- Messages
- 3
- Type of diabetes
- Reactive hypoglycemia
- Treatment type
- Other
- Dislikes
- spaced out and hypo
Hi, i am a lady 60+ and don't have diabetes. My general health was fine until i had parathyroid surgery 3yrs ago. Since then my general'well being ' has taken a nose dive. I have had awful symptoms of anxiety/depression /confusion and generally feeling not great. I was given an old meter by a colleague and asked to test my sugars. I had some quite low ones ranging from 2.9 to 3.9 and on some days felt so ill i could barely eat, however,after a 'bad day' i noticed that the following day i felt better, so wondered if perhaps it was something i hadn't eaten (probably all i had eaten was a yoghurt, a banana and some soup ) but, didn't want to go down the route of not eating to feel o.k. A few weeks ago i collapsed, was taken to A+E and told them i had been having low blood glucose. My g.p wouldn't accept the readings, because the meter was outdated, i was referred to an endo on NHS , but appointments were 4/5months, so because i was feeling so unwell i paid to see one privately. He told my g.p to issue a new meter and asked for 2 separate fasting bloods. (which i knew would be fine because if i didn't eat i usually felt o.k ) Since i have had the new meter my lows are about 3.6,, which i have been tol is o.k, but i have been so careful about what i eat, but have had quite a few 10.s and a couple of 15's and on one occasion 21.4. I'm just lost, some days i don't feel too bad but on others i feel so unwell, the muddled head/depressive feelings are far worse than any 'physical' symptoms, i feel as though i've gone mad and haven't been able to work for for 6months. Sometimes the 'fatigue' strikes and i feel half dead. The strange thing is i know if i didn't eat 'normally' i would be o.k. I'm just confused all the time about what to eat, do, what tests to have etc, all i want is to feel normal again, but people /doctors just say, you don't have diabetes so just eat normally, however, the reading of 21.4 was after just having a fruit yoghurt, a glass of orange and a chocolate bicuit . Any suggestions PLEASE as ithink the g.p thinks i am crazy.