Author |
Message |
Scotchbright
Member
10-05-2006
| Tuesday, September 11, 2007 - 6:58 am
Hello - I'm trying to figure out what others do in situations like I've experienced - right now I pretty much just have my mom to relay information to and get her feedback on her experiences (she's controlling her diabetes quite well). I'm a so-called 'Pre-Diabetic' and test by blood sugars a few times a week and usually maintain my schedules fairly well. I've been fighting a sinus infection for a couple days/week now. Yesterday I was covering my office by myself for a while while my coworker took her husband to the doctor. I expected her back around noon - in time for my lunch break. She didn't arrive at that time so I remained on duty and couldn't eat my lunch. By 12:30 I noticed some slight trembling in my hands, etc which I've had before - but by 12:45 I was trembling all over, felt woozy and just plain awful. I tested and was at 53. I drank a regular soda and put my meal into the microwave to heat. I ate around 12:50 and after a while I was feeling better although just very weak and tired. I tested 2 hours after I ate and had 126. I've had some lows before, but nothing as low as a 53. Today, I'm still fighting the sinus stuff and am just all-over weak, tired and 'off'. My perception on stuff is off too - I even ran into a cement pillar with the truck this morning....awful, awful, awful. Is this feeling of weakness, tiredness and woozy stuff just the sinus infection/problems or still something from my low yesterday? Anyone with similar experiences or ideas of what I should do? Is this (the low) something to see my doctor about or just ride it out and try to keep things on a even keel? Thank you in advance.
|
Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Tuesday, September 11, 2007 - 7:13 am
Scotch, I'm no expert but it sounds like low blood sugar. Do you eat breakfast? I've learned and read that you can not skip meals. I got some Boost, the glucose kind, to drink in the mornings. Had the first one this morning for my drive to work. Doesn't taste half bad, vanilla flavored. But it gives you some essential nutrients.
|
Scotchbright
Member
10-05-2006
| Tuesday, September 11, 2007 - 7:23 am
Have you ever had a low, Mocha? Do you know the feeling that comes with it? I'm trying to find out if what I'm feeling today are remnants of the low or separate - I'm worried. I didn't eat my normal breakfast yesterday - again, work interfered so I only got a portion to eat early on. I'm sure that small breakfast and the late lunch is what did it...I'll have to look for the Boost drink. I usually have stock of things to eat/drink during the day to offset any lows but I've been feeling good lately and I'd forgotten to keep my foods stocked.
|
Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Tuesday, September 11, 2007 - 7:27 am
Yep. Get that tingly feeling and lightheaded. Are you on any medication for the diabetes??
|
Scotchbright
Member
10-05-2006
| Tuesday, September 11, 2007 - 7:35 am
I don't get a tingly feeling - more trembly. Yes, I'm taking Metformin and Avandia which are helping keep my A1c to accelerate up.
|
Konamouse
Member
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, September 11, 2007 - 7:49 am
To convert mmol to mg/dl (canadian/UK blood glucose measurements to US measurements) just x 18. 5.9 x 18 = 106 Normal range. If this was a morning BG then it's a little high, but she's a stressed teen. Now we go back to her needing a thorough physical exam and biochemical tests (yup, drawing blood) to find out why she has lost a significant amount of weight without dieting or purging.

