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bunny

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Type of diabetes
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My hubbie took his bg reading and it was 16.8. This was approx 11.45 this morning. Twenty minutes later it had risen to 18.2. He is complaining of fuzzy eyesight, but will not come home from work. I am worried. He was only diagnosed a month ago and last week had his medication increased from 40mg to 80mg. He has these at the same time every morning. He also takes glucosamine and cod liver oil. Could these be affecting the reading and making his blood sugars too high? I am worried as to me these seem excessively high. He has his FIRST! check with the nurse tomorrow. My surgery is closed and I ended up having to call a pharmacy for advice. He said to get him up the hospital, but him being a man, he would not go. Any help you can give would be great. We haven't had any help at all from the medical profession.
 
If he is type 2 then although high, I dont think its life threatening, why not call NHS direct for advice?

Has he had anything sugary or lots of carbs for his breakfast?
 
Or
just possibly No breakfast and aggressive Dawn Phenomenon?
Hana
 
No, only porridge for breakfast and a healthy half a sandwich. He isn't having anything he shouldn't be having. Am concerned, so will take another reading and go from there. Thanks guys.
 
try not to worry, if he gets ill then he will need to see someone but as already said there may be many reasons its high, could he be coming down with something? porridge and bread is very high in carbs and could have caused the spike :?
 
Bunny, Porridge can spike some peoples blood sugar, and if it was white bread then that can too. I know its worrying in the beginning, I was panic stricken for weeks, but I got used to it, I read a lot on here and asked lots of questions, and I started to settle down.

Just stay calm, his sugars will reduce and you will get to grips with it all in no time.
 
This is where it gets confusing on the diet front, as I have read that porridge is ideal and that bread should not be cut out completely. I am trying to get the lowest GI bread possible, but I am obviously failing miserably if his readings are this high. Feel like I am making him more ill! How is he supposed to put weight on if he cannot have hardly any carbs? Help!!!!!!
 
Hi Bunny.
Not sure if you saw the advice you were given in your initial post:

viewtopic.php?f=25&t=17802#p161218

That advice, especially from my colleague Sue would help greatly in reducing BG levels as in most cases it is down to diet. Not always though !

From my own experience the so called 'Healthy Diet' given out by some GP's / Nurses / Dieticians can be the cause of the problem. My BG levels and complications began to rocket out of control over a period of years until I found that it was not good advice for me.......I changed my diet by reducing the carbohydrate content and using strict portion control and that was best for me. Now a well controlled Diabetic instead of an out of control one.

I have had levels far higher than hubby and have just sat it out, drinking plenty of water and doing some exercise.......it should drop eventually. As Dazg stated, you can try phoning NHS Direct and get more advice from them. I had a level of 24+ and did not need to go to A&E although I felt dreadful. I do hope he isn't operating any machinery or anything as that could put himself and workmates at risk.

Sounds like all you can do is try and get him to listen and see how it all goes. Sometimes people just go into denial about Diabetes........not the wisest thing to do. Keep trying and let us know how you get on.
 
That's the problem, we haven't actually had any advice from any health professionals. It has taken a month to get an appointment with the nurse at the surgery. We have not had any diet advice at all. Unfortunately, he has a garage business so is operating all sorts of machinery all day long, but someone has advised him to come home - thank goodness! Sorry to be such a worrier and I know it will get better, but at the mo am trying to be a graceful swan on the surface and a bloody mad duck underneath. I feel so sorry for him, but I know it will get better!
 
Well, Burgen bread is the best to get, most supermarkets sell it and its low GI.

Regarding the weight, I eat a lot of meat, some cheese, and if I have carbs, then its a tiny amount, I had chicken and chips last week from the chippy, a nice piece of chicken and a handfull of chips, my body coped well with that. Look at your husbands diet before diagnosis, and since, are there a lot less carbs? Sweets/crisps/chocs? If so then this will be why he is losing weight.
 
bunny said:
This is where it gets confusing on the diet front, as I have read that porridge is ideal and that bread should not be cut out completely. I am trying to get the lowest GI bread possible, but I am obviously failing miserably if his readings are this high. Feel like I am making him more ill! How is he supposed to put weight on if he cannot have hardly any carbs? Help!!!!!!
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A lot of the things that are supposedly 'healthy' might well be for a non-Diabetic. In many cases as a Diabetic it is just simply not 'healthy ! I can understand your concern but it is HIS Diabetes and he has to take control of it. You are doing nothing wrong at all. You are just trying to be helpful and supportive, as we all are. I can put weight on quite quicly even when reducing carbs, you do not have to cut them out completely, just get the balance right ........
 
Well, think carefully about how he was eating just before the weight loss, and try to see if you can see the reason for it, was he getting a little more exercise? Did he just generally eat less? Though I am not really overweight, I have lost 2 stone in the past few months and am now an ideal weight, so it has come off me quickly also, but this is my change of diet and exercise that I do.

In the early days its very difficult to be rational about things because of all this new information you are learning, but it does even out and you get control pretty quickly then, with any luck.

Just come on here and ask everything you need to know, someone will have an answer for you, but also, make a note of lots of questions to ask the nurse too, the more informed you are, the better you will be able to help him control his diabetes.
 
Bunny, re Daz's suggestion that you write down questions to ask during your appointment with the nurse - here on the Greetings and Introductions Forum is a list of suggested questions, written by the Forum Monitors, which will help you work out your own list:

viewtopic.php?f=20&t=17091#p155408
 
Bunny we are all different and the 'ideal diet' is different fo reach of us.

He may as somebody suggested have the Dawn phenomenon - where our BG rises in the mornings.

I find my body reacts differently to carbs in the morning than after lunch. So there is no way I could eat those carbs for breakfast without causing problem for my BG but I may be able to eat something more carby for lunch.


It is totally a matter of test it and see for him, well done that you are trying to help him out with this.
 
He lost weight before being diagnosed and the medication isn't working well? Are they just assuming it is type 2 because of age or are they sure it's not type 1?
 
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