My mum has had type 2 diabetes since 2011 managed perfectly well herself with medication she will be 80 next year. Diagnosed with Alzheimer’s at the start of last year. Since getting home from hospital after a month Jan/feb this year she has carers come in 4 times a day to help with taking her medication & recording her blood sugars & acting on the results if needed, she appears to not recognise any of the affects of low blood sugars. She’s very much of the opinion I take my tablets & then I can do what I like!
Recently they have taken her off all her medication for diabetes because her blood sugars kept going too low preferring to run her levels high. The nurse said it won’t do her any harm, she’s nearly 80 so she’s not really going to suffer from any of the long term medical conditions high blood sugars bring.
Well this week it’s been continually too high, mid to high 20’s and just high! I rang the diabetic nurse & she said a UTI can cause high blood sugars so I took a sample in yesterday to be tested & rang up today for the results but they haven’t got them back. I don’t want to leave it over a bank holiday to turn into something worse so now I’ve been added to the duty drs list to call me later. The carers keep ringing me to tell me it’s high! At least they had the common sense not to give her anything sugary for breakfast.
What I don’t get is they know she’s diagnosed with a memory issue, it was the same in hospital, they ask her questions & she says shes fine no she’s not had any problems & they seem to take her word for it. She could be in pain & they would ask how she was today & she would just reply “very well thank you” . It was ok if I was there butting in but it just makes me feel bad saying all this stuff in front of her.
Carers just rang to say blood sugar reading just taken is saying high no number! I’m not good at putting my parts on but what damage is this doing to my mum!!!
Looks like a relaxing bank holiday weekend for me then, my brothers won’t have to worry coz apparently that’s my job they cut the grass & do the food shopping.
Sorry for the rant but it helps to get it out, the rest of my family are getting fed up with hearing about it.
Recently they have taken her off all her medication for diabetes because her blood sugars kept going too low preferring to run her levels high. The nurse said it won’t do her any harm, she’s nearly 80 so she’s not really going to suffer from any of the long term medical conditions high blood sugars bring.
Well this week it’s been continually too high, mid to high 20’s and just high! I rang the diabetic nurse & she said a UTI can cause high blood sugars so I took a sample in yesterday to be tested & rang up today for the results but they haven’t got them back. I don’t want to leave it over a bank holiday to turn into something worse so now I’ve been added to the duty drs list to call me later. The carers keep ringing me to tell me it’s high! At least they had the common sense not to give her anything sugary for breakfast.
What I don’t get is they know she’s diagnosed with a memory issue, it was the same in hospital, they ask her questions & she says shes fine no she’s not had any problems & they seem to take her word for it. She could be in pain & they would ask how she was today & she would just reply “very well thank you” . It was ok if I was there butting in but it just makes me feel bad saying all this stuff in front of her.
Carers just rang to say blood sugar reading just taken is saying high no number! I’m not good at putting my parts on but what damage is this doing to my mum!!!
Looks like a relaxing bank holiday weekend for me then, my brothers won’t have to worry coz apparently that’s my job they cut the grass & do the food shopping.
Sorry for the rant but it helps to get it out, the rest of my family are getting fed up with hearing about it.