StephieAck
I know Ive changed!
Hi guys
I need some advice from the diabetics amongst you.
I have been type II diabetic for around three or four years now, in fact it is one of the main reasons I went for surgery, it was the diet doctor at the diabetes clinic that told me that I qualified and put me on the right road.
Anyway, since the surgery I VERY VERY rarely go higher than 6.0, usually hanging out around the 4.0-5.7 range, so in that sense my diabetes is doing very well.
I have developed a new problem though...hypos!!!
Ive always suffered from hypos but they calmed right down after surgery but then this past month or so they have started and this past two weeks I am really being bugged by them, they arent just every now and then now, they are happening multiple times a day now!!! When I say hypo I mean that my sugars drop below 4.0, they have been down into the 2's but usually they just drop into the mid 3's, so not mega bad but anything under a 4.0 and I start to go 'wobbly' as I call it. I get confused and shakey and if I leave it too long I become weak and faint, I havent passed out so far.
I dont have sugar now and so I wont use glucose to stop the hypos, I would just dump and feel worse, so I usually have a drink of milk or tea etc or some fruit, followed a little while after by a carb. I was told before my bypass to have something to up my sugars and then a carb to steady it out, so this is what I am doing and doesnt seem to be having any good affect.
Yesterday I just kept repeatedly going low every few hours and the average diabetic will tell you just how tiring ONE hypo is, so imagine how I feel after having multiples each day.
I thought I had done well today, felt slightly icky earlier but Id dumped today so just had dinner as usual (chicken) and then a few hours later I felt the familiar feelings coming on, so I had a fromage frai and then a little while later I had a rice cake. About twenty five minutes ago I suddenly came over all weak and wobbly and as I am home alone I had to get downstairs to get something and test my blood (down in the 3's again). I had a satsuma followed ten minutes later by another rice cake and I know that Im breaking the rules here but I am now drinking a cup of hot milk. Im still a bit wobbly and am just waiting for it all to go back to normal again. I am exhausted by this lot now and am pretty sure that these stupid hypos are to blame for the developing bags under my eyes (from weariness).
What am I doing wrong? I am doing what always worked before my surgery, just with different sugars, it always worked before, why is it suddenly not working any more, what in the world am I supposed to do to stop it happening? Why is it happening? Ive heard of reaction hypoglycemia and I did attribute it to that, when the hypos started some time ago it did seem to be worse if I had carbs in the morning but now it happens no matter what I have. I see the nurse at the Spire on 29th for a weigh in, so can ask her about it then but I dont see my diabetic team until 25th August and I would rather not have to see them sooner if it is something that I am doing wrong and can sort out myself.
Any ideas of why this might suddenly be happening and any better ways of sorting the hypos out than I am already doing?
I cant carry on this way, Im going to be so exhausted soon that I will look about 90 years old. Anyone help?
Steph xx
I need some advice from the diabetics amongst you.
I have been type II diabetic for around three or four years now, in fact it is one of the main reasons I went for surgery, it was the diet doctor at the diabetes clinic that told me that I qualified and put me on the right road.
Anyway, since the surgery I VERY VERY rarely go higher than 6.0, usually hanging out around the 4.0-5.7 range, so in that sense my diabetes is doing very well.
I have developed a new problem though...hypos!!!
Ive always suffered from hypos but they calmed right down after surgery but then this past month or so they have started and this past two weeks I am really being bugged by them, they arent just every now and then now, they are happening multiple times a day now!!! When I say hypo I mean that my sugars drop below 4.0, they have been down into the 2's but usually they just drop into the mid 3's, so not mega bad but anything under a 4.0 and I start to go 'wobbly' as I call it. I get confused and shakey and if I leave it too long I become weak and faint, I havent passed out so far.
I dont have sugar now and so I wont use glucose to stop the hypos, I would just dump and feel worse, so I usually have a drink of milk or tea etc or some fruit, followed a little while after by a carb. I was told before my bypass to have something to up my sugars and then a carb to steady it out, so this is what I am doing and doesnt seem to be having any good affect.
Yesterday I just kept repeatedly going low every few hours and the average diabetic will tell you just how tiring ONE hypo is, so imagine how I feel after having multiples each day.
I thought I had done well today, felt slightly icky earlier but Id dumped today so just had dinner as usual (chicken) and then a few hours later I felt the familiar feelings coming on, so I had a fromage frai and then a little while later I had a rice cake. About twenty five minutes ago I suddenly came over all weak and wobbly and as I am home alone I had to get downstairs to get something and test my blood (down in the 3's again). I had a satsuma followed ten minutes later by another rice cake and I know that Im breaking the rules here but I am now drinking a cup of hot milk. Im still a bit wobbly and am just waiting for it all to go back to normal again. I am exhausted by this lot now and am pretty sure that these stupid hypos are to blame for the developing bags under my eyes (from weariness).
What am I doing wrong? I am doing what always worked before my surgery, just with different sugars, it always worked before, why is it suddenly not working any more, what in the world am I supposed to do to stop it happening? Why is it happening? Ive heard of reaction hypoglycemia and I did attribute it to that, when the hypos started some time ago it did seem to be worse if I had carbs in the morning but now it happens no matter what I have. I see the nurse at the Spire on 29th for a weigh in, so can ask her about it then but I dont see my diabetic team until 25th August and I would rather not have to see them sooner if it is something that I am doing wrong and can sort out myself.
Any ideas of why this might suddenly be happening and any better ways of sorting the hypos out than I am already doing?
I cant carry on this way, Im going to be so exhausted soon that I will look about 90 years old. Anyone help?
Steph xx
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