My husband and myself are both type 1 diabetics. Whilst we are both quite well controlled during the day, my husband takes a lot of hypos during the night which he will not wake up from. There are times he has gotten up and acted strange, often aggressive and I know it is a hypo because he always has beads of sweat on him. Other times he spends the whole night thrashing and kicking and soaking with sweat. Last night, as has been the case many times before, he was ice cold (I often worry he is dead!) and the bed sheets were soaking with sweat. He will not wake up and when I try to get him to he gets aggressive then goes back into a deep sleep. I am really worried that his body will shut down one night and my 2 girls will be without a father. I am sick of telling him to eat before his bed etc, to stop this from happening. The thing is when he does get up in the morning, his sugar has went up to about 3 or 4. This happens 2 or 3 times a week at least.
He eats a healthy diet, loves playing football and is generally healthy. I don't know what to do, but I am worried. I have just joined this website in the hope someone can offer me advice or tell me how much damage he is doing to himself. :| I get annoyed with him and often leave him to it as I am diabetic myself and feel if I have to take responsibility for myself then why can't he?
He eats a healthy diet, loves playing football and is generally healthy. I don't know what to do, but I am worried. I have just joined this website in the hope someone can offer me advice or tell me how much damage he is doing to himself. :| I get annoyed with him and often leave him to it as I am diabetic myself and feel if I have to take responsibility for myself then why can't he?