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Cold sweats T2 insulin newbie

ExChocoholic

ExChocoholic

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Type of diabetes
Type 2
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I've just come out of hospital, where I spent a week with high BS and a particularly nasty kidney infection. At point if entry my BS was at 20 and I'd been experiencing difficulty in getting my figures below 12-14 for some time and my kidneys are slightly damaged as a result. Upshot being hospital put me on insulin, Novomix 30 twice a day before eating. This is my 4th day and my first night home. I woke up twice absolutely wringing wet in a cold sweat. My question is: would insulin do this to me, or is it something else? Has anyone else had this unpleasant experience?
 
ExChocoholic said:
I woke up twice absolutely wringing wet in a cold sweat.
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Did you check your bg at that point? Could have been hypo's, could have been false hypo's, could have been fever, could have been something else.

Wish you a good and uneventful recovery, sounds like you've had a bad week, being so ill.
 
Antje77 said:
Did you check your bg at that point? Could have been hypo's, could have been false hypo's, could have been fever, could have been something else.

Wish you a good and uneventful recovery, sounds like you've had a bad week, being so ill.
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I didn't check bg as monitor downstairs and could not energy to get up for it. Felt so rough. My daughter suggested could be infection.

Should I nibble something like cheese before bed I wonder?
 
ExChocoholic said:
I didn't check bg as monitor downstairs and could not energy to get up for it. Felt so rough. My daughter suggested could be infection.

Should I nibble something like cheese before bed I wonder?
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You should keep your meter by your bed, and something sweet to treat a hypo with so you don't have to navigate the stairs if you do get a hypo.
You really don't have a way to know what's going on without checking your bg, and if your bg is fine, checking for fever.
Stay safe!
 
Antje77 said:
You should keep your meter by your bed, and something sweet to treat a hypo with so you don't have to navigate the stairs if you do get a hypo.
You really don't have a way to know what's going on without checking your bg, and if your bg is fine, checking for fever.
Stay safe!
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I will - thanks. I got home late from hospital last night. Husband cannot help as he has declining Parkinsons.
 
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