I have been type2 for nearly 6 years and lately my readings have been up at 16-18 the nurse at my doctors for diabetes has said that there is no more pills they can give me and i would probably have to start injecting she is referring me to a specialist nurse my diet has not changed and if any thing i have lost a bit of weight but am also tiered all the time and take bad dizzy spells.am just a little worried.
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Specialist nurse
- Thread starter tony19
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- Worthing, UK.
- Type of diabetes
- Type 1
- Treatment type
- Insulin
- Dislikes
- Not being able to eat as many chocolate digestives as I used to.
Looking back at your posting history, I read that you were up at 18-22mmol back in 2016. Have you had high blood sugars all this time or have you had a period of lower level readings?
I am not surprised that you feel fuzzy headed with high blood sugars, I know I did before diagnosis. There's not really anything to fear about injecting insulin. If it is the right medication for you then it will hep you gain control over the condition.
Bluetit1802
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High blood sugars are most likely the cause of your dizziness etc.
A big part of lowering blood glucose is diet.
You say you haven't changed your diet, so can you tell us what it is? We may be able to help.
A big part of lowering blood glucose is diet.
You say you haven't changed your diet, so can you tell us what it is? We may be able to help.
catapillar
Well-Known Member
You're probably loosing weight because you are so hyperglycaemic, your body isn't getting energy from the food you eat because the sugar is in your blood and can't get into your cells to fuel them, so your body thinks you must be starving and starts burning up your fat stores to give you energy.
You're probably tired because you are hyperglycaemic. Obviously, no being able to get fuel into your cells makes you pretty exhausted.
Dizzy spells are probably also attributable to hyperglycaeimia, which can cause vision issues.
What medication are currently taking to control your diabetes if they've said there are no more pills they can give you? Depending on what medication you are on you might need to be cautious about diet adjustments to bear in mind hypo risk.
Do you know what they are suggesting you start injecting? Insulin would be the obvious one, but there are a variety of other injectable medications for type 2 diabetes, which may be trialed before insulin.
If they are suggesting commencing insulin you might want to consider asking for a cpeptide test to see what your insulin production is looking like. A key element of type 2 diabetes is hyperinsulimia, the production of more insulin than normal as your body tries to deal with insulin resistance. If you are producing lots of insulin then adding more with injectable insulin may not actually be that helpful and you might be better off looking at diet adjustments, exercise and weight loss. Some type 2 diabetics find that the strain on their insulin producing beta cells of the over production of insulin effectively wears out the beta cells and they stop working, they would not be producing enough insulin, in which case a move to injectable insulin would be required.
You're probably tired because you are hyperglycaemic. Obviously, no being able to get fuel into your cells makes you pretty exhausted.
Dizzy spells are probably also attributable to hyperglycaeimia, which can cause vision issues.
What medication are currently taking to control your diabetes if they've said there are no more pills they can give you? Depending on what medication you are on you might need to be cautious about diet adjustments to bear in mind hypo risk.
Do you know what they are suggesting you start injecting? Insulin would be the obvious one, but there are a variety of other injectable medications for type 2 diabetes, which may be trialed before insulin.
If they are suggesting commencing insulin you might want to consider asking for a cpeptide test to see what your insulin production is looking like. A key element of type 2 diabetes is hyperinsulimia, the production of more insulin than normal as your body tries to deal with insulin resistance. If you are producing lots of insulin then adding more with injectable insulin may not actually be that helpful and you might be better off looking at diet adjustments, exercise and weight loss. Some type 2 diabetics find that the strain on their insulin producing beta cells of the over production of insulin effectively wears out the beta cells and they stop working, they would not be producing enough insulin, in which case a move to injectable insulin would be required.
