Dealing with my husband's health issues

[13yayabo]

Hi there,
I'm after some advice on my husband's blood sugar levels. He did a fasting glucose test for the doctor last year and it came back that he had pre diabetic levels. Since then we have been monitoring his blood glucose, bought the monitor and tried to change our eating habits, with some impressive weight loss but that's by the by. What puzzles me is that his morning readings are pre diabetic a lot of the time, however his daytime reading 2 hours after a meal and all the others in between are always bang on, no matter what he has eaten. We did a few 'experiments' to see if they changed depending on what foods he ate but even the likes of chcolate, apple pie, ice creams alcohol don't seem to make them go into the pre diabetic levels.

My question is, his higher morning readings seem to coincide with later dinner times, and fattier foods which can be low sugar and low carb. Can this pre diabetic morning reading be anything to do with his digestion rather than blood sugar? Or if you have a pre diabetic reading in the morning you are simply pre diabetic no matter what your readings are the rest of the day? If I'm honest I am tired of the not knowing, he has tried and succeeded in reaching his ideal weight to try and control these readings and is verging on skinny. I am equally tired of the constant daily updates of what his latest levels are, by phone, by text, telling me what he has eaten and when, it seems it is taking over our lives and I am under constant pressure with meals to get it right so that his morning reading is ok and so he isn't in a bad mood the rest of the day, and now he wants dinner at 4.30 pm which is fine if it helps but with 4 small kids it is a lot pf pressure. Any help would be really greatly appreciated!

 

[Copepod]

Just wanted to respond so you don't feel ignored. Fattier meals can indeed slow down absorption of carbohydrates.
What levels are his higher morning readings?

 

[Steff]

Hi Yayo,
So am i right in thinking he has not been told a type yet ie 1 2 or LADA etc? . Maybe the cause of his higher levels in the morning is due to Dawn Phenomana AKA a liver dump. I can understand your frustrations as i have the opposite issue with my partner he takes no interest in my diabetes but I dont hold it against him its actually better for me. Do you think if you gave him a subtle hint about all the texting and calling he would take it well?. Id suggest you tell him it feels like your being swamped at the minute and its causing you concern

 

[Martin Canty]

He could be suffering from a Dawn Phenomenon, where the liver dumps glucose into the body in preparation for the days activities

 

[Lucy Honeychurch]

Personally I'd tell him to make his own dinner! Seriously, you have 4 young children to look after, he can look after himself. No way would I be making dinner for someone who is going to blame me and be in a bad sulk with me! He sounds obsessed and its impacting on your life, he needs to acknowledge this and do something about it as its clearly upsetting you.

 

[Maz2]

I had never heard of the Dawn Phenomena until I came on this Forum but I wonder that too as the levels seem to be normal later on.

 

[trophywench]

Well everyone has DP to some extent - it's the body's natural, primeval response, to shoot some glucose into our bloodstream to get us going in a morning, in order to go forth and either hunt and gather or set off on an expedition to go bag a woolly mammoth for tea.

And so - it can't actually be avoided. The trick is to either try and prevent it by eating a very small anount of carb fat and protein before bed - or to turn it off pdq by eating something within a few minutes of getting out of bed.

Also - after you explain to him very patiently that you aren't actually God (or Allah, call our creator what you may LOL) and didn't design the human body or its workings, hence can't actually do anything directly about anyone's DP, why don't you text him with a blow by blow account of what you and the kids are doing, every time you pee or pooh or poke themselves or each other in the eye etc etc, until he takes the hint. I don't honestly think it will take long for him to catch on when you start driving him bonkers with that, instead !!