TN and Diabetes

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Comment by Sheila W. on January 22, 2012 at 1:08am

Tali, it's understandable why you didn't catch yourself before you had the incident. It seems diabetes is a part time job in itself, and when we are exhausted or have other illnesses or in too much pain to even think about the diabetes, it can get away from us. Tell hubby if he sees  you sweating in bed again, so unable to respond clearly,  to put a glucose tab between  your cheek and your teeth and lay you on your side so you don't choke on it. When the glucose sinks into the blood vessels in your mouth, you'll come out of it.

Comment by Tali on January 21, 2012 at 5:38pm

I am on insulin and usually I do catch the symptoms.  I think the reason I didnt catch the signs was due to exhaustion.  I was extremely tired and fell asleep for a nap without checking anything.  My husband said the bed was soaked with sweat.  And Im usually pretty good about having the glucose tablets on hand and feeling the symptoms.  I think my body had hit its wall and was like nope Im done.  It was SO scary.  I have never ever had anything like this happen to me, ever,

Comment by Sheila W. on January 21, 2012 at 12:17am

Tali, so sorry to hear about your incident. Are you on insulin or pills? You will need to lower your dosage if your Cymbalta lowers your blood sugar. Also if you have any warning signs at all before you black out, if you have dextrose tabs in your purse in a easy to grab spot, they look like giant sweet tarts, and they raise your sugar really fast. They are very cheap.

Comment by Tali on January 20, 2012 at 7:29pm

I have been running into issues with my sugar dropping.  They switched from Celexa to Cymbalta and one of the side effects is lower blood sugar.  I was found unconscious last Thursday by my husband and a police man.  It was scary for everyone and makes it very hard to relax.  At this rate feeling the pain lets me know im still awake...lol!  Its all so terrible and scary.

Comment by Sheila W. on January 8, 2012 at 11:51am

This is miserable. Seems the more pain I have, the higher my blood glucose goes, and not even insulin is lowering it.

Comment by Tali on January 2, 2012 at 6:38pm

My blood sugar usually hits around 400+ at least a few times a week.  And it is so my fault since I just get to  a point with everything and I can't deal.  The ones way I deal with all this is just doing nothing.  Its terrible and SO bad but it gets to be too much and normality it something of the past.  My new years resolution for 2012 is to get under better control and get on a pump.

Comment by Sheila W. on December 23, 2011 at 4:03pm

It got worse. Next night my sugar went over 500, WITH insulin, and I had only had a salad, so it was my liver spitting out tons of sugar, not knowing how to deal with all this extra insulin. When I woke up the next day , I called my Dr. to tell her, and she said my heart should have stopped, because at 500 your blood is like honey and can't even pump through your body! So I guess I am being protected and watched over. Soo sick today, so much to do before guests come. (Moms plan, not mine) and she doesn' t have to do a thing.

Comment by Tali on December 23, 2011 at 9:06am

I had no Idea. I'm sorry you had to go through all that!  I am currently on novolog and lantus.  I want to get on a pump.  I think that if my sugars are more stable then everything would be better. At least that what I am hoping.  Having both of these it a full time job.  then I have to add my little ones into the mix and it gets a little nutty.  

Comment by Sheila W. on December 20, 2011 at 6:28pm

Yes, like a full time job to do all these treatment plans, and the worlfd stops when out face pain is out of control. I tried all 3 kinds of fast acting insulin, reacted to them all, went semo-conscious for 24 hours because thats what severe alergies do to me. It turns out I was also allergic to the  allergy medicine! So when I woke up, I told the Dr. I can't take the fast acting. She's upset, but the allergy is more deadly than the diabetes at this point. She said insulin allergy is more common than most people know.

Comment by Tali on December 20, 2011 at 9:53am

TN really does put things on hold.  I know once I was diagnosed my diabetes took a back seat and still does on occasion.  The pain gets to be so severe that I can't focus on any other health issues let alone anything else going on in the world around me.  My food in take has gone down just because I dont know if something will set the TN off or not.  SO annoying!

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