Re: Pancreatitis Induced Diabetes-IMPORTANT question!

[Guest guest]

Ok, Kids! This has really set off a light bulb over my head! I was

just dx with diabetes in March, and I'm on Amaryl 4mg twice a day.

Ok, here is the thing, several times I've been driving, or walking

in the store or something and all of the sudden I start

getting " woozy " or kinda light headed and I feel like the room is

starting to go black, but in an odd kinda way, like its all folding

in on me or something. I just can't seem to discribe it. And at

first I didn't know what the heck was going on, but after reading

these post, I'm beginning to wonder if my blood sugar was too

low????????? I've even had to have my daughter drive for me, and

her licenses is suspended, but its safer for her to get us home then

me when I'm in that kind of shape, ya know? I have told her I

thought it was because of my bs, but not sure. Last week we had to

go to her new college for an all day orentation and she made me give

her the glucose tablets they gave me before I left the hospital in

March in case I started feeling " woozy " . I did ok, that day, but

now I'm kinda scared to even drive by myself. I have never in my

life felt like I do when this happens, and I want to do anything &

everything to prevent it, so any help you can give me is super-

duperly appreciated! Thanks alot!

Lots of hugs,

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[Guest guest]

Why don't you check your Blood Sugars often.....I check mine 5 to 6 times a day

to make sure my BS are fine.....I am surprised that they didn't get you some

training on checking your BS often

I hope this finds you and yours well

Mark

> Ok, Kids! This has really set off a light bulb over my head! I was

> just dx with diabetes in March, and

> I'm on Amaryl 4mg twice a day.

> Ok, here is the thing, several times I've

> been driving, or walking

> in the store or something and all of the sudden I start

> getting " woozy " or kinda light headed and I feel like the room is

> starting to go black, but in an odd kinda way, like its all folding

> in on me or something. I just

> can't seem to discribe it. And at

> first I didn't know what the heck was

> going on, but after reading

> these post,

> I'm beginning to wonder if my blood sugar was too

> low????????? I've

> even had to have my daughter drive for me, and

> her licenses is suspended, but its safer for her to get us home then

> me when

> I'm in that kind of shape, ya know? I have told her I

> thought it was because of my bs, but not sure. Last week we had to

> go to her new college for an all day orentation and she made me give

> her the glucose tablets they gave me before I left the hospital in

> March in case I started feeling " woozy " . I did ok, that day, but

> now I'm

> kinda scared to even drive by

[Guest guest]

Hey Mark....are you scolding me?!?!?! I do check it 3 times a day. My

insurance pays for my strips & lancets, but only enough to check it

that often. Sometimes I can check it & it be fine, and others it will

be whacky. I do have to admit, I'm not that strick with myself to keep

at it like I should. I did have a diabetes lady come visit me in the

hospital with instructions, and when I left the hospital they gave me

a flyer about a diabetes class for newbies, but I never felt well

enough to go sit through it. I know! I know! I really need to do it!

I promise to call next week & schedule it, and thanks for the lecture,

its just what I needed today! lol I'm kidding, of course, I hope you

know!

Lots of hugs,

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-- In pancreatitis , " Mark E. Armstrong " <casca@b...>

wrote:

Why don't you check your Blood Sugars often.....I check mine 5 to 6

times a day to make sure my BS are fine.....I am surprised that they

didn't get you some training on checking your BS often

I hope this finds you and yours well

Mark

[Guest guest]

all you need to do is ask your doc to write a prescription saying

that you need to check your blood sugar 10 times a day or something

along those lines. That way your ins will pay for the necessary

supplies. You MUST check you blood sugar frequently, expecially being

newly diagnosed. When my sugar falls I start feel very sleepy to the

point my eyes water then I start to sweat, go very pale, my heart

races, punding in my chest, my head feels very light, I cant hardly

talk or even visualize. When I had the siezure and the EMTs were able

to check my sugar it was at 50. I was sound asleep when I woke feeling

horrible and checked it and it was 30. Go to the classes and call your

doc and tell him he needs to write for more frequent testing. I dont

run out of supplies and I dont test 10x a day, but I do test atleast

every 2-3 hours while awake. That is the only way that you are going

to learn how if feels to YOU.

