Hi Everyone,
So glad to see that there is a forum to ask questions about my partners diabetes. My question is, what is your experience or understanding of the menstrual cycle and its impact on your sugar levels?my partner is struggling at the moment and we think weve pinned this rollercoastering effect down to her monthly cycle. Pre ovulation she has an average lower sugar level and is more predisposed to going low, when she's changing in hormone levels she's more susceptible to getting fluctuating sugar levels and then finally when she's post ovulation she's generally higher in sugar levels. What she seems to be struggling with at the moment is pre ovulation she'll eat as she always has, but the glucose isnt hitting her system. Then she'll be going lower so she'll eat a bit more to get the sugars up and then when she reaches a certain level her insulin seems to have zero effect until she's spiked pretty high and its like the sugar levels are holding back from being released until she's had quite a lot of glucose. She's eaten the same for years now and rarely changes anything about the way she eats, her routine stays quite similar and her dosing is similar. Any ideas on how she can approach this? The hospital specialists she sees seem to fob her off on it as if its normal but this isn't normal for her and her quality of life is being affected.
Thank you
RC
So glad to see that there is a forum to ask questions about my partners diabetes. My question is, what is your experience or understanding of the menstrual cycle and its impact on your sugar levels?my partner is struggling at the moment and we think weve pinned this rollercoastering effect down to her monthly cycle. Pre ovulation she has an average lower sugar level and is more predisposed to going low, when she's changing in hormone levels she's more susceptible to getting fluctuating sugar levels and then finally when she's post ovulation she's generally higher in sugar levels. What she seems to be struggling with at the moment is pre ovulation she'll eat as she always has, but the glucose isnt hitting her system. Then she'll be going lower so she'll eat a bit more to get the sugars up and then when she reaches a certain level her insulin seems to have zero effect until she's spiked pretty high and its like the sugar levels are holding back from being released until she's had quite a lot of glucose. She's eaten the same for years now and rarely changes anything about the way she eats, her routine stays quite similar and her dosing is similar. Any ideas on how she can approach this? The hospital specialists she sees seem to fob her off on it as if its normal but this isn't normal for her and her quality of life is being affected.
Thank you
RC