I give up......

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Registered: 02-06-2004
I give up......
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Wed, 04-21-2004 - 10:58am
I cannot tell you how bad I feel. Yesterday my number was 195 2 hrs after lunch. I felt so awful at the time. Real sleepy and couldn't think properly. I knew what I wanted to say..but my words kept coming out all wrong. It took a few hrs but eventually it dropped to 144 and I felt better. Today I had my usual breakfast. Tested and was 119...i didn't have anything more to eat but started to feel crappy again. Tired with a strange headache..so I decided to test again even though only 30 mins went by. I was up to 123. About 15 more mins later my fingers started to tingle..I tested again 140. Keep in mind almost 3 hrs have passed since I ate cereal. Now first of all my numbers are normal. So why then do I feel so lousy? And why on earth do they slowly go up like that? This is the second time I have noticed this and it's really starting to concern me. How bad does someone feel, who's numbers are in the 200's? My heart goes out to them. Maybe this "full blown diabetic" thing my dr is talking about has already occured. I'm wondering if I should call him. He said to wait till the 7th. I'm tired of feeling bad. I'm also tired of having such a passive dr. Or am I making too much out of this? I don't know...

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Registered: 02-06-2004
In reply to: quincym1
Wed, 04-21-2004 - 12:35pm
It's doing it again. I just went from a 114..to 145 in 15 mins! Do you think I should call someone?
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Registered: 03-28-2003
In reply to: quincym1
Wed, 04-21-2004 - 12:58pm
Hello! Your sugar levels will fluctuate depening on what you have eaten and what you are doing. Sometimes you can eat and it won't affect your sugar levels for 2 hours, sometimes it affects it immediately. This is why it's so important to balance proteins with carbs so that you don't get such fast ups and downs. Balancing the two will keep your numbers more steady. Also, stress alone will raise your numbers, as will our menstrual cycles, colds, and other viruses. If they're a bit higher than you want to see, take a brisk walk or take a few brisk trips up and down the stairs at home. Exercise will help to lower them. If it were me, I wouldn't call a doctor because of this...but it's not me..it's you. For your own peace of mind, it wouldn't hurt to get verbal reassurance from a nurse or Diabetic Educator. That's why they're there.
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Registered: 02-06-2004
In reply to: quincym1
Wed, 04-21-2004 - 2:12pm
Thanks Angie. The reason I considered calling the dr was because he says I am not a diabetic. He thinks I am in a pre diabetic state. He has refered me to a specialist but the wait is 3 months. I feel awful all the time. I am soo tired it's sad. I am starting a full time job on May 3rd. I have no idea how I am going to pull this off. My job is physically demanding. I am trying very hard to control how I feel through diet. This however isn't working as well as it should. I think I need a more aggressive approach. I have also broken out in these little bumps all over my torso. They are soooo itchy I actually scratch them off. It feels better when they hurt instead of itch.

My dr referred me to a specialist because over a two week period of home monitoring I had 3 numbers over 180. I also had a ton over 165..this didn't seem to concern him. Yet everything I've read tells me I am a diabetic now. He sees it different. My understanding is that a non diabetic would rarely get a reading over 140 after a meal. I'm over that all the time. I've also tried dieting..but gave up. I cannot lose weight. I don't want to feel like this for the next three months, I'm pretty sure something is wrong with me...

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In reply to: quincym1
Wed, 04-21-2004 - 8:00pm

I totally understand how you feel, not wanting to feel bad anymore.

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In reply to: quincym1
Wed, 04-21-2004 - 10:37pm

Thanks for the comments about my children!


I agree with you in thinking the numbers seem high for a "non diabetic", but I learned from my own experience that you can be "non diabetic" and not long after be given a diagnosis of Diabetes. My neighbor was just recently diagnosed with diabetes and she too was very tired and couldn't figure out any other reason that would be causing it. She was also very thirsty all the time. I hope you're able to see someone sooner than 3 months from now.

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Registered: 02-06-2004
In reply to: quincym1
Thu, 04-22-2004 - 8:36am
I don't have the option of calling the specialist. After my first visit I will be able to call and discuss things..but until then, I am not his patient. I don't even know when my app is. My family dr secretary books the app and then calls me to tell me time and location. When I spoke to her a couple of weeks ago she told me to keep my fingers crossed for the first week of July. I am Canadian, we have no drs and specialists are few and far between. The wait for an endo is 12 months. Crazy huh.

Normally I don't test every 15 mins...only 4 times a day. Lately though I can feel a change in how I feel over a couple of mins. I'm trying to learn what's going on and why I feel the way I do. One min I can feel fine..the next I feel "off". After awhile it passes and I feel fine again. Since I have to wait so long for dr..I'm trying to diagnose and treat myself. I really am just fed up. Sorry to vent I'm not usually this miserable.
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In reply to: quincym1
Thu, 04-22-2004 - 11:33am

Sweetie what you need to do in the mean time is cut out ALL sugar.

 

 

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Registered: 03-25-2003
In reply to: quincym1
Thu, 04-22-2004 - 12:26pm

Please don't stress out about this. What is happening is perfectly normal based upon your food intake, activity and hormone levels. You can drive yourself crazy trying to figure out minutely what is causing a change in your blood sugar and you still won't know.


Your physcian should have told you how s/he wants you to manage episodes of low blood sugar and high blood sugar. If they haven't told you, and hopefully they put it in writing, ASK THEM. How you manage these episodes is just as important a perscription as are medications to take.


In the mean time here is one way of bringing your blood sugar down. When your blood sugar is too high and you are not on insulin, have some extra protein to eat and drink some extra fluids as this will help bring your blood sugar down. And so will exercise bring it down. Protein helps slow how you are absorbing the carbohydrates and fluids help wash the blood sugar out of your system. Now do all of this in moderation.


I am sorry you don't feel well. I do hope that you feel better real soon. When do you go to diabetes education classes and to see a dietitian, hopefully one who specializes in diabetes?


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Registered: 02-20-2004
In reply to: quincym1
Fri, 04-23-2004 - 2:34am
Boy do you sound like me!

Have you run any tests on your meter? You should have some solution to check the correctness of the readings. The LifeScan rep told me to put a bit on my finger (after wasting the first drop) and then test it like you would if you were taking your own blood by putting the strip (in the meter) in the testing solution. We did 4 trial runs with her on the phone within 15 minutes and got 4 different numbers! Oh, don't forget to mark the test as a test so the number won't be included in your 14 day or 30 day figures.

I haven't read the rest of the messages here. Just wanted to add this in since you're new like me.

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Registered: 03-27-2003
In reply to: quincym1
Sun, 04-25-2004 - 8:36pm
Hi...I hope you follow all the great advice you've already been given and mostly, don't stress out!

I'm Canadian too and I'm a bit confused by the "no doctors" and "Specialists are few and far between" comments. I don't know where you live in the country but I've never had a problem seeing an internist for my diabetes through several inter-provincial moves. Remember, you do have to be your own health advocate!

Good luck!

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