T2 husband's BGs.

[davendeb]

Hello and welcome to the forum. Your husband is very fortunate to have a wife like you

I agree with a lot of previous posters. Before I was diagnosed I was well overweight and the response of the doctor was quite often defaulting to 'it's because you are overweight'. It wasn't always (or even often) due to my weight.

So yes it can be easy for any medical profession to look at the diagnosis and blame everything on being a diabetic.

So before you see the endocrinologist on the 23rd my suggestion would be to do very regular testing of his blood glucose levels. Give him more information to consider. If the tests show that his levels are okay then that's something the dr can rule out. If they are high that's something she/he should know to consider in the overall picture. I would also suggest keeping a food and sleep and symptoms diary. It feels like a lot when you do this but giving the dr. more information can only help.

Good luck- I hope you get some answers!

Thank you - since my post we have been keeping records ahead of the 23rd and his HbA1c which was done today and I’ve been mindful of what has been eaten and the effect on his BG, last night before bed his BG was 6.7, on waking this morning it was 11.1, could this be anything to do with the excess urine output overnight (measured as has catheter) of 2 litres, ie dehydration? the reason for Endocrinologist appt is because GP suspected Diabetes Insipidus because of excess overnight pale urine but the Endocrinologist is now saying it’s inconclusive and he feels my husband is drinking too much fluid hence the overnight output but we proved to him that 24 hr input daily is 3.5 litres and 24 hr output is generally 1.5-2 litres more than input, his suggestion is to modify fluid input - sorry if this is wrong place to post this

 

[lucylocket61]

There is definitely something odd going on as it defies physics for him to consistently lose more fluid than he puts in. Could he be drinking more than he tells you? Mind you, 3.5 litres is a lot of fluid a day. Is he overweight?

He may need electrolytes as so much daily fluid can affect his sodium balance and cause all sorts of problems.

I forgot to ask: what is his Hba1c?