Can you have low blood sugar but high sugar in urine?

[zodiacstar]

When I married at the age of 21 I was put on the pill to stop pregnancy, and gained 3 stone in 3 months. I wanted to stop taking the pill but the doctor and my husband insisted I continued. When I did stop to get pregnant I had gone from 6 stone age 21 to 12 stone age 23. I went back on the pill until age 25 when I had my second son. My husband then had the chop, so I did not need to go back on the pill, but I could not reduce my weight and yoyo trying different diets, until about the age of 50, that's when I gave up on diets. My husband would constantly tell me to weigh myself about 4 times a day this I had to chart, I had got to around 17st when he left in 2000 and I disposed of the scales, which is why I have not weighed myself in that time. I am 17 st now according to the scales in the doc's office so as far as I can tell my weight as been constant. I think the reason I can go a day without eating is my stomach does not send any signals to my brain, I believe although it wasn't called anorexia, I probably had it through my teenage years, the signals got switched off never to return.

 

[Deleted member 21371]

It's difficult to suggest any diet, as it sounds like you aren't eating high carbs, or indeed much of anything.
Fasting is another method, but you already appear to be fasting on many days.
You don't have a sweet teeth.
And any diet could positively or negatively impact on your other issues.

Doctors don't normally prescribe urine testing strips, where you given them for the kidney issues?
That seems to be a bigger issue than diabetes at the moment, although the two are interlinked, and both can cause the other.

 

[zodiacstar]

I used to power lift

It's difficult to suggest any diet, as it sounds like you aren't eating high carbs, or indeed much of anything.
Fasting is another method, but you already appear to be fasting on many days.
You don't have a sweet teeth.
And any diet could positively or negatively impact on your other issues.

Doctors don't normally prescribe urine testing strips, where you given them for the kidney issues?
That seems to be a bigger issue than diabetes at the moment, although the two are interlinked, and both can cause the other.

 

[zodiacstar]

I used to power lift in my middle 30's against my doctor's advice, and I built up a lot of muscle to my limbs, I was about 14-15 stone my fat is mainly in my abdomen which even then was large, I could not lose the fat from my abdomen when going on a diet instead I lost muscle from my limbs, my coach could not understand when I went on a diet why I lost muscle, he kept saying that it made no sense when I had so much fat. A couple of years ago I read a article on what is called brown fat, one of the things that surprise people when they come to my home is I sit virtually immobile without any heating on in my house, they get chilly while I sit comfortable. It is 15 degrees at the moment, I get very distressed in the summer and now have air conditioners fitted so that I can bring the temp down to 17 degrees celsius the lowest they go. this temperature according to what I seen is too cool and a danger, but I swear to you I am comfortable. anyway in the article as far as I can remember it said that brown fat was the body's heat factory. a friend suggested that maybe I hung on to my fat because toxins get passed to fat cells, and my body did not want to release them to my system. I do not know if my fat is brown or whether my fat has toxins in it. all I know is it is there, I has much as I have tried in the pass I could not get rid of it.

 

[zodiacstar]

It's difficult to suggest any diet, as it sounds like you aren't eating high carbs, or indeed much of anything.
Fasting is another method, but you already appear to be fasting on many days.
You don't have a sweet teeth.
And any diet could positively or negatively impact on your other issues.

Doctors don't normally prescribe urine testing strips, where you given them for the kidney issues?
That seems to be a bigger issue than diabetes at the moment, although the two are interlinked, and both can cause the other.

 

[novonord]

In answer to post 14 above, do not assume that I am not medically qualified though I agree that the GP is the right person for Zodiacstar to contact in the first instance...

 

[zodiacstar]

Noticed that I fully did not reply to urine testing strips, I buy them from time to time but only normally use occasionally and find sometimes raised levels in other things, because I do not like seeing doctors I have not consulted them to find what caused the raise or whether it means anything but have not found sugar before, it was always sugar that I was looking for as my mother had type 2 diabetes, I cared for her in her last 3 years and took her from medication to none, just be given her the same food I was eating. I never had any advice but my doctor then was also a family friend that we saw socially, he would not have dared! The kidneys I think are going to be looked into, I passed a staghorn stone 45 years ago, and that seemed to mean something to the doc. and I am sure he said something about sending me to urology because he asked me if I had a preference for a hospital, so that maybe my bladder?

 

[Deleted member 21371]

In answer to post 14 above, do not assume that I am not medically qualified though I agree that the GP is the right person for Zodiacstar to contact in the first instance...

It's fairly clear to be honest.

