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Diabetic Numbers Post Angioplasty

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Hi all

I am 60, Type 2 diabetic on slow release insulin with Metformin etc

I had my daily numbers well under control, averaging 6.5 daily.

Since my op, roughly the 10/02, my numbers are erratic and it takes hours and hours for them to get back under 8 after eating - easily 4 hours and sometimes not at all.

I can easily average 11 on any given day and any exercise will push my numbers very high, 14 and above.

I have of course approached my diabetic nurse and the cardiologist, but they seem very reluctant to react to this.

Has anyone else seen this before, should I be more assertive in asking if I should up the daily dose of insulin?

My concern is the cycle of diabetes and heart attacks I have had, I thought I was under control but this shows how fragile that control can be.
 
liebniz said:
Hi all

I am 60, Type 2 diabetic on slow release insulin with Metformin etc

I had my daily numbers well under control, averaging 6.5 daily.

Since my op, roughly the 10/02, my numbers are erratic and it takes hours and hours for them to get back under 8 after eating - easily 4 hours and sometimes not at all.

I can easily average 11 on any given day and any exercise will push my numbers very high, 14 and above.

I have of course approached my diabetic nurse and the cardiologist, but they seem very reluctant to react to this.

Has anyone else seen this before, should I be more assertive in asking if I should up the daily dose of insulin?

My concern is the cycle of diabetes and heart attacks I have had, I thought I was under control but this shows how fragile that control can be.
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I cannot say that this happens to everyone but, in my case, whenever I have had medical procedures my insulin requirements go up. That becomes "new normal" because the requirements do not go down. However, if blood glucose go up because of a virus, such Covid, then insulin doses go back down once I am feeling better. I cannot guess, or explain why. I would say: follow your meter.
 
ElenaP said:
I cannot say that this happens to everyone but, in my case, whenever I have had medical procedures my insulin requirements go up. That becomes "new normal" because the requirements do not go down. However, if blood glucose go up because of a virus, such Covid, then insulin doses go back down once I am feeling better. I cannot guess, or explain why. I would say: follow your meter.
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Thanks - I do.

It's the diabetic team that I'm trying to convince. Maybe I need to take matters into my own hands, Thanks for the reply.
 
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