Good evening Annb,
After reading your post I realise that I probably got off light with my dose of Covid - although I did not think so at the time.
I really do thank you for your post - and I also hope that you will be feeling much better very soon. My wife and I will also remember you in our prayers tonight.
God bless.
Have u got trouble with controlling postprandial bg months after COVID ?
Have u got trouble with controlling postprandial bg months after COVID ?
I only know of a few people's experience, but raised BG levels seems to be fairly common during any illness, and some, I know, still have problems long after the actual illness goes. Mine have been high for a long time - worse during the last few months. Only now beginning to get some kind of control back with higher doses of insulin than I want to be using (or my diabetes nurse wants me to use).
Good afternoon Annb,
Are you on Insulin? If so, have you tried increasing your dose by 2 or 4 units "short term" to see if that helps?
I adjust my dose regularly by a few units to keep control - if the go above FBS 8 on 2 consecutive days I add about 6 units in the morning - but I am careful about the evening dose to avoid nighttime Hypos. I have not had a hypo now for about 6 or 7 years.
Keeping "control" is the most important thing to avoid other complications.
Have a nice day.
Thank you, @Kyambala. I have been on insulin for several years now and gradually the required dose has crept up. Because it was higher than my diabetes nurse liked, she put me onto different ones (basal and bolus) and asked me to start with a much reduced dose because she thought the new ones would be more effective. This was around 2 months ago. The result was that my already high BG went even higher and gradually I have reached the stage where I am, more or less, in control, but still higher than I would like but at a dose at least as high as on the previous insulins. Control for me is around 9 on my meter. The nurse thinks that's very tight control. I would rather see it at least 3 points lower. Oddly, a few days ago I did have all the symptoms of a hypo - at 4.3! So, I am being a bit wary. Sticking with my 48 units before meals just now. Basal dose of 64 units.
Good evening Annb.
I thought that you were supposed to be Type 2? I would have thought that Humulin 3 taken morning and evening with perhaps Metformin SR in the evening would give you better control. I don't use Basal at all.
Low Carb High Fat diet plus daily exercise I have found to be the best way to control BS - before I started on LCHF my FBS was all over the place and night Hypos were regular. Not eating "too much" food is also important plus limiting alcohol consumption.
If you decide to use Metformin SR please keep an eye on your B12 as it can cause other complications. Whatever you take there will be added side effects - although Metformin SR taken at night only gives you side effects when you are asleep.
Your Doctor might be more knowledgeable than your Diabetic Nurse on these matters.
Good night.
Good morning @Kyambala.
I am T2. The insulin I have been prescribed is Toujeo Double Star as a basal dose and Fiasp to take before food. These were prescribed to replace Lantus Solostar basal dose and Humilin S bolus, which did not seem to be working very well. The new ones are no better than the previous ones. I also take Metformin 500 mg after first and last meal of the day. Not sure if that is slow release or not. I've only just gone back onto them after stopping before endoscopy/sigmoidoscopy and blood test to ensure that it was safe to take them again. I have been advised that it is not necessary to take vitamin supplements, other than Vit D (bone specialist re potential osteoporosis). Our doctors simply refer to the diabetes (nurse led) clinic.
It seems that it is all a matter of opinion. One specialist's view is not necessarily the same as another's. Seems to be an art rather than a science. Anyone who has read my posts over the last years or so will know that I don't have a very high opinions of the medical services in Britain. Although much better than in some other countries, it is all a bit like the curate's egg.
As far as I am aware, night hypos don't happen to me. I think I would know since I don't sleep very well and have to wake up, due to arthritic pain, approximately every 2 hours. Day time hypos don't happen very often either, but they have happened - usually after accidentally fasting for too many hours. My problem is high BG levels most of the time.
Exercise also doesn't happen - arthritis is to blame for that. The best I can manage is to shuffle around the house as much as possible. This uses plenty of energy (and certainly makes me puff and pant), but I don't kid myself that it is enough to keep me even relatively fit, or help me lose some of the extra weight I am carrying.
Thank you, that confirms what some of us thought already.Came across this which may be of interest to those of you who think they may have undetected COVID pre February:
https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-h...g-in-italy-earlier-than-thought-idUKKBN27V0KF
Looks like COVID has been around a long time.
Zand, I'm so sorry you are feeling so bad. I really don't think anyone in this country is thinking we (older diabetics) are useless and not worth hospital treatment. I think in this country we are imbued with the idea that on the NHS EVERYONE matters and deserves exactly the same, sometimes heroic, efforts to help and if possible save them, no matter the cost. I see the problem as being rather that a large proportion of the population don't think at all! They don't reflect that the consequences of their stupid selfish actions will be deaths of frontline workers and vulnerable people. They are just focussed on their "freedoms" and their beer. Asked to donate towards treatments for Covid patients they would likely put their hands in their pockets willingly enough.I have come to realise that as a 63 year old diabetic, society considers me, and others like me, useless and not worth hospital treatment should I/we get covid again.
Hugs. I've been like that for months. Your GP should know that long covid is recognised as a condition. I can only suggest test more than you think you need to, where possible, keep a record of how you are feeling, write up when and how it started and try to make a retrospective report to show to back up your proof of long covid.I also had a mysterious viral infection in March, almost certainly brought it home from school (am a teacher), never got tested, got told it can't possibly be covid since I only had some contact with a pupil who'd been skiing in Italy a few miles north of the hotspots back then, but then again been asked not to take two-year old daugter to hospital (she'd been sick three times a night and refusing to drink or eat for a week and I strugled to wake her up during the day) unless she passes out because it probably is covid. Been struggling with nausea, headaches, tingling in one foot, about once every two weeks, blood glucose all over the place even on very-low-carb, just to get told by GP that it is stress. This time last year I had three toddlers in nappies and a full-time job, now two are at nursery and finally potty-trained, so surely I should be feeling better, not this much worse? Have given up on trying to be understood, taking metformin now and counting days that I'm feeling fine, hoping for a new record.
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