sure enough she comes back to 6 or there abouts. Sorry this is long but do you guys out there think that she is diabetic or not? I'm confused. The advice about cutting out sugar completely, put her in the hypo in the first place. We get no advice from any medical docs at all.
BTW diabetes runs in the family.
Thanks for listening and I wish you all well with whatever problems you might be having.
Annie
xx
