in trouble need help
bg was at about 296 a few hours ago. i took my 1000mg of glucophage and
checked again about an hour ago. it was only down to 248. i don’t have any
humalog or any other fast acting insulins in the house and no way am i
driving to town to get any. i took my 10 mcg of spit about 30 minutes ago. i
am somewhat nauseous maybe from the high bg.
i have an infection but didn’t want to go to the dr for pills cause it will
clear up on it’s own soon enough (it’s a boil that hasn’t burst yet). i
think i will have to up my lantus at bedtime to hopefully get a lower bg by
am but what about the pen? is it working or not? i can’t tell.
jodi
August 15th, 2004 at 2:26 pm
Glucophage is definitely not fast acting. It helps get the glucose into your
muscle cells. So glucophage and exercise will lower your bg but not quickly.
Your bg is not life threatening so just chill, watch what you eat, get a
little exercise and take your meds as you normally would. The key to lower
blood sugars is compliance, not intervention.
Roy
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bg was at about 296 a few hours ago. i took my 1000mg of glucophage and
checked again about an hour ago. it was only down to 248. i don’t have any
humalog or any other fast acting insulins in the house and no way am i
driving to town to get any. i took my 10 mcg of spit about 30 minutes ago. i
am somewhat nauseous maybe from the high bg.
i have an infection but didn’t want to go to the dr for pills cause it will
clear up on it’s own soon enough (it’s a boil that hasn’t burst yet). i
think i will have to up my lantus at bedtime to hopefully get a lower bg by
am but what about the pen? is it working or not? i can’t tell.
jodi
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August 15th, 2004 at 4:41 pm
As I recollect, you took in a lot of sugar via
alcoholic drinks and it is going take time to get it
out of your system. While 300 bg is not lethal I know
it is spooky because it spooked me.
Exercise a little - it is not safe to do much at that
level of BG according to Bernstein, eat very, very low
carb until the BG comes down to normal - you know the
drill, meat, eggs, a little cheese, a few nuts, fish,
nothing white (pasta/bread/milk/sugar, etc.)
The pen is not magic - if I intake too much in
calories and carbs my BG will go through the roof.
Even when I lose all my weight I will always have an
impaired carbohydrate metabolism and I will always
have to watch what I eat and exercise regularly to
keep my BG under control.
The infection may or may not have anything to do with
the high BG - depending upon if it is in your system
or isolated from it. A boil may be isolated enough
that it is not the issue, however, the carbs you took
in a few days ago will be an issue because you can’t
easily get rid of them.
If you have some vitamin D and some ALA that can
potentially help bring the BG level down, but mostly
it is having to wait it out until your body can use it
up or getting some fast acting insulin and getting it
down that way.
Good fortune to you! May you not experience this
August 15th, 2004 at 8:31 pm
i actually get lots of exercise but know that this jump from 80’s to 120’s
at most to mid 200’s was from something other than the booze i drank. i
found 5 more antibiotics that dr had given me last time and started them
this morning. forget the name but he gave me a 15 day supply (they are once
a day) and told me to take 10 last time and keep the 5 for another time. 5
normally does the trick but i had so many issues (bronchitis, sinus
infection, and also pleurisy) last time that he thought 10 days would be
better.
i am praying that this works but will watch things closely till the 5 days
are up. i raised the lantus by 5 units last night and will do another 5
tonight if still over 200 at bedtime.
i know i should call the dr but he will just add another 5 days to the
antibiotic so i might as well wait and see. will keep carbs to less than 10
today (no salads, just meat and coffee).
you know having a bg that high is almost like folks who get shaky at 150!
it’s been so long since i was high that i feel weird…
btw roy, what do you mean by compliance not intervention? just curious cause
if i had some humalog, i’d shoot it now to bring numbers down. insurance no
longer covers it and i can’t get it without a script anyway. i can get
novolin regular without a script but i don’t like it cause it lasts longer
than what i am used to.
jodi
Glucophage is definitely not fast acting. It helps get the glucose into
your
muscle cells. So glucophage and exercise will lower your bg but not
quickly.
Your bg is not life threatening so just chill, watch what you eat, get a
little exercise and take your meds as you normally would. The key to lower
blood sugars is compliance, not intervention.
