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Sprgtime
Guest
So... last night we found out that hubby is most likely diabetic.
We went into the ER because of his flu... his temperature was 102, his
heartrate was 141... and his blood sugar was 290.
After a few hours they checked his blood sugar again (they had been
rehydrating him with an IV - he was very dehydrated) and it had lowered a
little to 287. They had him drink a glass of orange juice and eat some
graham crackers. (Does that sound strange to anybody else??) Then they
checked his blood sugar an hour or two later and it had gone up more. So
then they shot him with insulin... got it lowered to 270... gave him more
insulin... got it lowered to 257, and they released him (11 hours later from
the time they first started treating him).
Now he's on glucotrol. They said it was very important for him to see his
doctor first thing Monday to receive instruction on diabetes and figure out
how he is going to control it. I'm wondering... since he has the flu (and
that alone can elevate your blood sugar, right?), and since he's taking this
pill to control his blood sugar... how will they know what he needs? What
kind of a baseline will they even have?
The ER doctor told him NO sweets, no sugar, no whitebread, etc. (Obviously,
I've already been doing that). He couldn't stand it today, after eating
well for breakfast, lunch, and snacks, he said had to have a fast food
burger and left to go get one.
He thinks because he's got the flu, and because he doesn't have any of the
symptoms of being diabetic, then he doesn't really have diabetes and he can
eat whatever he wants as long as he eats it "in moderation" (moderation to
him apparently means daily).
I realize that I'll probably know more after his doctor appointment tomorrow
morning, but I'm just worried sick in the meantime. I was wondering if
anyone had any comments/advice/suggestions/been-there-done-that type stuff
to tell me.
Thanks,
--
Spring
LC since 1/1/04
260/200/170
"Before" & "current" pics at link below:
http://f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/sprgsnow/album?.tok=phX4sVBBuvxvs4Hs&.dir=/55b8&.src=ph
We went into the ER because of his flu... his temperature was 102, his
heartrate was 141... and his blood sugar was 290.
After a few hours they checked his blood sugar again (they had been
rehydrating him with an IV - he was very dehydrated) and it had lowered a
little to 287. They had him drink a glass of orange juice and eat some
graham crackers. (Does that sound strange to anybody else??) Then they
checked his blood sugar an hour or two later and it had gone up more. So
then they shot him with insulin... got it lowered to 270... gave him more
insulin... got it lowered to 257, and they released him (11 hours later from
the time they first started treating him).
Now he's on glucotrol. They said it was very important for him to see his
doctor first thing Monday to receive instruction on diabetes and figure out
how he is going to control it. I'm wondering... since he has the flu (and
that alone can elevate your blood sugar, right?), and since he's taking this
pill to control his blood sugar... how will they know what he needs? What
kind of a baseline will they even have?
The ER doctor told him NO sweets, no sugar, no whitebread, etc. (Obviously,
I've already been doing that). He couldn't stand it today, after eating
well for breakfast, lunch, and snacks, he said had to have a fast food
burger and left to go get one.
He thinks because he's got the flu, and because he doesn't have any of the
symptoms of being diabetic, then he doesn't really have diabetes and he can
eat whatever he wants as long as he eats it "in moderation" (moderation to
him apparently means daily).
I realize that I'll probably know more after his doctor appointment tomorrow
morning, but I'm just worried sick in the meantime. I was wondering if
anyone had any comments/advice/suggestions/been-there-done-that type stuff
to tell me.
Thanks,
--
Spring
LC since 1/1/04
260/200/170
"Before" & "current" pics at link below:
http://f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/sprgsnow/album?.tok=phX4sVBBuvxvs4Hs&.dir=/55b8&.src=ph