My blood sugar level has been hovering around 500 for several days, should I expect to die soon?

Question

Just waiting for the inevitable to happen.

Seeing a doctor is not as easy as it sounds, I can't get insurance due to perviously existing condition.

But if I was an illegal alien, hell I could get treatment right?

I am taking Insulin but it is not really doing much of anything anymore.

Tom - My Grandfather died from this nasty disease and my father is battling it. He is taking morphine for his feet, so I know what is coming that is for sure.

Dr Evil, you kill me.

I am 280? LOL

Well I am 215 but certainly not obese, I am taking 50 units of Lantus daily but will have to increase it accordingly. I do agree that one can progress from a type II to a type I though.

I am looking for Treatment Centers here in Colorado.

Answer 1

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Answer 2

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Answer 3

If you are 'taking' insulin, you probably are not injecting it. You are swallowing it. Oral insulin is not really insulin, just a stimulant to your existing working pancreas.

In your case, your 'stimulants' are not working anymore and you need injections. Your pancreas is toast. You have progressed essentially from a type 2 to a type 1.

From your picture Avatar, I'm assuming you are moderately heavy, maybe 280 lb? Inject 0.2cc of Humalog (20 units on a U-100 syringe). That will knock your 500mg/dl down to 250mg/dl in about 2.5 hours if you don't do any exercise. It will continue to drop, but not rapidly, after 2.5 hours because the Humalog will be past its peak potency maxima.

As a follow up, get on a basal insulin injection at least once a day, I would estimate for you 0.5cc (50 U-100 units) of Lantus or Determir. Supplement with 0.15 cc (15 U-100 units) Humalog after meals.

Addendum:
Thanks for the additional info. Sorry I overestimated your weight initially. If you were a girl, I would have had my throat slit.

It is good that you are taking some basal insulin, but that is not enough if you want to combat the 500's. You need bolus injections of fast acting insulin, such as Humalog, after meals.

Being at 500mg/dl makes you feel depressed. We want you to come back to us. Try to get below 250mg/dl most of the time. For a guy like you, you will feel well between 170 and 220mg/dl.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

At 500 you should be seeing a doctor. My Dad had his at 485 and he had a heart attack in the ER waiting room. Luckily, he is still alive, but now dealing with eating right for a diabetic and for someone with heart disease.

You should call your local hospital and find out if there are any free clinics or reduced fee clinics for those without insurance.

Something you can do now is to reduce carbs like breads, cereals, and pastas to get better glucose control. If you can exercise, then do so as that will help to lower blood sugars.

Dieing of diabetes has a lot to do with you. You control what you put into your mouth. Perhaps try a diet plan like the Schwarzbein Principle. It was developed by a doctor for her diabetic patients. The ADA diet will only make you worse, so look into a reduced carb plan

Answer 6

Hello =)

Well,....If you sit around an do nothing about it, then ultimately, you might die....or worse, you won't, and you'll have a stroke, and lie about paralyzed for years.......

If you are permitted to regulate your own insulin (if you're on insulin) FIX IT!!! If your doctor doesn't permit this, then you must see your doctor immediately.

From time to time, I have had unexplainable infections that have had no other symptoms but fever and high blood sugar levels. Sometimes, I have had to take more than 500 units of insulin twice a day (yes, a whole bottle a day) to combat this....

While not exactly the best thing for you, it is better to take massive doses of insulin, than to have Bg's in the 500+ range for more than 1 day.

You must deal with this promptly, because, as I said, death is not the only possible outcome. With diabetes, there are worse things than death, and in my family, I have seen them all.......

Howabout losing your eyesight, and the feeling in your legs, and not knowing that maggots were eating apart the rotting flesh of your leg until you dropped over from dehydration, from the fluid loss??? When I took off his bandage and socks, his toes stayed inside the sock.......That's how I lost the man who raised me........does that sound appealing to you??

OK Angelo....I used to be a CDE, and have been an insulin dependent diabetic for 10 years now....email me [e-mail]

I'll try and help you sort this all out......

I have insurance issues as well, but my doctor has a great deal of compassion for those of us who are not well-insured....

Namaste,

--Tom

Answer 7

Your treatment is currently inadequate. This can happen acutely, if you are stressed, for example.

1. You need to take enough insulin to ensure that your levels are at least below 200 mg/dl (to be safe from immediate harm).
2. Contrary to popular belief, diabetic coma from too much glucose (hyperosmotic non-ketotic coma) is not the same as hypoglycemic coma. It's not as sudden.
3. You can't get from type II to type I, but you can get type I in a later age (regardless of whether you have type II or not). However, you can definitely go from type II with oral drugs to type II that requires insulin. This is not the same as type I.

Diabetes management is not easy, but you can try your best to keep your glucose levels as low as possible. Take care of your diet and lose some weight. Adjust ALL other risk factors: blood pressure, cholesterol etc. Diabetics mostly die from atherosclerosis.

Answer 8

that is bad u need to see a doctor like right now any thing over 200 is a very high risk u are getting ready to go into a coma are worst u no better u must want to die there are all kind of free place to go for help dont be a fool get help there is worst things then dieing u can suffer before u die that worst thing of all the pain u talk about no insurance but when that pain hits your *** you will run in find a doctor.

Answer 9

Are you wanting to die soon? Sir, this level could put you in a coma, and yes you could have a stress heart attack and die. Take your medication! If you are out of it then get to the ER right now!

Answer 10

Well, if that's what you want to happen then why ask? As a diabetic you should know yourself what a 500 means and what it implies. If however you are seriously concerned then go to the ER and have them help you. Otherwise don't assume you'll get any sympathy from us for asking a silly question.