Diabetic crisis? Almost

Aneeda72

Aneeda72

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I have a problem with high blood sugar and my A1C is the highest it’s ever been. Doctor says get it lower. So I decided to try to eat less carbs and sugar, I am never very successful. But I am trying. Yesterday was a total failure. Husband bought pizza.

Had a piece of leftover pizza for breakfast, a piece for lunch, a TV dinner for dinner. 6 pieces of hard candy during the day. And a McDonalds hot fudge Sunday for dessert after dinner. Total failure. I get up in the morning. I don’t feel good. As the morning progresses I feel terrible.

I am shaking like a leaf in the wind. I am pale, white as a sheet. I feel faint, dizzy. Ok. My blood sugar must be freakishly high. I might need to go to the doctor. I take it-my blood sugar.

49. What? 49. Seizures, coma, death. Hmm. I stuff my face with candy, candy, candy, and more candy. I am a bit upset. Diet is off for today. I have overeaten. Had some more candy, bought some candy, ate more candy. Slightly worried. For me, low blood sugar would be 80 which is normal for most people. What the heck?
 

Dear husband has a friend who is a type II diabetic, he does everything right, goes for a power-walk each day, eats impeccably, yada, yada. Last year he suffered a really bad heart attack, and though he lived, he required triple bypass heart surgery.

When it comes to diabetes, one can't be too over-the-top ridiculous with how they manage their blood sugar.
 
With that diet Aneeda, you will never get it down. Fresh veggies, and the like with minimum carbs is the ticket. No candy at all. Sounds like you are a brittle diabetic, so you should weigh everything you eat carefully and it should be a well balanced diet. My uncle Joe who was a physician was like you and he'd try to bribe me to go and buy candy for him. I'd pocket the money and tell him I lost it. He caught on soon enough and left me alone after that. Died too young from a coronary.
 

Lewkat said:
With that diet Aneeda, you will never get it down. Fresh veggies, and the like with minimum carbs is the ticket. No candy at all. Sounds like you are a brittle diabetic, so you should weigh everything you eat carefully and it should be a well balanced diet. My uncle Joe who was a physician was like you and he'd try to bribe me to go and buy candy for him. I'd pocket the money and tell him I lost it. He caught on soon enough and left me alone after that. Died too young from a coronary.
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Well, I got it down last year. I can do it.

I usually get my 10,000 steps in, but since we moved into this house my diet has gotten bad although I’ve lost 10 pounds since the virus started, which is nearly impossible since I take daily prednisone. I had to eat sugar to bring my blood sugar up fast or, you know, die.

What I don’t understand is, with what I ate yesterday why was my blood sugar so low.
 
Aneeda. Have to carefully examined all aspects of your diet and exercise as of late?

Like as in right down to every detail? Quality of sleep included?
 
Aunt Marg said:
Aneeda. Have to carefully examined all aspects of your diet and exercise as of late?

Like as in right down to every detail? Quality of sleep included?
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Well, I’ve been counting calories for a week, since my A1C results I’ve been watching what I eat. Actually, having pizza is not bad no different than a sandwich or eggs and toast. The ice cream was not great for a variety of reasons, but it was small. If anything my blood sugar should have been high.

@Lewkat had a good point so I looked up brittle diabetic which mostly applies to type 1 and I am type 2. But I also have Gastroparesis, so if it happens more brittle diabetes has to be considered. I have only had low blood sugar twice before, and once was due to a medication. I am lucky I took my sugars. I just got strips when I saw the doctor -have not been taking it for a year or so.

I still do not feel great.
 
Don't speculate call your doctor!

I'm sad to report that the only way I can control my blood sugar is with exercise and proper diet or ever-increasing amounts of medication.

I can usually work a few of my personal comfort foods into my diet if I plan for them. These days it takes me about two weeks to eat a traditional Thanksgiving or Christmas feast but I manage! :giggle:
 
Aunt Bea said:
Don't speculate call your doctor!

I'm sad to report that the only way I can control my blood sugar is with exercise and proper diet or ever-increasing amounts of medication.

