Hello,
I am new to this forum and the question relates to my Mum, not me so I will do my best to explain as best I can!!
MY Mum is 51 and has been on Metformin and Levimir for the past couple of years for her Diabetes, admittedly her sugars have been out of control for a while, partly due to bad eating habits..... 12 days ago she was admitted in to hospital because she had been suffering with severe stomach aches on and off for the last couple of years, with 'flare ups' here and there with excruciating pains. She was hospitalized for ten days where they diagnosed her with cholecystitis (gall bladder) was given many antibiotics, including those for Abdominal sepsis to settle it down. Along with all kidns of potions to try and make her bowel move as she had not been able to go to the toilet since going in. She will be having the gall bladder removed in the next 12 weeks, but they did not want to do it yet, unless it became an emergency as she has other health problems such as obstructive sleep apnea, Rentry tachycardia, Fibromylagia and high blood pressure and her weight is very high.... so awaiting an appointment with the anesthetist to go through it then.
While she was in hospital the Diabetic nurse came to see her because her blood sugars were still high and leveling, without really wanting to budge, even though her food intake consisted of mainly just salad and soup through the day and two slices of bread for breakfast.... they decided to stopher Metformin and put her on NovoRapid insulin, which she takes three times a day..... we were told that they will start to come down..... her blood sugars are still averaging between 10-13 as they were before.
She was taken back in to hospital last night after only being home a few hours because she felt unwell and could not feel her hips.... we found out that this was because not only had her tummy ballooned in size, but she also had a very tight large swelling to the back of her hip and was struggling to breath.... Ambulance took her in and the Doctor did and Xray (due to not being able to go to the toilet for the ten days she was in hospital) and took some bloods.... All her blood results seemed to be okay and he said it was fluid retention (what he thought anyway) and it should go down..... the scales say she has gained close to 2 stone in weight (obviously not through food as her diet has been perfect and not one baddie has passed her lips)
It was only tonight that we realised that the swelling started after starting the NovoRapid.... so I am wondering if this is related and if anyone else has had any water retention on the NovoRapid? I'm really concerned and so is she... but nobody seems to be giving us any answers and nobody has even questioned if there is any relation to the Edema and NovoRapid....I'm sorry if this post is long winded and maybe includes information not deemed relevant, but I've done the best I can! Lol!
Any information or help would be VERY much appreciated.
Many thanks xx
I am new to this forum and the question relates to my Mum, not me so I will do my best to explain as best I can!!
MY Mum is 51 and has been on Metformin and Levimir for the past couple of years for her Diabetes, admittedly her sugars have been out of control for a while, partly due to bad eating habits..... 12 days ago she was admitted in to hospital because she had been suffering with severe stomach aches on and off for the last couple of years, with 'flare ups' here and there with excruciating pains. She was hospitalized for ten days where they diagnosed her with cholecystitis (gall bladder) was given many antibiotics, including those for Abdominal sepsis to settle it down. Along with all kidns of potions to try and make her bowel move as she had not been able to go to the toilet since going in. She will be having the gall bladder removed in the next 12 weeks, but they did not want to do it yet, unless it became an emergency as she has other health problems such as obstructive sleep apnea, Rentry tachycardia, Fibromylagia and high blood pressure and her weight is very high.... so awaiting an appointment with the anesthetist to go through it then.
While she was in hospital the Diabetic nurse came to see her because her blood sugars were still high and leveling, without really wanting to budge, even though her food intake consisted of mainly just salad and soup through the day and two slices of bread for breakfast.... they decided to stopher Metformin and put her on NovoRapid insulin, which she takes three times a day..... we were told that they will start to come down..... her blood sugars are still averaging between 10-13 as they were before.
She was taken back in to hospital last night after only being home a few hours because she felt unwell and could not feel her hips.... we found out that this was because not only had her tummy ballooned in size, but she also had a very tight large swelling to the back of her hip and was struggling to breath.... Ambulance took her in and the Doctor did and Xray (due to not being able to go to the toilet for the ten days she was in hospital) and took some bloods.... All her blood results seemed to be okay and he said it was fluid retention (what he thought anyway) and it should go down..... the scales say she has gained close to 2 stone in weight (obviously not through food as her diet has been perfect and not one baddie has passed her lips)
It was only tonight that we realised that the swelling started after starting the NovoRapid.... so I am wondering if this is related and if anyone else has had any water retention on the NovoRapid? I'm really concerned and so is she... but nobody seems to be giving us any answers and nobody has even questioned if there is any relation to the Edema and NovoRapid....I'm sorry if this post is long winded and maybe includes information not deemed relevant, but I've done the best I can! Lol!
Any information or help would be VERY much appreciated.
Many thanks xx
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We will hopefully have an appointment with the GP tomorrow, so hopefully it will be sorted out as best it can be!
