Hello all,
I'm new to the forum and still have to catch up to reading the experiences and wealth of knowledge in this forum. However, I wonder if anyone can point me to post where I may get some ideas about the follwoing:
My Dad (83yo) has diabetes Type 2. The doctors say he shouldn't worry too much about it, just be careful about what he eats, because he is rarely below 120mg/dl or above 180mg/dl in the daily bloog sugar levels (he uses finger-prick testing). He takes only 5mg linagliptin at breakfast, because he's had some renal porblems before.
Now the tricky bit: he complains that he wakes up every day in the middle of the night feeling unwell, with a felling of 'pressure in his head' (that's how best he describes it) and that it will go away after he eats. He has taken a test at that time and it is usually around 140-160. When he goes to bed he is around 130. Has anyone heard of this experience before?
I thought he was worrying too much and that this would go away, but I'm now worrying that the doctors are getting at the root of his condition.
Thank you for your kind help.
I'm new to the forum and still have to catch up to reading the experiences and wealth of knowledge in this forum. However, I wonder if anyone can point me to post where I may get some ideas about the follwoing:
My Dad (83yo) has diabetes Type 2. The doctors say he shouldn't worry too much about it, just be careful about what he eats, because he is rarely below 120mg/dl or above 180mg/dl in the daily bloog sugar levels (he uses finger-prick testing). He takes only 5mg linagliptin at breakfast, because he's had some renal porblems before.
Now the tricky bit: he complains that he wakes up every day in the middle of the night feeling unwell, with a felling of 'pressure in his head' (that's how best he describes it) and that it will go away after he eats. He has taken a test at that time and it is usually around 140-160. When he goes to bed he is around 130. Has anyone heard of this experience before?
I thought he was worrying too much and that this would go away, but I'm now worrying that the doctors are getting at the root of his condition.
Thank you for your kind help.