medical social worker

by Kathi L
(Hammond, LA)

429...first time i realized i was diabetic..began having severe thirst and consumed about 3 quarts of water in less than an hour..began urinating all over myself and had upper left quadrant abdominal pain...blurred vision and sweating...went to doctor and had 3+ protein. went in hospital overnight with IV's and began a regimen of metformin, novalog and levimir...with diet modification and recommended exercise...need a knee repair so excercise is mostly water aerobics.
was under control until last week or so with several crises with friends and family members. today it was 277 fasting and is now 390 after lunch...admittedly a large lunch with only minimal adherence to starch control.
am seeing the md tomorrow and having a cortisol test of some sort. will see what happens...my father has had sugars in the early 500's prior to hospitalization and coma...yes, they can go that high. not good of course.