Hi.
I’m here to gain knowledge to try to help and support my partner who had his T2 under control but recently it’s been all over the place.
He was diagnosed T2 and lost 5stone and got his levels under control largely with diet and Glictazide x2 daily. (He had a negative reaction to Metformin so won’t take it)
He’s done so well and I’m extremely proud of him, however over the past 6 months he has been unwell more than well. When well his levels are controlled and consistently around 5 when he tests his blood at the end of the work day before tea.
He has been having some concerning periods of rapidly higher levels with symptoms such as peeing loads, blurred vision, dizzy spells ect Doc put him on a month trial of jardiance saying the glictizide may be stopping his pancreas working…taking glictizide in the am and jardiance in the pm and he was really poorly within 5 days. Ended up with thrush ( takes inhaled steroids for bad asthma) diagnosed throat, chest, stomach and respiratory infections and was then on high does perisidone and penicillin for 2/3 weeks also stopped from taking jardiance during this period.
He eventually started feeling better and was told to stop taking meds for the infections and trail jardiance again. We are day 3 and he is in a mess again. He’s dizzy, pain behind eyes, feels sick, coughing to the point of throwing up, shakes, blurred vision. Levels were relatively normal for him and back under control after his illness but then suddenly yesterday they started all over the place again for no particular reason I can see. His diet hadn’t been perfect for a couple days but also not awful, he’s normally very strict on using the traffic’s light system and will not eat anything with a red on it. He had a very active day Saturday digging and laying decking and bloods were really low at tea time and since then they have been varying wildly. Was on 19…then down to 1.5 within 4 hours….then back up to 13….then 5.4….then climbing for no apparent reason again then dropping suddenly again. I’m really concerned but he is a very proud man and won’t let me interfere or help and just wants to be left when he’s like this. He worries me as he becomes very low and says he is sick of feeling so ill which is understandable, but he also won’t accept any suggestions of aid or help. Any ideas how I can help or am I best to just let him be until he gets under control again?
I feel like it’s dejavu from when he trialed jardiance last but in his current metal/physical state he refuses to accept that and I know better to correct or force him when he’s feeling like this as he’s not himself and won’t remember it anyway.
I’m here to gain knowledge to try to help and support my partner who had his T2 under control but recently it’s been all over the place.
He was diagnosed T2 and lost 5stone and got his levels under control largely with diet and Glictazide x2 daily. (He had a negative reaction to Metformin so won’t take it)
He’s done so well and I’m extremely proud of him, however over the past 6 months he has been unwell more than well. When well his levels are controlled and consistently around 5 when he tests his blood at the end of the work day before tea.
He has been having some concerning periods of rapidly higher levels with symptoms such as peeing loads, blurred vision, dizzy spells ect Doc put him on a month trial of jardiance saying the glictizide may be stopping his pancreas working…taking glictizide in the am and jardiance in the pm and he was really poorly within 5 days. Ended up with thrush ( takes inhaled steroids for bad asthma) diagnosed throat, chest, stomach and respiratory infections and was then on high does perisidone and penicillin for 2/3 weeks also stopped from taking jardiance during this period.
He eventually started feeling better and was told to stop taking meds for the infections and trail jardiance again. We are day 3 and he is in a mess again. He’s dizzy, pain behind eyes, feels sick, coughing to the point of throwing up, shakes, blurred vision. Levels were relatively normal for him and back under control after his illness but then suddenly yesterday they started all over the place again for no particular reason I can see. His diet hadn’t been perfect for a couple days but also not awful, he’s normally very strict on using the traffic’s light system and will not eat anything with a red on it. He had a very active day Saturday digging and laying decking and bloods were really low at tea time and since then they have been varying wildly. Was on 19…then down to 1.5 within 4 hours….then back up to 13….then 5.4….then climbing for no apparent reason again then dropping suddenly again. I’m really concerned but he is a very proud man and won’t let me interfere or help and just wants to be left when he’s like this. He worries me as he becomes very low and says he is sick of feeling so ill which is understandable, but he also won’t accept any suggestions of aid or help. Any ideas how I can help or am I best to just let him be until he gets under control again?
I feel like it’s dejavu from when he trialed jardiance last but in his current metal/physical state he refuses to accept that and I know better to correct or force him when he’s feeling like this as he’s not himself and won’t remember it anyway.
he won’t call 111 and is home alone as I’m now back at mine with my children so all I can do is wait it out now.
he says he’s drinking loads of water and has gone into work….
because he’s been so good at following the advise he was given. It’s so frustrating x