|
Scotchbright
Member
10-05-2006
| Tuesday, September 11, 2007 - 7:50 am
Oops - I didn't re-read my post until now and it's too late to edit. My above post should read "Yes, I'm taking Metformin and Avandia which are helping keep my A1c to NOT accelerate up."
<- kinda how I'm feeling today. ETA: I had to edit this post 7 times...7 times! I'm just not 'right' today.
|
Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Tuesday, September 11, 2007 - 7:54 am
Gotcha Scotch. I take Metformin too.
|
Landileigh
Member
07-29-2002
| Tuesday, September 11, 2007 - 9:50 am
mocha, glucerna tastes better than the boost. (i know - i drink 3-4 a day) the boost has a funky aftertaste sometimes.
|
Scotchbright
Member
10-05-2006
| Tuesday, September 11, 2007 - 10:29 am
Landi - have you had a 'low-low'? If so, how do you feel a day or so after? Do you have any longer lasting negative feelings from it or do you recouperate fairly fast (if you take actions to bring the low up fast.)
|
Landileigh
Member
07-29-2002
| Tuesday, September 11, 2007 - 10:45 am
my low-low act like yours did, but after having glucose i'm usually fine in about 15 minutes.
|
Scotchbright
Member
10-05-2006
| Tuesday, September 11, 2007 - 11:34 am
Thanks Landi - so my after effects are most likely from the sinus infection stuff going on and not from the low yet? I just don't feel right and I just feel that the low screwed with my body (physically and mentally) but maybe not. Thanks for answering.
|
Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Tuesday, September 11, 2007 - 11:37 am
Sounds like you got a cold. Tylenol, gatorade, green tea with honey and lemon.
|
Landileigh
Member
07-29-2002
| Tuesday, September 11, 2007 - 11:51 am
i have yet to be sick since my diabetes diagnosis, so i'm not aware of how my body will act. but from everything i've read it is gonna go wonky! scotchbright, if i were you, i'd go see a doctor. especially if you are dealing with a sinus infection. they may want to up/down your meds or something while you have it.
|
Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Tuesday, September 11, 2007 - 12:42 pm
Scotch, when I've had a low I'm usually okay within at least an hour if not sooner. I think you are probably feeling the effects of the cold/flu. You should be fine once you are over it, but if you aren't over it soon I'd see the doctor. Make sure you tell him what you are taking for it.
|
Rissa
Member
03-20-2006
| Tuesday, September 11, 2007 - 1:56 pm
Got DD in to see Dr this afternoon. She immediately put my mind to rest about the possibility of diabetes. Said that my family history of Type 2 means nothing when it comes to Type 1. Said the odds of an otherwise healthy 18 year old being diagnosed with Type 1 out of the blue are slim to none and there isn't anyone who looks like my daughter being Type 2. I would argue with that last part as everyone in my family who is type 2 is tall and thin. My dad for example is 6' tall and only weighs 170lbs and his father was at least a couple inches taller but the same weight or perhaps even less. But anyway, it was type 1 I was concerned about so that's a relief. We are going to get her in for bloodwork (sigh) but after talking to my daughter for quite awhile the Dr thinks it could just be stress. She agrees with me that nothing about my daughter sets off warning bells as regards an eating disorder. So I will just keep my eyes open and get the testing done and hopefully its just a weird growth blip and will settle down in the next little while.
|
Konamouse
Member
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, September 11, 2007 - 5:12 pm
Rissa - Good news! FYI: There is a very slow onset Type 1 in adults (usually diagnosed late 30's, early 40's) in slender build. Tricks doctors into thinking it is Type 2 because it is in adults, and it initially responds to oral medications (or very low dose insulin is needed). It's called Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults. http://www.diabetesmonitor.com/lada.htm /clipar{mouse}
|
Rissa
Member
03-20-2006
| Tuesday, September 11, 2007 - 5:37 pm
Kona, interesting link... Thank you. That sounds exactly like my family. My dad's doc has always called it brittle diabetes but I read a post above that contradicts that. Typical progression for us has been diagnosis in late 30's, a few months of successfull control with diet only, about 2 years of oral meds and then insulin production shuts down and insulin therapy begins. Generally hits the males (I am first female in over 5 generations).
|
Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Tuesday, September 11, 2007 - 5:47 pm
I went to a diabetes seminer with my mom this evening. It was just talking about what diabetes is.
|
Landileigh
Member
07-29-2002
| Tuesday, September 11, 2007 - 6:52 pm
kona, that's what i have. my doctor called it slow onset type 1 and 1.5 because there is no diabetes in my family and my diabetes was caused by me getting pancreatitis with the ERCP from my gallbladder surgery.
|
Jagger
Member
08-07-2002
| Thursday, September 13, 2007 - 3:54 pm
Mocha I've thought about going to one of those seminars also, although with reading this site and a few others I've been learning all kinds of interesting things about diabetes, except how to spell it properly. In my area they want 30 bucks just for the seminar, if you want to talk with the dietition you need to make another appointment and it costs more money. Unfortunitly insurance doesn't cover it when it is Pre-diabetes.
|
Konamouse
Member
07-16-2001
| Thursday, September 13, 2007 - 4:23 pm
Actually, Landi, your diabetes has been caused by the destruction of your beta islet cells due to the pancreatitis, not autoimmune response (LADA). So you have some bit of insulin dependency (cause you cannot make enough) and some insulin resistance (you carry extra weight around your midsection). I worked with a teen girl who's chronic pancreatitis was so debilitating, she ended up having the entire organ removed. But they extracted her beta islet cells and transplanted them back into her liver (since they are her own cells, no immune suppressive drugs required).

|
Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Thursday, September 13, 2007 - 4:28 pm
Jagger this series is free at a hospital. Not sure who's really paying for it lol. Soon as I find the paper I'll tell you what the next 2 are about.
|
Cndeariso
Member
06-28-2004
| Thursday, September 13, 2007 - 4:58 pm
i didn't think you could live without a pancreas. wow. at least that's what i've always been told.
|
Konamouse
Member
07-16-2001
| Friday, September 14, 2007 - 8:25 am
She has to take digestive enzyme capsules with every meal. And since the surgery, she has not been in our hospital. The transplanted beta-islet cells are working very well so far (keeping her from having diabetes).

|