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Is you out there....

I wanna pick your brain.. on Diabetes

you rang lol :-D :-D

Ah there you is


Hi Joy

A few minutes ago I was called downstairs to her indoors, she was shaking something terrible.
I checked her sugar level and it was down to 3.2 . So I gave her some lucozade, its now up to 7.1 (OK).
Going to check it again in a short while to see if its not gone low again.


What I was wondering is what do you do if the reading is too high, and, what constitutes being too high? :-S

if its to high they say exercise till it comes down
whats happened with your misses is she had a hypo

its sometimes not possible to exercise due to peoples health
so if it goes really high i would phone the NHS help line for advice

what i class as high is in the high teens or 20s
though eating crumpets can put mine in to the 30s for a short while
but everybody is different
SO MAYBE WORTH A CALL TO YOUR WIFES DIABETIC NURSE OR DOCTOR
for better advise

http://www.webmd.boots.com/diabetes/guide/hyperglycaemia-and-diabetes

this link might help hun :-D :-D

http://www.webmd.boots.com/diabetes/guide/hypoglycaemia-low-blood-sugar


or this one for the low blood sugar :-D :-D

I just checked her again its reading 11. now . II`ll check he in another hour if its between the 7 and 11 mark I`ll stick her in bed and switch the telly and light off for the night.

She`s only just come back out of hospital after 6 days in there .
she`s got one of those Byetta pens, two injections, plus the 18 tablets to take per day as well.

Thanks Joy :-D

your welcome Jiminy
poor love lets hope she is feeling better tomorrow :-D

Just done final check for the night and the old gel feels just fine now .
Reading still on the 11. mark so I`m satisfied at that..

Here`s a laugh for you Joy. I was advised by a social worker to apply for Carers allowance, so I did.

The result was DWP say I am entitled to £58.45 a week. :-D
On the very next line it says ...
We cannot pay you this because the amount of your State Pension is more than the Carer`s Allowance.
(bit of a fruitless exercise that was). :-(

bleeding sods law innit
i would consult CAB there may be a way round it
i am sure you can still get a pension and attendance allowance
but they will tell you more :-D

Attendance Allowance and Carers Allowance are two separate things Joy. :-)

yes Jminy ones for people on ESA (sick pay)under 65

and one for older people on pensions :-D

CAB will explain it to you as i dont know much about it

i do know on ESA the pay it
but deduct some of it from the ESA paid to the claimer

Morning Jim Bob, Hope the Old Gel is feeling better this morning. And you take good care of yourself aswell. Don't want you going all crock on us and you can't look after the Missus. LOLOL

Morning Joy, hope you and all of yours are well this morning.

Julia in Derbyshire

Thank you Julia
yes we are fine in the very wet and cold Boro

i hope you and yours are ok to xx :-D :-D

well done jiminy
looking after your misses so well and doing everything right :-D :-D