I am a diabetic, wondering why my blood sugars are high?

Question

I've noticed for 2 or 3 days my blood sugars are 230 to 236. But have been much higher. I average around 145, I haven't eaten or done anything unusual. Only thing I can think of is not sleeping and looking at a big move into our brand new handicapped house, I'm also using wheelchair for bad lymphadema however you spell it. Hope later numbers come down, for I am in between docs, appointment in Jan. other doc won't see me anymore I guess she is scared of my conditions anyways just a Nurse Practicinar {?}

For jfurnode, whatever that means for your information you are more iliterate than I am I din't ask for your STUPID comment, it is ones like you that make people not want to ask questions. But I will forgive you for you are such an educated person...DAH!!!

Answer 1

it sounds like you are a very complient diabetic which is great. with the stress of moving and getting used to a new place can make your sugars go up keep a close check on it and get to the doctor as soon as you can. take care!!

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My daughter is a Type I diabetic and when on insulin she averaged in the 140's also. Do not eat anything that you should not be eating. And you should know the diet. Now, is not the time to cheat, because you are stressed and in a wheelchair. You may even have a slight infection. Drink plenty of water and move your body in some way to allow some exercise. If you wish to eat Christmas you need to increase your insulin for a heavy meal. If you are taking insulin injections, the doctor should have given you a sliding scale. A sliding scale is - Take 1 or 2 more units if blood sugar is such and such. If you do not have a sliding scale, then stay with the insulin dose you are on now until after Christmas. Be very careful with what you eat Christmas. If your blood sugar continues to increase past 350 go to the emergency room. If not, make the doctor educate you about insulin injections with blood sugar levels on a sliding scale. They don't like to give you a sliding scale, because then no one visits them and they lose money. Don't change your insulin dose until you know how to do it. Too much insulin will cause low blood sugar which is worse. Blood sugar in the 200's is not that high.

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I have been a diabetic for 20 years on Halloween (ironic, I know, the day you get the most candy). Although I'm not a doctor, I do have some experience. First, though, I would say talk to your doctor but I see you are between appointments, so I hope this helps.

With my own blood sugars almost anything affects them. The first hot spell of the summer, the first cold spell of the winter, stress, menstrual cycle, on and on. I have found that stress does have a great impact. You could also have an underlying infection that you are unaware of at this point. Also, it is not good, in fact it is very bad for diabetics not to eat. This "starvation" even if it is unintentional convinces the body to start breaking itself down. This breakdown causes a release of acid that has dire consequences for the diabetic body. Do not completely cut carbs as was suggested above. This has been found to create more stress on the kidneys because of the extra protein they have to rid the body of. A good resource is the American Diabetes Association website.

The best thing to do is to eat regular meals, take you meds and find some way to naturally deal with stress and the be sure to talk to your doctor about your elevated blood sugars. If you find no answers from him, find another doctor.

Good luck, hope this info helps

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My mother is diabetic I know if she eats just a tiny bit of something or eats something someone else has cooked her sugar is off.

Stress can cause our bodies to do strange things, it will through our whole system off and Dear sound like you could not be under any more stress.

Maybe your medication needs to be adjusted but I do understand you are in between a nurse and a Dr. I hope you are seeing a real Dr. this time. Nurse Practitioners are not Dr. and you are very ill

Try the red cross they will help in certain situations It can not hurt to try

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***I wanted to add you can try Catholic Social Services, they may be able to point you in the right direction

You should be on medicaid or medicare call your local office see if they can help........hope you do find help......It sucks that the people who need help have a hard time finding it but the ones who don' have no problem getting it

Answer 7

Are you on insulin or oral meds, or both? Stress can definitely cause your blood sugar to go up, and I know moving is stressful!! What's causing the edema? High blood pressure? You do need to find a doctor!! Until then watch your diet very carefully (I know--this time of year - right!!). I always tell my patients to eat good protein (chicken, turkey, fish) this can help lower a high blood sugar, and lots of veggies. I too am diabetic so I know how hard it is. Try to take your med and/or insulin as scheduled and eat 4-6 small meals a day - every few hours, and try to drink lots of water (that may help the edema). Hang in there!!!

Answer 8

Well, when are your numbers usually high and what medications are you taking (and when) for your diabetes? Is this just over the past few days, or have they been high for a while?
The best thing to do is get a bit of really good data, take fingersticks 4 times a days (before each meal and before bed) and find out if there's a pattern to when your sugars are elevated, then your medication can be changed accordingly (if necessary).

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While you are saying that you have not eaten anthing different than normal, a simple pasta meal can vastly change blood sugar levels over the short term.
It might be the stress of the move, as this also can change your blood sugar.
Lastly, you mention that you are confined to a wheelchair, but if you can do any form of seated exercise (ask your Dr or therapist) this will help stabilize your blood sugar.

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Hello, I'm a Type 2 Diabetic and when I get overly stressed my levels climb into the mid 200's. Stress will drive the levels up, and up and up.

When i get stressed I can't sleep either, which doesn't help the levels stay somewhat normal. When this happens I really have to just heave a big sigh and accept what's happening and do my best to relax. Within a day of doing this my levels return to the 140's-150's.

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I'm going to confirm the stress comments above. My sugar goes up when I'm sick or stressed. If I were you, I would avoid meat and dairy products. Visit my webpage for more info on this:
http://www.geocities.com/seabulls69/Type_II_Diabetes.html

It's a free site, so bandwidth is limited. If you don't get through the first time, try later. I've put together a bunch of useful info for fellow diabetics. The stuff I've been doing works.... my hemoglobin A1C was 5.8 in a recent test... that's pretty darn good. I don't adhere to a perfect diet and I don't exercise a whole bunch, but I do eat pretty healthy and I do take some supplements which I mention on the webpage. Hang in there... knowledge is power.

P.S. Ignore the trolls... life is too important to let others affect your happiness.