angelicang
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Hi there,
I just joined the forum today and this is my first posting on here and not sure if I have posted in the correct place, if not, I apologise and please feel free to put in appropriate section.
Anyway, my problem is actually relating to my mother who has had diabetes for many years now. I won't pretend to know all the facts about this condition, just the basics but it is getting to the stage now where I am worried sick about my poor mother due to the diabetes.
To cut a long story short, she is 69 years old and for years had been taking tablets to control her diabetes but to no avail and it turns out they were doing nothing to control it. After a long hard struggle with a very stubborn mother, docs and the family finally persuaded her to start taking insulin.
She has been on the insulin for about 3 months now but she says she has never felt worse before. She constantly feels sick, has diahorrea every couple of days, then is constipated and bloated for another couple of days, wakes up at 5am nearly every morning cos she cant get back to sleep but during the day feels so lethargic and has no energy. Her diabetes is still not steady, some days she has a reading of 15, other days it can be low as 3
Her diabetes nurse still visits and though my mum is constantly "nipping her ear" about how lousy she feels, she doesnt seem to be to concerned and tells her she's doing fine, fat lot of good that is
She has also been to the docs who just replaced one of her tabs (as she still takes tabs as well as the insulin) with another one to stop the diahorrea.
As far as I know, cos I dont live with her, she eats the proper food she has been told to eat, though she does indulge the odd time ... so she tells me.
She has had problems with her eyes also inc a detached retina a few years ago as well as laser treatment in both eyes.
She also has awful pain in her feet (another symptom of diabetes I believe) which is becoming harder and harder for her to get out and about, very hard for someone who was always very independent.
Anyway, she was in tears on the phone to me last night saying her life wasnt worth living anymore as she felt so down and fed up feeling so ill all the time, it really upset me in fact to hear her speak like this
I just wondered if anyone can help and tell me why she feels so ill all the time since taking the insulin. Is this normal and will she start feeling better again soon?
I just feel so helpless and cant stand to see her in pain.
Can anyone shed any light on this for me please?
Sorry for rambling on but thank you for taking the time to read my post.
I just joined the forum today and this is my first posting on here and not sure if I have posted in the correct place, if not, I apologise and please feel free to put in appropriate section.
Anyway, my problem is actually relating to my mother who has had diabetes for many years now. I won't pretend to know all the facts about this condition, just the basics but it is getting to the stage now where I am worried sick about my poor mother due to the diabetes.
To cut a long story short, she is 69 years old and for years had been taking tablets to control her diabetes but to no avail and it turns out they were doing nothing to control it. After a long hard struggle with a very stubborn mother, docs and the family finally persuaded her to start taking insulin.
She has been on the insulin for about 3 months now but she says she has never felt worse before. She constantly feels sick, has diahorrea every couple of days, then is constipated and bloated for another couple of days, wakes up at 5am nearly every morning cos she cant get back to sleep but during the day feels so lethargic and has no energy. Her diabetes is still not steady, some days she has a reading of 15, other days it can be low as 3
Her diabetes nurse still visits and though my mum is constantly "nipping her ear" about how lousy she feels, she doesnt seem to be to concerned and tells her she's doing fine, fat lot of good that is
She has also been to the docs who just replaced one of her tabs (as she still takes tabs as well as the insulin) with another one to stop the diahorrea.
As far as I know, cos I dont live with her, she eats the proper food she has been told to eat, though she does indulge the odd time ... so she tells me.
She has had problems with her eyes also inc a detached retina a few years ago as well as laser treatment in both eyes.
She also has awful pain in her feet (another symptom of diabetes I believe) which is becoming harder and harder for her to get out and about, very hard for someone who was always very independent.
Anyway, she was in tears on the phone to me last night saying her life wasnt worth living anymore as she felt so down and fed up feeling so ill all the time, it really upset me in fact to hear her speak like this
I just wondered if anyone can help and tell me why she feels so ill all the time since taking the insulin. Is this normal and will she start feeling better again soon?
I just feel so helpless and cant stand to see her in pain.
Can anyone shed any light on this for me please?
Sorry for rambling on but thank you for taking the time to read my post.