John,
I often hate to test if I think i might be low or high. It really bothers me and of course those are the times, you should test more. My best advice is even though she may be upset with you, keep pressing her. When my mind is a bit scrambled, I often get defensive, but those are the times, I need to reminders the most.
rick phillips
Thanks you guys. This has been very helpful. Yall are awsome!
John - I have always gone low from any kind of stress - physical, emotional or mental. I am unaware of my lows now, so my hubby often notices. He says I get pale; I often change the way I hold my mouth (like a kind of pursed lips look); I often get a double vision type of thing going on, so I close one eye to try to see better. Like Doris said, anything out of the “norm” is reason enough for me to test, just to verify. Will keep Missy, her mother, & you in my thoughts & prayers - let us know how things go.
Anything out of the “norm” got it. As for Missy’s mom she was suppose to be out of surgery at 8:00PM but she us still in. Missy pacing in the waiting room trying to stay calm. Her anxiety level is pretty high now. And she is refusing to test her BG. This is going to be a long night.
rick thanks for letting me know that it is okay to keep pressing her to test her BG cause I was starting to feel like I should just let her be. But I notice how defensive she was getting and how she could barely put a sentence together.
Tracy just letting you and everyone else know how things are going. Missy mom got out of surgery at 10:00 PM (the 7 hour surgery took 9 hours). Very trying time; struggling to get her to test, eat and drink to keep her BG up.
I know this may sound bad but it had to be done. I can’t believe I am saying this but I did it. I had to tie her to her chair in the waiting room (I had to use my yarn that I had with me to do some knitting with) to test her BG because she would not and I know she was going low because when she was talking she could not form complete sentences (glad no one else was in the waiting room they would have thought I was crazy). She was mad when I was doing it but after her BG came up she was not mad anymore.
Her BG has not gone below 100 today. She looks ran-down and sleeping a lot today.
Is it normal to be tired and have no energy after having low BG like yesterday? I have not seen her sleep so much in one day. As for her mom, she is awake and talking. Thanks everyone for your prayers and information.
Glad her Mom is okay. Yes, tired out from BS’s and stress. Just keep an eye on her, make sure she does not drop low while sleeping. Make her check her BS and eat and drink fluids. You are a very amazing young man.
She may want to decrease her insulin if she is not eating much and continues to have lows. Thanks for the update.
John - First, yes - I would be totally wiped out after a day of high stress & many low blood sugars. I bet Missy will feel better tomorrow. Glad her mom is doing alright, that has to simply be such a relief to you both. Don’t beat yourself up for having to force Missy to check her blood by restraining her - it happens sometimes. Low blood sugar makes me combative, stubborn & puts me in a “I’m not going to do anything you tell me” kind of a mood often. I bet that later, you two may even chuckle about it. Thanks for letting us know - you take care of yourself, too, & here’s to all of you staying well!
She has just lowered the amount of her insulin on her pump. Robyn I am trying to be there for her (unlike I was the first time). I will do anything to help her and show her that I am not going anywhere.
Don’t beat yourself up for having to force Missy to check her blood by restraining her - it happens sometimes.
Tracy that is exactly what I have been doing tonight. Was I wrong for doing this?
Hi all. First I want to say thank you to each of you who was so nice and suppiled my John with answers to his questions. It helped him and myself. Thank you for your thoughts and prayers. We thought the lows were gone but they are back again so I just decreased my basal so hopefully this will help. Again thanks.
John I see you are jumping in and making yourself at home here with us at TuD good for you.
John - No, I don’t think you were wrong for “making” her check her glucose - in my opinion, better to be sure than have her faint while walking down the hall & end up in the emergency room. That being said, if she doesn’t want to discuss it right away, do try to respect that. It takes me a bit even still to be able to discuss hypoglycemic episodes I need help with, with Rich. We tend to just leave it alone as a talking point for at least half a day. I can speak of it then, but still distance myself - My psyche views it as a “failure” or “wrong” on my part. Rich does not ever imply this - it is just this enormous guilt I feel at not being more in control. silly, I know - but just is. I hope Missy does not have the impulse to ‘blame’ herself for an often uncontrollable situation.
Missy. your John is a wonderful supporter,:. He obviously loves you SO much. I am praying for your mother’s recovery and for you and John, too. Again, it is So sweet to hear about a couple that works together to support each other through good and bad!!!
God Bless,
Brunetta
I have just a little time for a fast update. Missy is doing good. Her mom is doing very good she may come home today or tomorrow, we are waiting for the doctor to come in at 1 to let us know what is what.
Missy is happy today so I am happy. She woke up with a smile on her face. There is a glow about her today. I think today is going to be a good day for her and her mom.
Glad to hear that John!