Roy
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August 16th, 2004 at 12:49 am
couldn’t i just have had a hangover like the rest of the world? lol
as for the boil, they always screw up my bg’s. don’t get them very often
anymore but when i do it is hell on me. have a touch of bronchitis too but
as i said i found the antibiotics so that will help both (this is what the
dr always puts me on).
thanks for the encouragement marsha! i get so freaked out when i am sick (or
pms’in)!
jodi
As I recollect, you took in a lot of sugar via
alcoholic drinks and it is going take time to get it
out of your system. While 300 bg is not lethal I know
it is spooky because it spooked me.
Exercise a little - it is not safe to do much at that
level of BG according to Bernstein, eat very, very low
carb until the BG comes down to normal - you know the
drill, meat, eggs, a little cheese, a few nuts, fish,
nothing white (pasta/bread/milk/sugar, etc.)
The pen is not magic - if I intake too much in
calories and carbs my BG will go through the roof.
Even when I lose all my weight I will always have an
impaired carbohydrate metabolism and I will always
have to watch what I eat and exercise regularly to
keep my BG under control.
The infection may or may not have anything to do with
the high BG - depending upon if it is in your system
or isolated from it. A boil may be isolated enough
that it is not the issue, however, the carbs you took
in a few days ago will be an issue because you can’t
easily get rid of them.
If you have some vitamin D and some ALA that can
potentially help bring the BG level down, but mostly
it is having to wait it out until your body can use it
up or getting some fast acting insulin and getting it
down that way.
Good fortune to you! May you not experience this
again in the future!
Marsha
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August 17th, 2004 at 1:44 pm
>btw roy, what do you mean by compliance not intervention
What I mean is that if you overindulge in drinking or eating, expect your
blood sugar to be high. Instead of taking steps to try to undo the resulting
high bg, just get back on track with proper intake and exercise and let your
regular medication work.
Neither Lantus nor Glucophage is fast acting. They are considered more
maintenance drugs. I’m on both, which means that my day to day actions
determine how my blood sugars are. If I snack on pretzels because of a salt
craving (like I did yesterday), I shouldn’t be surprised when my bg is over
250 (and I wasn’t.) It is just a reminder that no matter how well Byetta
works for me, I can still mess things up. That’s where compliance comes in.
Having a high bg for a day isn’t going to kill me. It does remind me that
I’m a diabetic and we aren’t like everyone else. We have to consider the
consequences of alcohol beyond the hangover, or the consequences of
overeating beyond gaining a pound or two.
I probably have a little different perspective on what is a high blood sugar
than some. I had once let my diabetes get out of control and I was having
blood sugars over 400 probably routinely; I wouldn’t know because I just
didn’t check. A high blood sugar isn’t an emergency like a low blood sugar
is. So just get back into compliance and the blood sugar will come down. And
get the boil taken care of.
August 17th, 2004 at 3:30 pm
gotcha now, thanks roy!
jodi
What I mean is that if you overindulge in drinking or eating, expect your
blood sugar to be high. Instead of taking steps to try to undo the
resulting
high bg, just get back on track with proper intake and exercise and let
your
regular medication work.
Neither Lantus nor Glucophage is fast acting. They are considered more
maintenance drugs. I’m on both, which means that my day to day actions
determine how my blood sugars are. If I snack on pretzels because of a
salt
craving (like I did yesterday), I shouldn’t be surprised when my bg is
over
250 (and I wasn’t.) It is just a reminder that no matter how well Byetta
works for me, I can still mess things up. That’s where compliance comes
in.
Having a high bg for a day isn’t going to kill me. It does remind me that
I’m a diabetic and we aren’t like everyone else. We have to consider the
consequences of alcohol beyond the hangover, or the consequences of
overeating beyond gaining a pound or two.
I probably have a little different perspective on what is a high blood
sugar
than some. I had once let my diabetes get out of control and I was having
blood sugars over 400 probably routinely; I wouldn’t know because I just
didn’t check. A high blood sugar isn’t an emergency like a low blood sugar
is. So just get back into compliance and the blood sugar will come down.
And
get the boil taken care of.
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