I can usually work a few of my personal comfort foods into my diet if I plan for them. These days it takes me about two weeks to eat a traditional Thanksgiving or Christmas feast but I manage! :giggle:
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I sent my doc a message through my health and told her I ate what candy was available and, as I knew, it was the right thing to do. A sugary drink is better but I don’t have any of those. I take one med and it can’t be increased.

I can get control of my high blood sugar by watching my diet. It’s a pain for sure. But it’s the extremely low sugar that I am worried about.
 
Carbs are a major problem with high blood sugar and the reason my A1C is bad. Carbs are sugar in disguise. I am trying to eat more protein, but not a fan. I can’t eat rice or bean-really horrific for your blood sugar.

But I would really like to know why my sugar took such a dive cause while high sugar levels can cause long term damage, low sugar can kill you quite fast. 🤦🏻‍♀️ I suppose I will never know. 😥
 
What can one say? I was diagnosed back 6 years ago with Type II. When I was released from the hospital they said we are a team. I haven't had any input from my team except what I learned on my own. My count is pretty constant in the high 90's/low 100's, my A1C hasn't gone above 5.4 in 6 years. What I learned was the dangers of chems and the people who use them, (food manufacture's). I learned to give up any breads (including whole wheat) stick with oatmeal (old fashioned & steel cut, not quick). Whole dairy in moderation. Fresh vegetables, exercise (walking), coffee, water nothing else. no pastas, white potatoes, carrots/peas.

I found that if I stick to coniferous (cauliflower, broccoli, brussels sprouts) I do better with my glucose. I eat beans (homemade if possible), sweet potatoes (baked allowing the sugars to burn off), complex carbs, no sugars (read your labels) or anything packaged, processed or in cans. I eat a ton of eggs along with freshly cooked animal protein daily. My cholesterol was 167 in April 20. I started with 15 units (5 before each meal) 30 long acting every 24 hours, currently on 3 SA before breakfast/dinner and 10 LA every 24 hours. I take metformin twice daily. Mine is a very strict diet, one that I can follow, but not for everybody.

Remember if a food lists ’no fat’ it is probably loaded with sugars or some derivative of the thousands of names they are allowed to call them by the FDA, also many that are grouped under the term ‘flavor added’ on the label. None of which are diabetic positive.
 
ManjaroKDE said:
What can one say? I was diagnosed back 6 years ago with Type II. When I was released from the hospital they said we are a team. I haven't had any input from my team except what I learned on my own. My count is pretty constant in the high 90's/low 100's, my A1C hasn't gone above 5.4 in 6 years. What I learned was the dangers of chems and the people who use them, (food manufacture's). I learned to give up any breads (including whole wheat) stick with oatmeal (old fashioned & steel cut, not quick). Whole dairy in moderation. Fresh vegetables, exercise (walking), coffee, water nothing else. no pastas, white potatoes, carrots/peas.

I found that if I stick to coniferous (cauliflower, broccoli, brussels sprouts) I do better with my glucose. I eat beans (homemade if possible), sweet potatoes (baked allowing the sugars to burn off), complex carbs, no sugars (read your labels) or anything packaged, processed or in cans. I eat a ton of eggs along with freshly cooked animal protein daily. My cholesterol was 167 in April 20. I started with 15 units (5 before each meal) 30 long acting every 24 hours, currently on 3 SA before breakfast/dinner and 10 LA every 24 hours. I take metformin twice daily. Mine is a very strict diet, one that I can follow, but not for everybody.

Remember if a food lists ’no fat’ it is probably loaded with sugars or some derivative of the thousands of names they are allowed to call them by the FDA, also many that are grouped under the term ‘flavor added’ on the label. None of which are diabetic positive.
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I can’t take metformin. It’s the go to drug for type.
 
ManjaroKDE said:
What can one say? I was diagnosed back 6 years ago with Type II. When I was released from the hospital they said we are a team. I haven't had any input from my team except what I learned on my own. My count is pretty constant in the high 90's/low 100's, my A1C hasn't gone above 5.4 in 6 years. What I learned was the dangers of chems and the people who use them, (food manufacture's). I learned to give up any breads (including whole wheat) stick with oatmeal (old fashioned & steel cut, not quick). Whole dairy in moderation. Fresh vegetables, exercise (walking), coffee, water nothing else. no pastas, white potatoes, carrots/peas.

