willow1964
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- Type of diabetes
- Family member
- Treatment type
- Tablets (oral)
Hi
I am posting on behalf of my Dad. It's a long story, but his diabetes was left untreated for a long time by his GP. Then we paid for him to see a private GP out of desperation to find out why he was going dizzy losing weight etc. Firstly private GP diagnosed the seriousness of my dad's diabetes, which his GP hadn't even been treating him for despite knowing about it. Anyway now he has inoperable pancreatic and liver cancer, but it seems the diabetes is causing him more problems than the cancer. He suddenly starts to shake in the evenings and goes freezing cold. We have been left in the dark about all of this. We thought it was the cancer until tonight when I suddenly remembered someone saying that their son had these things called hypos (he is a diabetic). My daughter googled 'hypos' and gave my Dad some fresh orange juice; within 15 minutes he was feeling less shakey and eventually the shaking subsided. Does this sound like a hypo? He had eaten two hours previously. We called the emergency doctor out to him the other night and he said don't worry about the diabetes just let him eat what he wants?? Please can someone tell me if they have any idea about how we can keep these shaking and shivering cold episodes at bay?? Thank you Forgot to say he is on oral medication and his usualy blood reading is 23. We have had no advice from any dieticians and are completely in the dark when it comes to knowledge of this illness.
I am posting on behalf of my Dad. It's a long story, but his diabetes was left untreated for a long time by his GP. Then we paid for him to see a private GP out of desperation to find out why he was going dizzy losing weight etc. Firstly private GP diagnosed the seriousness of my dad's diabetes, which his GP hadn't even been treating him for despite knowing about it. Anyway now he has inoperable pancreatic and liver cancer, but it seems the diabetes is causing him more problems than the cancer. He suddenly starts to shake in the evenings and goes freezing cold. We have been left in the dark about all of this. We thought it was the cancer until tonight when I suddenly remembered someone saying that their son had these things called hypos (he is a diabetic). My daughter googled 'hypos' and gave my Dad some fresh orange juice; within 15 minutes he was feeling less shakey and eventually the shaking subsided. Does this sound like a hypo? He had eaten two hours previously. We called the emergency doctor out to him the other night and he said don't worry about the diabetes just let him eat what he wants?? Please can someone tell me if they have any idea about how we can keep these shaking and shivering cold episodes at bay?? Thank you Forgot to say he is on oral medication and his usualy blood reading is 23. We have had no advice from any dieticians and are completely in the dark when it comes to knowledge of this illness.