Hope this helps,

[Guest guest]

Hi :

This is great advice. Thank you so much! I don't know why I didn't

think to just ask him to write for it more often. I'm bad about

that. I just do what they tell me, and don't ask many questions. My

mom is always on me about it. But I will do it. And I will make an

apt. for the diabetes classes too. I've been doing really well today

about checking it! I've actually already done it 4 times. The one

tiime I started to just feel like I do when I " think " its too low,

and yep, it was at 59, which is low for me. So I ate a snack, and

checked it an hour or so later & it was up to 101. Yeah for me! But

this is great advice you gave me, thanks alot, it helps me so much!

I hope you are doing well.

Lots of hugs,

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all you need to do is ask your doc to write a prescription

saying that you need to check your blood sugar 10 times a day or

something along those lines. That way your ins will pay for the

necessary supplies. You MUST check you blood sugar frequently,

expecially being newly diagnosed. When my sugar falls I start feel

very sleepy to the point my eyes water then I start to sweat, go

very pale, my heart

races, punding in my chest, my head feels very light, I cant hardly

talk or even visualize. When I had the siezure and the EMTs were

able to check my sugar it was at 50. I was sound asleep when I woke

feeling horrible and checked it and it was 30. Go to the classes

and call your doc and tell him he needs to write for more frequent

testing. I dont run out of supplies and I dont test 10x a day, but

I do test atleast every 2-3 hours while awake. That is the only way

that you are going to learn how if feels to YOU.

Hope this helps,

[Guest guest]

hahahaha......I am scolding you.....hahaha.....I want to make sure that you

are doing ok...you know me.....exercising even a little will help and also

eating foods that are low on the glycemic index will help also..I have some

into on the top5plus5 site on it if you are interested.....Hope you are

doing ok.....I now how it is to have low BS.....I have been low quite a few

times in my life...once about 10 years ago...i was sitting in our hot tub

with my wife when my vision started to close in on me......I jumped up and

ran into the house and stared eating tons of sugar.....I was eating it by

the handful while my wife went and got my meter.....when I checked it.....it

said 15......parts of my body went numb and I don't know how I stayed

conscious......that Only happened the one time..but i have had my bs at 26

before also...scared the hell out of me......the problem I face now is not

being able to tell when my sugars are dropping...but I learned a trick on

how to fix that....I just run myself high around 200 for a week or two and

then my body will react again when I get to about 70.....I am not suggesting

that for anyone else.....I just know that it works for me.....take care of

yourself and I hope this finds you and yours well

Mark

[Guest guest]

I am one of those wonderful people who is not sensitive to blood sugar

changes. So I check my blood sugars before I eat, and especially before I get in

the

car and drive. My doctor told me to really be careful about that. He said

that more accidents are caused by diabetics than drunk drivers every day! That

scared me into being very careful! So check your blood sugars often! I also

check mine when I first wake up and before I go to bed. I aim to have mine

between

140 and 160 before bed so that I won't drop to low while I am sleeping. I

also keep glucose tablets with me and icing in tubes and a glucagon pen.

Angie in SC

" The happiest of people don't necessarily have the

best of everything; they just make the best of everything that comes along

their way. "

[Guest guest]

Hi Again, Angie,

Thanks for the suggestions. I've been doing better the past couple

days about checking my blood sugar, but still not as often as I

should. I don't know why I'm strugglilng with this! BUT I did learn

for you that it is important to check my blood sugar before I get into

that car to drive. I now know I'm putting my life & my children's

lives at stake! Thanks for the wake up call!

Lots of Hugs,

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I am one of those wonderful people who is not sensitive to blood sugar

changes. So I check my blood sugars before I eat, and especially

before I get in the car and drive. My doctor told me to really be

careful about that. He said that more accidents are caused by

diabetics than drunk drivers every day! That scared me into being very

careful! So check your blood sugars often! I also check mine when I

first wake up and before I go to bed. I aim to have mine between 140

and 160 before bed so that I won't drop to low while I am sleeping. I

also keep glucose tablets with me and icing in tubes and a glucagon

pen. Angie in SC