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<blockquote data-quote="SimonCrox" data-source="post: 1727993" data-attributes="member: 388174"><p>Sorry, this is a difficult situation</p><p></p><p>If hypos are a problem, are you sure that not getting confused due to silent night time hypos?</p><p></p><p>Have excluded other causes of cognitive impairment such as B12 deficiency, under active thryoid, high clacium levels (am sure these would have been done, but best to be sure)</p><p></p><p>Is he accidentally double dosing? one can get timesulin pen caps and some of the pens eg from NOvo have a memory function for last dose taken, but also seeing if his insulin stock going down at the correct rate.</p><p></p><p>Is he eating OK? Will carers in his residence check that he is eating OK?</p><p></p><p>Glucose monitoring is very difficult and a contentious issue; might the carers test for him when needed? This depends on the local policies and what the carers feel like rather than what the patient needs.</p><p></p><p>I totally concur with the comments above about the need to avoid hypos which will make the dementia progress more quickly IMHO (see Yaffe's work) and relaxing control.</p><p></p><p>best wishes</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SimonCrox, post: 1727993, member: 388174"] Sorry, this is a difficult situation If hypos are a problem, are you sure that not getting confused due to silent night time hypos? Have excluded other causes of cognitive impairment such as B12 deficiency, under active thryoid, high clacium levels (am sure these would have been done, but best to be sure) Is he accidentally double dosing? one can get timesulin pen caps and some of the pens eg from NOvo have a memory function for last dose taken, but also seeing if his insulin stock going down at the correct rate. Is he eating OK? Will carers in his residence check that he is eating OK? Glucose monitoring is very difficult and a contentious issue; might the carers test for him when needed? This depends on the local policies and what the carers feel like rather than what the patient needs. I totally concur with the comments above about the need to avoid hypos which will make the dementia progress more quickly IMHO (see Yaffe's work) and relaxing control. best wishes [/QUOTE]
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