Worried daughter looking for advice

[Nataliemcguinn]

My mother was diagnosed with diabetes 11 months ago and still now is it not under control she has been having super high reading where the machine just reads high suffers dry mouth suffered with constant thrush for weeks and it extremely tired all the time were now thinking she has an eating disorder as she just dosnt know what to eat so now puts food in her mouth but dosnt want to swallow it her reading now is 27.7 to every time she sees the gp they just tell her to keep an eye on it but honestly for how much longer feeling at my wits end has anyone else been in this situation they also haven’t decided if she’s type 1 or 2 but is supposed to have insulin 4 times a day they’ve told her not to have insulin if she dosnt eat sometimes 1 meal a day is hard to get down her so she isn’t having the insulin everyday can any offer any advice or support

 

[trophywench]

Natalie meters only say HI when the blood glucose reading is higher than the machine's upper limit, and that's usually 33.3. When her readings are that ridiculously high it is perfectly clear that your mother does not have sufficient insulin inside her body to reduce it whether she eats anything or not. I wouldn't be at all surprised if she felt extremely nauseous and/or dizzy hence I think the advice NOT to have any insulin is about the wrongest advice she could possibly be given. If she was in single figures then fair enough but anything over 14 or 15 for any length of time longer than a day or two is dangerous. I mean life threatening. She urgently needs testing for ketones and A&E have different meters at hand to do that pdq.

Frankly if it were my mother I'd want to throw her in the car and take her to A&E and not leave until she's been assessed more expertly.

 

[Docb]

Natalie, I'm guessing your mother's not wanting to eat has more to do with feeling very unwell rather than an eating disorder. Trophywench is absolutely right. She needs better assessment than she is getting from her GP and she should be in A&E.

 

[khskel]

Can't add anything to the previous answers. A&E now.

 

[SB2015]

If I had BG levels as high as your mother I would be feeling very sick and probably not able to eat anything without being sick. This is not likely to be an eating disorder, just unconctrolled Diabetes.

Those levels are dangerous and need to be brought down. Like others I would get her to A&E and get her proper treatment.

 

[Drummer]

Writing as a student of the Human condition, if your mother is not making insulin she needs to have background insulin - some type ones have a slow acting insulin which is termed a basal - which is to maintain the body in the long term. It is not to deal with the food eaten, the body needs it to function.
The fast acting insulins referred to as bolus are to deal with the effects of the carbs in meals.
Your mother might be on an insulin which is a mixture of the two types, or perhaps just the bolus type as she was told to take it at mealtimes.
Somewhere along the way something has gone very wrong and your mother really should see someone who can help restore normality - a hospital would seem to be the best option, your mother must be feeling really wretched with the symptoms you describe.

 

[Nataliemcguinn]

Thanks everyone for your reply’s I phoned an ambulance for her this morning all your reply’s made her see sense thank you so much

 

[trophywench]

@Nataliemcguinn - PLEASE let us know what happens.

My stomach turned over last night when I read your post. Deja vu - last time on another forum it was a 30-ish year old man and his dad. Being a night owl occasionally pays dividends for someone else.