Diabetics..

[JAYGEE]

Sorry if there is misspelling, bad grammar and bad punctuation. its 3:09 am.

Ever since my wife had our kids, my oldest being 7 youngest 4 she was diagnosed with diabetes. I hate diabetes and wish there was a cure. When were asleep I seem to have a 6th sense and know her sugar is low and will wake up and ask her if she is ok. Like tonight, the reason im awake. I ask her is she is ok and she tells me yea, so I try to go back to sleep and certain noises movements I knew she wasn't.

I go get a root beer and make her drink it. I go get her sugar checker thing and look at her last reading at 12:19 am and it was 111. She drink the coke and I make her check her sugar again and its 31. I told her she is a winner and
gets to eat jelly beans.

Tonight wasn't bad, last time was horrible. I have had to call the ambulance before and its like seeing a zombie If you ever seen some one when there sugar is really low you know what im talking about. Its crazy, and I hate seeing her like that. I honestly don't know how much more I can take. It kills me to see her like that. I notice it happens more when we eat early but she was at her sisters house this evening while I went to ride my motorcycle, and I figured she ate but I guess not.

We have been together going on 10 years, she will be 29 and I am 30. I love my wife but I hate this crap. I hate having to force her to drink coke and swallow jellybeans.

/rant.

sorry for the ramblings, I just needed to tell someone and get it off my chest.

[shelliebear]

Diabetes runs extremely heavily in my family--all the women on my mother's side have it, but it isn't "Traditional" diabetes. The tests don't always turn out positive the first time for my family members.
Somebody eats, blood sugar spikes, then plummets--doesn't matter what kind of food.
My grandmother is insulin dependant, my two aunts SHOULD be monitoring their diet, my cousin is 15 and has to do the glucometer test after every meal in case hers rises, etc.
What sucks for me is I get fairly hypoglycemic at times, and in the morning I have to wake up and take my thyroid medicine--then I can't eat for 45 minutes.
Guess who has to sit in bed trying not to pass out with an empty tummy? Me. It's not fun at all.
It''s not pretty. That "ghost" look--it's scary, and you feel it on the inside as much as you look it on the outside.
I'm so sorry she has diabetes. It sounds like it started out as gestational diabetes which can often come right before the onset of type 2 DM. I wish you the best.
Tell her to nibble on some crackers as a snakc through out the day. Also, sugary soda will get your blood sugar up--but if you're diabetic, your numbers will go too high and crash.
Milk is best, it will get the sugar up but not as fast as a soda; also, a peanut butter sandwich is another necessity.
She needs an "emergency kit"--buy her some apple juice, orange juice, PB&J crackers, and cereal bars. Put them in a lunch box, and it goes with her whenever she isn't with you. I had to do this at school all the time, because some days my numbers would crash before I could make it to lunch.
Good luck, and I'm sorry you have to struggle with this.

[joepythons]

Sorry if there is misspelling, bad grammar and bad punctuation. its 3:09 am.

Ever since my wife had our kids, my oldest being 7 youngest 4 she was diagnosed with diabetes. I hate diabetes and wish there was a cure. When were asleep I seem to have a 6th sense and know her sugar is low and will wake up and ask her if she is ok. Like tonight, the reason im awake. I ask her is she is ok and she tells me yea, so I try to go back to sleep and certain noises movements I knew she wasn't.

I go get a root beer and make her drink it. I go get her sugar checker thing and look at her last reading at 12:19 am and it was 111. She drink the coke and I make her check her sugar again and its 31. I told her she is a winner and
gets to eat jelly beans.

Tonight wasn't bad, last time was horrible. I have had to call the ambulance before and its like seeing a zombie If you ever seen some one when there sugar is really low you know what im talking about. Its crazy, and I hate seeing her like that. I honestly don't know how much more I can take. It kills me to see her like that. I notice it happens more when we eat early but she was at her sisters house this evening while I went to ride my motorcycle, and I figured she ate but I guess not.

We have been together going on 10 years, she will be 29 and I am 30. I love my wife but I hate this crap. I hate having to force her to drink coke and swallow jellybeans.

/rant.

sorry for the ramblings, I just needed to tell someone and get it off my chest.

