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- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
Hi
My name is Tracey and my 77 year old mum has been trying to control her blood sugar ever since she had pancreatitis
two years ago. She has been prescribed 48ml of insulin once a day metformin one twice a day and still her
morning BS is around 8-10 and afternoon (2 hours after eating) around 20-28.
She has very bad cataracts that require surgery but they will not do the op until her blood sugar is at least single digits.
She cannot see a thing to the point it is getting dangerous (controls on over, taking meds, and giving herself sugar test and insulin injections.
The diabetic nurse has said about trying fast acting insulin but does not think the district nurses will be prepared to come to give it twice a day at the correct time (just before eating) She has said if the fast acting insulin does not work "she gives up" and does not know what else can be done. Any advice would be great because I am scared I am going to lose my mum to either an accident(almost burnt her flat down with the over controls) or from organ failure due to constant high blood sugar.
Thank you for taking the time to read
My name is Tracey and my 77 year old mum has been trying to control her blood sugar ever since she had pancreatitis
two years ago. She has been prescribed 48ml of insulin once a day metformin one twice a day and still her
morning BS is around 8-10 and afternoon (2 hours after eating) around 20-28.
She has very bad cataracts that require surgery but they will not do the op until her blood sugar is at least single digits.
She cannot see a thing to the point it is getting dangerous (controls on over, taking meds, and giving herself sugar test and insulin injections.
The diabetic nurse has said about trying fast acting insulin but does not think the district nurses will be prepared to come to give it twice a day at the correct time (just before eating) She has said if the fast acting insulin does not work "she gives up" and does not know what else can be done. Any advice would be great because I am scared I am going to lose my mum to either an accident(almost burnt her flat down with the over controls) or from organ failure due to constant high blood sugar.
Thank you for taking the time to read