[Nfb-krafters-korner] Well plans don't work...

[Annely Rose]

Hi Joyce,

I'm sorry to hear that you are having so many challenges with your blood sugars.  There are so many factors in trying to keep the blood sugars balanced: food, exercise, stress, emotions, and more.  And the information is constantly changing with new medications and new strategies.

Stress can easily raise one's blood sugar.  When my husband was hospitalized and waiting for his quadruple bypass, he was eating less and his blood sugars were higher than usual.  The nurses were giving the max dose of insulin that the doctor (who didn't know him from Adam and was on the hospital staff) had prescribed.  I contacted the doctor and had a discussion with him about increasing his insulin and he was reluctant at first, but agreed by the end of the conversation to increase it.  When he did hthis, my husband's blood sugars were much better and he was out of the hospital 2 weeks after his surgery without experiencing any infections.  Keeping the blood sugars as close to mormal as possible helps prevent infections.  I also know that one has to be careful with what they eat and what meds they take to keep blood sugars in a normal range.  And the monitoring is so important, too.  Maybe consulting with a diabetes educator would be helpful to you, but you have probably done this already.

If you believe in God then you probably know that there must be a good reason why circumstances happened the way they did.  maybe it's better to have the surgery after the holidays.  I will keep you in my prayers.  Take care and god bless.

Annely  
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On Fri, 12/18/15, Joyce Kane via Nfb-krafters-korner <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:

 Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Well plans don't work...
 To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
 Cc: blindhands at aol.com
 Date: Friday, December 18, 2015, 8:47 PM
 
 I am feeling very well, but quite
 upset.  I scheduled my hand surgery for
 this morning and arranged for a ride, got there and they
 wanted me to go to
 the Emergency room and refused to do the surgery.  My
 blood sugar was 445.
 I did exactly what I was told to do regarding taking
 medication and insulins
 the day before, even if I questioned it myself.  They
 told me to cut my long
 acting insulin in half the day before.  They told me
 not to cover my blood
 sugar at supper[this is the area I questioned]  Not to
 eat after midnight or
 take any medication this morning except blood pressure
 pills.
 
 I did not check my blood sugar at supper or before I went to
 bed last night.
 I felt it was better I didn't know what it was as then I
 would be in a real
 predicament.  When I checked in the morning, well I
 thought I did what the
 medical doctor wanted tome to do.  
 The doc who puts you out[not on my spelling list] told me I
 had to go to the
 ER.  I said if you aren't going to do the surgery, I am
 going home.  They
 said if I do that I had to sign release without medical
 advisement.  The
 nurse asked what I was going to do when I got home and I
 told her take my
 insulin and monitor my blood sugar.  I got home by 10
 a.m. and took insulin
 and was bottomed out with an insulin reaction by 12:30 and
 got up and ate
 oatmeal and a juice.  Took blood sugar at 2 PM [127]
 and took long acting
 [blood sugar [  Checked again at 4 PM [112] and checked
 again after I ate
 supper[191]. Took coverage for supper and sitting here
 now.  The doc, who
 doesn't know me at all tells me my diabetes is out of
 control and if I don't
 go to the ER I need to see my doctor ASAP.  
 
 You know today they say, "There is no such thing as a
 "brittle diabetic"
 Well I have lived as a brittle diabetic 57 years.  So I
 don't care what they
 call it, but my blood sugars jump up and down and at times I
 don't have a
 clue, whyThat is what is normal for me.
 
 Sorry I will get off my soap box.
 
 Terry P., so I won't have surgery until after the
 holidays.  Jan. 29, now.
 
 I will definitely say I was nervous and some of those
 flashbacks before I
 had my surgery 18 years ago.  That is probably what
 jacked the sugar up.
 
 Joyce 
 
 
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