 

[Deleted member 21371]

Noticed that I fully did not reply to urine testing strips, I buy them from time to time but only normally use occasionally and find sometimes raised levels in other things, because I do not like seeing doctors I have not consulted them to find what caused the raise or whether it means anything but have not found sugar before, it was always sugar that I was looking for as my mother had type 2 diabetes, I cared for her in her last 3 years and took her from medication to none, just be given her the same food I was eating. I never had any advice but my doctor then was also a family friend that we saw socially, he would not have dared! The kidneys I think are going to be looked into, I passed a staghorn stone 45 years ago, and that seemed to mean something to the doc. and I am sure he said something about sending me to urology because he asked me if I had a preference for a hospital, so that maybe my bladder?

I think there is more going on than just diabetes, and the Metformin you were prescribed takes a while to build up in the body before it had any effect, but it isn't know to lower BG to any level that causes any side effects like the ones you described.

High levels of sugar in urine can cause bladder infections, but that should be clear from any urine tests that they will be doing, and normally prescribe anti biotics for it.

 

[zodiacstar]

Each urine test they have given me they have said I do not have a bladder infection so that has already been ruled out.

 

[Deleted member 21371]

Each urine test they have given me they have said I do not have a bladder infection so that has already been ruled out.

Yes, that's why there is more investigation needed and that does mean more time with the doctor unfortunately.

 

[Madeline]

Urine cultures are notoriously unreliable for growing anything. I have duff kidneys, and can have a raging infection worthy of hospitalisation and IV antibiotics and still have nothing grow.

 

[Drummer]

15 degrees Celsius is fine as an indoor temperature - I don't feel cold at 15 degrees and it is the normal night time temperature in the house during the winter months.

I wonder if you are possibly not eating enough fat to start you using it as fuel - there is so much bad information about what to eat. Many people find that they can lose weight eating low carbohydrate as long as they eat enough fat to start the process of fat burning - it will continue burning fat as long as the carb intake is low, as high carb causes a release of insulin and stops fat being available - that could be why you are breaking down muscle for fuel.

 

[zodiacstar]

15 degrees Celsius is fine as an indoor temperature - I don't feel cold at 15 degrees and it is the normal night time temperature in the house during the winter months.

I wonder if you are possibly not eating enough fat to start you using it as fuel - there is so much bad information about what to eat. Many people find that they can lose weight eating low carbohydrate as long as they eat enough fat to start the process of fat burning - it will continue burning fat as long as the carb intake is low, as high carb causes a release of insulin and stops fat being available - that could be why you are breaking down muscle for fuel.

 

[zodiacstar]

I like fat, my lady wanted a use a low fat spread on my sandwich and oil in the pan but I insisted on butter, and she puts a small knob of it when doing my bacon egg and mushrooms. It is the doctor that wants me off fat, bacon and eggs. I am pleased I have someone in agreement with my 15 degrees celsius, I have on my bed a 4 tog duvet, and still will wake up having shaken it off in the night.

 

[zodiacstar]

Urine cultures are notoriously unreliable for growing anything. I have duff kidneys, and can have a raging infection worthy of hospitalisation and IV antibiotics and still have nothing grow.

 

[zodiacstar]

If as I suspect my kidneys are also duff, will a infection if there is one then show up when I eventually go to urology?

 

[zodiacstar]

Yes, that's why there is more investigation needed and that does mean more time with the doctor unfortunately.

 

[zodiacstar]

You mentioned earlier something about fasting. I did not realise that fasting could help me out, I did not intend to fast before my lady came 2 years ago to look after me, I just simply forgot to eat and went through most of the day without food and drink, I have a problem with liquids in the sense that I sip my water and as much as I try can not gulp water down in one go getting through my pint glass, before my lady came I would go through most of the day on a pint. So I know I am always dehydrated My lady insisted I eat 3 times a day and that is when I started to eat a breakfast, lunch and main meal. and so I also drink more because I fill my pint glass with water when I go to get my food. even so when I fill my glass it may only be half empty. My lady returns to me on the 2nd of January so I am going to try to fast and see if it makes a difference, maybe I will wake my stomach up, and find I am hungry after all, as routinely in this last 2 years I have eaten 3 meals a day.

 

[zodiacstar]

Although I have said that I have not been on any diet in almost 20 years, I spent two years maybe 10 years ago following food choices put forward by Dr Gillian Mckeith 'you are what you eat' I did not class it as a diet because it is just sensible eating. I did not lose any weight in that two years but I did not take it up to lose weight. other people seem far more concerned about my weight than I am. I had health issues and wanted to feel healthy I was worried about my liver as I was daily taking very strong pain killers, I argued with my doctor because I wanted to stop medication. I followed food choices living a lot off of seeds, and raw veg, etc and kept excepting my prescription but gradually weaned myself off taking the medication, after the 2 years I felt very healthy, and then went to my doctor and told him that I had stopped taking up to 2 years before, what could he say anything since I was pain free. I got tired of the diet and slowly introduced other foods, but maybe I should revisit those food choices.