In message <[email hidden]>, Aramanth Dawe
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Quoted message said:The problem is that he DOESN'T wake when the alarm goes off.
Normally, this isn't a problem as I have to get up some hours or more
before he has to, in order to get the girls off to school on time.
However, it being mid-summer right now means that they don't go to
school <sigh> and he STILL needs me to wake him. He's an even worse
at getting to sleep than I am, most nights. My natural body-clock
seems to be sleeping from about 2 am to 11 am, which was great during
the weeks Himself didn't need to get up early. The girls are old
enough now to get their own breakfast and get themselves doing 'stuff'
in the mornings and we could just sleep.
At least he's managed to get his working hours changed officially so
he can work 11 - 7, which is MUCH better for his body-clock than the
official 9 - 5 was. That means I can (normally) get the girls off to
school in the morning, wander into the bedroom to start getting him to
wake up (a slow process), then get 'stuff' done at the front of the
house while he's getting himself up. By the time that's done, he's up
and I can 'do' the rest of the house.
Hmm. If I were you, I would read alt.sleep.disorders to see if anyone
can help. True most of the posts there are about sleep apnoea, but
someone did post a link to a rather good diagnostic site. Can't
remember it OTTOMH, sorry.
Quoted message said:I want my doc to put me on insulin, at least temporarily. My GP won't
change my meds mix (unless it's something short-term like a course of
antibiotics for an infection) without my getting the initial script
from my Consultant. Now, it's a GOOD thing, since it means there's
less likelihood of screwing things around and when you take 7
different meds a day (8 in Asthma Weather) that's important. However,
every time I ask my consultant he patiently explains to me that
'insulin when you're insulin resistant almost certainly means weight
gain and that's not a good thing for you'. And he's right - it's NOT
a good thing for me.
However, I'm currently taking Metformin (2 g a day!) AND Diaformin
(glicklazide, which Bernstein does NOT recommend because of the risk
of further damage to an already damaged pancreas) and my sugars are
running around 10 -12 which is NOT good. Sure, it's better than the
16s or so it was running BEFORE the Diaformin, but it's still not
good.
I just don't see that forcing my body to produce more insulin is
somehow not going to do the same job as injecting more insulin, except
that with the extra being injected my pancreas isn't being asked to
work overtime.
IANADNDIPOOTV but it sounds like you are spot on.
However, just one thing for you to consider... I injected insulin when I
was pg, and it made matters worse. Insulin raises my blood sugars.
Sounds unbelievable, doesn't it? I guess it's all part of Wrong Planet
Syndrome (and eczema cream gives me eczema, and anti-depressants make me
depressed). When I stopped shooting, in despair, my blood sugars
improved a lot - and that was at the end of the pregnancy, too.
My theory: the injected insulin made my body chuck out more cortisol
and/or glucagon, to counteract the insulin, resulting in raised sugars.
The reason I'm mentioning this is that I would lay money on it that your
adrenals are an issue, that your cortisol/cortisone levels are as
responsible for your high blood bloods sugars as your pancreas. But you
don't need a consultant to tackle it. Remember that book I told you
about? It has lots of suggestions.
On another note entirely, I've bin on the metfartin since Friday. OMG.
I seriously hope I don't have to stay on it forever... it's *awful*!
Quoted message said:Aramanth
(PS - happy second birthday little Froggie!)
Cor. You remembered! I am impressed. Froggie gets more gorgeous every
day, which is quite impressive, considering how gorgeous she started out
as.
--
Mogget, the Churl in the Puce Greatcoat
