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Winnie94

Winnie94

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Type of diabetes
Parent
Treatment type
Tablets (oral)
I have joined this forum to help me and my family deal better with my elderly mother's newly diagnosed diabetes.
 
I am watching her diet. Have substituted her 1tsp of sugar in her tea twice a day. Taken away her candy. :-( Now my main concern is trying to get her to actually eat as she has an upset stomach for the last two days. I've given her some anti-acid (Gaviscon) and that seems to help a little.
I appreciate the support and knowing that her blood sugar levels don't need to drop from 39 to 5 within one week (like many people are telling me).
 
if i get to 94 im eating as much candy as i like :)
 
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...Hi Winnie and welcome to the forum...I've not been here that long but everyone is helpful and friendly, the advice is invaluable....:)
 
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I'm type 1 and would like to connect with others! Xx thank you in advance xx
 
Hi and welcome to the forum. Let us know what problems you have and someone will be able to help. The advice on here is very useful.
 
Actually I think the wiser move is to bring the levels down slowly since a sharp drop to normal levels is quite traumatic for the body.

I know when I was first diagnosed then release from custody, sorry I mean hospital, I felt crazy hypo when I was at 8.
Bring it down gently and make small changes, they are easier to handle than a sharp jolting change that feels like you are suddenly on a crash diet or something.

Though that is just my opinion :)
 
AndyS said:
Actually I think the wiser move is to bring the levels down slowly since a sharp drop to normal levels is quite traumatic for the body.

I know when I was first diagnosed then release from custody, sorry I mean hospital, I felt crazy hypo when I was at 8.
Bring it down gently and make small changes, they are easier to handle than a sharp jolting change that feels like you are suddenly on a crash diet or something.

Though that is just my opinion :)
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I agree.
There can be consequences for eyesight (retinopathy) if the blood glucose drops too quickly. Better to bring it down gently but firmly. ;)
 
Well the retinopathy is usually due to very long term high sugars.
I know that at diagnosis they were watching my salt levels like crazy since they expected them to crash.. also a few other issues that they were worried about due to previous health stuff. But my feeling is that your body has gotten used to being at a certain level so if you don't give it time to adjust it really is quite a shock to the system.

The diagnosis on its own is quite a shock so no need to make it worse with being too aggressive from a biochemical standpoint too.
 
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