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Hospital And Blood Levels

Pinkorchid

Pinkorchid

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Type of diabetes
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Last week my husband who is 86 and T2 was in hospital for 4 days with a heart problem and had a angiogram procedure to put some stents in his arteries Since he has been home his blood glucose levels are sometimes in the 10's quite a bit higher than he normally has The food in there was not bad but portions were small and the salads he mostly had came with new potatoes which he did not eat all of so I did take some food in for him .Breakfast he said was only porridge or cereals so he had porridge. He does have porridge at home sometimes and that does not usually put his levels up very much but he has not had that since he has been home but has been having eggs and bacon etc instead. I thought his levels would soon get back to normal at home as he is eating the meals we always do. Has anyone here experienced this
 
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Our BG level are affected by many things, not just food.
For example, your husband's level may be higher due to the stress of being in hospital, illness, less exercise, if he was given new drugs, these could affect his BG, ...

Give him time to recover and his BG may go down.
 
I have no advice but wanted to send my best wishes to your husband for a speedy recovery and return to more usual levels.
Your husband's body has been through the mill with the possible stress of the procedure and we sometimes don't bounce back from this as fast as we once could. All the best.
 
I am very sorry to read that your husband has been ill, and I hope he is recovering well.
Best wishes to both of you.

The stress, any medication, any anaesthetic, and even reduced activity or changed routines can affect our blood glucose, as well as diet changes.

Hopefully his readings will settle down now he is back at home, but if you have any concerns, then please contact your doctor, or ring 111 for advice.
 
Hope he's on the mend now @Pinkorchid - agree that the change in activity levels, diet, stress, medication would all impact, so hopefully now he's back in his home environment things will improve.
 
I agree with the others. It's early days yet and I reckon the higher BGs are down to what the poor guy has just been through and I wish him a speedy recovery. I hope you are staying well throughout this worrying episode too.
 
Thanks for the good wishes and hopefully he will be alright now although he has to go back in a month for another angiogram on the other side to see if other arteries needs stents so not quite over yet but he is doing ok now still a bit weak but taking short walks when we take the dog out It was a shock and totally unexpected as he is always so well and active. He had some pain in his back the day before but by early next morning it suddenly got worse and very severe across the top of his back. I phoned my daughter at 7am luckily she lives in the same road and she was going to take him to A&E but when she saw how bad the pain was she phoned an ambulance. Paramedics came quickly were really good did two ECG's and other checks then said they were taking him in as the ECG showed an irregular heart beat which they said may be angina.We were shocked as we never associated back pain as being due to the heart thought that was always chest pain which he didn't have but apparently not it can be the back as well
 
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Thanks for the good wishes and hopefully he will be alright now although he has to go back in a month for another angiogram on the other side to see if other arteries needs stents so not quite over yet but he is doing ok now still a bit weak but taking short walks when we take the dog out It was a shock and totally unexpected as he is always so well and active. He had some pain in his back the day before but by early next morning it suddenly got worse and very severe across the top of his back. I phoned my daughter at 7am luckily she lives in the same road and she was going to take him to A&E but when she saw how bad the pain was she phoned an ambulance. Paramedics came quickly were really good did two ECG's and other checks then said they were taking him in as the ECG showed an irregular heart beat which they said may be angina.We were shocked as we never associated back pain as being due to the heart thought that was always chest pain which he didn't have but apparently not it can be the back as well
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Thank goodness your daughter made the right decision and that the paramedics came quickly. I am quick to moan about the failings of the NHS, but in an emergency they really come up trumps.

Don't forget to take care of yourself too, the shock must have been awful for you. Hugs.
 
I have told my husband what you all said that what he went through will affect his BG and make it higher for a while. I told him not to worry about it as now he is back to his normal routine and foods it will settle down again after a while
 
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