I found that if I stick to coniferous (cauliflower, broccoli, brussels sprouts) I do better with my glucose. I eat beans (homemade if possible), sweet potatoes (baked allowing the sugars to burn off), complex carbs, no sugars (read your labels) or anything packaged, processed or in cans. I eat a ton of eggs along with freshly cooked animal protein daily. My cholesterol was 167 in April 20. I started with 15 units (5 before each meal) 30 long acting every 24 hours, currently on 3 SA before breakfast/dinner and 10 LA every 24 hours. I take metformin twice daily. Mine is a very strict diet, one that I can follow, but not for everybody.

Remember if a food lists ’no fat’ it is probably loaded with sugars or some derivative of the thousands of names they are allowed to call them by the FDA, also many that are grouped under the term ‘flavor added’ on the label. None of which are diabetic positive.
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This is such an excellent post.
You really know your stuff. 👍
 
I was diagnosed a Diabetic II in 2009. My number was 350. Too much Halloween candy! I was immediately put on Metformin and the mg has increased to 2000 per day (1000 in AM and 1000 in PM). In 2016, I whistling in one ear, due to being at a rifle/gun range. I was wearing ear muffs, but........ Anyway, a non-VA doctor put me on Prednisone, which isn't good for a Diabetic. I stopped the Prednisone because it was raising my blood glucose a whole lot. I was given 5mg Glipizide to take 2x daily and that finally made my bg go down.

So, today I take the 2x daily 1000mg Metformin along with the 2x 5mg Glipizide. My number are generally at 130 to 145 and that is absolutely fine with my VA doctor.
 
Note that sugar is also quite addictive. It can take a few days of no sugar (that is, no candy, maple syrup, etc.) to get past the cravings.

Then there's a matter of eating a balanced diet, one that is good for you. It's too bad to have to go without certain foods (deserts, candy, donuts, etc.) although a little every so often is probably okay -- but that's the way it goes.
 
Some 10 years ago, had a neighbor that was a Diabetic II, didn't like taking his medication and got pretty upset when his wife stopped making cakes and cookies for Christmas and Halloween. He was around 58 and, after he got off of work (working for his son), he would stop at grocery store and buy a package of cookies. Ate most of them when he got home, in his vehicle.

We seen him go to the hospital a few times, then didn't see him at all. Talked to his wife and she told us he had died from what he had done.
 
Have a relative with Type II Diabetes. She didn't deal with it at all, and ate whatever she wished. Then one day, she went into a coma and woke up in the hospital. (Luckily her husband had discovered her at home while she was in the coma.)

There's also what can happen if the blood sugar is not kept in a reasonable range. I don't want to go into it here (too icky; anyone who wants to know can look it up on the Web ), but it can result in losing body parts. Not, in my mind, worth the tradeoff of eating donuts and other sweets.

I don't take Metformin, Glimipiride nor insulin. It's all controlled with what I eat. And occasionally I can have a treat. Sadly for me, "occasionally" doesn't mean "daily" -- ☹

This is a serious disease, not to be fooled around with. Sadly, that's just the way it is.
 
Leann said:
Aneeda, check the expiration date of your test strips. I was getting very low readings and couldn't understand why. Then I looked at the date on the vial of my test strips and saw they had expired. When I got new ones, my readings were once again accurate.
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They are brand new
 
ClassicRockr said:
I was diagnosed a Diabetic II in 2009. My number was 350. Too much Halloween candy! I was immediately put on Metformin and the mg has increased to 2000 per day (1000 in AM and 1000 in PM). In 2016, I whistling in one ear, due to being at a rifle/gun range. I was wearing ear muffs, but........ Anyway, a non-VA doctor put me on Prednisone, which isn't good for a Diabetic. I stopped the Prednisone because it was raising my blood glucose a whole lot. I was given 5mg Glipizide to take 2x daily and that finally made my bg go down.

So, today I take the 2x daily 1000mg Metformin along with the 2x 5mg Glipizide. My number are generally at 130 to 145 and that is absolutely fine with my VA doctor.
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I have Addison’s disease, I’ll die without prednisone
 
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