His sugars are definitely all over the place, diabetes is definitely to blame for some of the issues.
When he was first diagnosed, there was no meds prescribed, just diet controlled, he got sugar levels into normal range on the longer blood test without much difficulty, n byot many changes needed at all, started losing weight, all was good until the gp thing
But he was having a few issues with memory, numbers, spelling, immediately after the collapse that weren't there before, happened almost overnight and have been consistent for the last five years. I honestly don't believe these are diabetes related, these are everyday, anytime of day , don't come and go.
I make a drink,he doesn't want one,I sit down with mine and he asks ' where's mine' or ' no thanks,I didn't want one' as if he wasn't asked.
Or he asks if I want a drink,he makes it, I sit drinking mine and the 'where's mine' or ' no ta' comes again, he doesn't remember making my drink. ( This is just one example).
He mixes numbers up when reading them. (I believe a possible reason he tries to avoid shopping)
He puts things in basket,that he says are £2, at checkout it's actually 5, we have had to fill forms out , including phone number, he couldn't write some of them, he couldn't even copy one number when copying the number from my form, when Xmas online shopping this year ( for my presents) I got emails thru,spent £25 ( which I have no problem with, it isn't excessive for what he brought) but he says. ' I didn't really spend that much did I ?'.
He was always the strongest speller in the house, I'm the weakest,need something spelling you'd ask him, but not anymore, he often has to ask me , seems to mainly be with double letter words ie Google. He uses spell check alot too as words just don't look right.
these came on overnight,do not come and go, gp was made aware and memory test given, investigation started but due to that one gp visit...all stopped.
I used to be able to tell when his sugars fell but he never really noticed.he doesn't seem to know when he's hungry either . wasn't much of a problem when I was able to do more of the cooking.
We actually eat a fair amount of fruit and veg,the kids are allowed unlimited as snacks,I have a big polytunnel green house, love growing my own fruit and veg, not this last 12 months though, but that's another story.
when I did most of the cooking, half the plate would be veg, when I couldn't chop fresh veg anymore,I changed to frozen, over time I have needed more and more help with cooking,
The amount of veg had started to dwindle, but we have had quite a bit of luck with batch cooking in the mornings, we have precooked meals full of veg in the freezer now, there has only been the odd occasion I have had to get the daughter over to help with this.
I have noticed he has been complaining of the texture of some foods and that everything is bland unless it's spicy or sweet.
I have no idea what he eats during the day anymore,he doesn't seem to sit still,I have found him stuffing cake in his mouth while letting the dog out, he has gone into kids rooms, opened selection boxes and helped himself,
I don't know if reasoning is off or he's making excuses...bananas are worst fruit for sugar, dried fruit even worse,peanuts bad because of fat ..so I'll eat this whole packet of choc chip biscuits instead. 9 times out of 10 he'll say he doesn't know why he ate it, he wasn't hungry and didn't even want it.
I'm going to send an email over to gp and diabetic nurse, I'll have a look at what I have actually got noted down over the next few days ( I have alot of my own appointments at the moment) .
I do know it's pretty basic, basically just a list of things I've noticed, haven't made note of how often or time of day ect, I may have to get a bit more data/info.
