My mother in law is 87 and had an emergency admission with DKA two weeks ago. She's doing well and is out of HDU.
Only 2 of her sons was aware that she was diagnosed as T2 diabetic . Id been trying to get her to go to doctors re weight loss for months, it got worse after Christmas- she was obviously in a catabolic state .
She's been tested for LADA and we await results.
My query is re diet . In hospital she's on an elderly weight gain diet with no consideration for diabetes - they simply ramp up the insulin if her sugars spike (24 after jam sponge and custard) .
I'm worried that this will simply make things more chronic
Surely there is such a thing as a weight gain diet for diabetes
Only 2 of her sons was aware that she was diagnosed as T2 diabetic . Id been trying to get her to go to doctors re weight loss for months, it got worse after Christmas- she was obviously in a catabolic state .
She's been tested for LADA and we await results.
My query is re diet . In hospital she's on an elderly weight gain diet with no consideration for diabetes - they simply ramp up the insulin if her sugars spike (24 after jam sponge and custard) .
I'm worried that this will simply make things more chronic
Surely there is such a thing as a weight gain diet for diabetes