First off sorry she has to deal with this stuff .Ok i am a diabetic and have been for the last 10yrs (because of surgery complications).It sounds like she is taking to much insulin and not compensating her food intake for it.You need to discuss this issue with her doctor ASAP.The best things for a sugar low is orange juice and peanut butter sandwich(if she can stand the crap ).When you give her candy its only a short boost of sugar.Once her levels are equel to her food intake you both should be able to sleep full nights .If you need anyone to talk to directly please feel free to PM me anytime .

[grits]

Im a diabetic too. I am starting to get it under control but it was nothing for mine to go between 600 - 35 in just one day

[joepythons]

Im a diabetic too. I am starting to get it under control but it was nothing for mine to go between 600 - 35 in just one day

Ouch thats a heck of a drop .

[JAYGEE]

Thanks for all the comments, Im sorry that yall have to deal with it as well. But yalls posts have helped me if it happens again.

Just thought I would add a few pics of us..

My boys



My youngest doing the Robot while my oldest took the pic.

[joepythons]

Great looking family .Your welcome also

[youbeyouibei]

First and foremost, I'm sorry. I'm a Type I (juvenile diabetes) diabetic and it's no walk in the park, that's for sure! I've been diabetic for 21 years (diagnosed at age 7) and have had some ups and downs with it. One word of advice, if I could offer some, would be to stock up on honey. If your wife gets low/hypoglycemic at night, rubbing honey into her cheek or lips will help to raise her blood sugar enough to keep her from going any lower until the ambulance can get there. It will absorb through the mucus membranes (sounds gross but it's the soft tissue in your mouth, so no worries! ) regardless of whether or not she's awake or conscious.

Something my wife has noticed with me, when I get low, especially at night, is that I tend to sweat, A LOT! I've talked to my doctor and he said it's pretty common for diabetics to do this, as their body is trying to concentrate the glucose levels in their body to boost their blood sugar levels. Just something else to be aware of if you ever find her like that or if you notice her getting pale and/or sweating profusely, you might be looking for some Coke or something similar to boost her sugars prior to her passing out.

Like others have said, if she's having that many issues that frequently, she absolutely should go to her doctor or better yet, an endrocrinologist. Diabetes is a pain, to say the least, and affects the entire body, so the family doctor generally won't cut it and it takes a specialist (endocrinologist). It costs a LOT but you might encourage your wife and/or the both of you to look into an insulin pump. It takes the long lasting insulin out of the equation entirely and will give her a lot better control of her blood sugar with fewer issues. There are programs that will help pay for the cost of a pump or provide one free if insurance or the cost is an issue. I don't mean to imply or assume anything but I know I spent several years paying out of pocket for my diabetes supplies before I got the job I have now and health insurance, hence me being familiar with the programs that provide that stuff for little to no cost!

I'm sorry for your situation and that of your wife, as I know that's hard on the family as much as it is the person suffering from it. Hang in there and know that it can be managed! You've got a great looking family and you obviously care, it's just a matter of finding a doctor or doctors and the right equipment to help her manage things. Good luck and take care!

[Lucille]

Jaygee
You have a beautiful family. My son has insulin dependent diabetes and no insurance right now I empathize with you, diabetes requires lots of time, money and planning and there are times when it is just scary. You sound like a wonderful support for your wife, she is fortunate to have you.

[sgath92]

Another big thing to watch for with diabetes [though this is more of a thing to worry about towards old age] is that diabetes will alter the symptoms of some cardo problems. An elderly relative of mine with diabetes was never warned of this and when he had his first heart attack his only symptoms were a cold sweat followed by an ambiguous feeling of "something isn't right" No pains, tightness sensations or anything normally associated with heart attacks. Cardo is very important to monitor with diabetes because once someone with it develops cardo problems [like heart disease or high blood pressure] they run the risk of cardo-dementia which is an Alzheimer-like brain disorder. Only unlike Alzheimers it does not get progressively worse over time unless either the cardo problem or the diabetes isn't controlled. Each cardo event like a heart attack or period of uncontrolled blood sugar levels will make the brain "decay" and people don't know to worry about it until after their first cardo event like an unexpected heart attack [by which point its too late and there will likely be some kind of unrepairable brain damage]. If my grandparents' generation knew in the 70s & 80s what we know today about cardo & diabetes today they'd have lived longer and not had to end up senile like they did. It was all totally preventable.