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CFWife

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My husband has CF and CFRD. He has been taking insulin with meals (counting carbs) for a few years. This always worked fine for him in the past. Now it seems that his sugars are running high even with the insulin. Could this mean his insulin amount needs to be increased? He is following the instructions given to him by his CF endo. He will call them on Monday, but we were just wondering if this has happened to others and what worked for you. When his sugars are high, he feels dizzy/lightheaded and gets a headache.

Thanks in advance.
 
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CFWife

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My husband has CF and CFRD. He has been taking insulin with meals (counting carbs) for a few years. This always worked fine for him in the past. Now it seems that his sugars are running high even with the insulin. Could this mean his insulin amount needs to be increased? He is following the instructions given to him by his CF endo. He will call them on Monday, but we were just wondering if this has happened to others and what worked for you. When his sugars are high, he feels dizzy/lightheaded and gets a headache.

Thanks in advance.
 
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CFWife

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My husband has CF and CFRD. He has been taking insulin with meals (counting carbs) for a few years. This always worked fine for him in the past. Now it seems that his sugars are running high even with the insulin. Could this mean his insulin amount needs to be increased? He is following the instructions given to him by his CF endo. He will call them on Monday, but we were just wondering if this has happened to others and what worked for you. When his sugars are high, he feels dizzy/lightheaded and gets a headache.

Thanks in advance.
 
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Diane

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Elevated blood sugar can be caused by a few different things....Stress, infection, certain medications etc. When i have high blood sugars i up my insulin dose, exercise a bit more, drink lots of fluids, and eat mostly protein and very little carbs. I will also check my blood sugar a little more often to see if i need a shot of regular( short acting ) insulin. I hope this helps a little....<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-confused.gif" border="0">
 
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Diane

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Elevated blood sugar can be caused by a few different things....Stress, infection, certain medications etc. When i have high blood sugars i up my insulin dose, exercise a bit more, drink lots of fluids, and eat mostly protein and very little carbs. I will also check my blood sugar a little more often to see if i need a shot of regular( short acting ) insulin. I hope this helps a little....<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-confused.gif" border="0">
 
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Diane

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Elevated blood sugar can be caused by a few different things....Stress, infection, certain medications etc. When i have high blood sugars i up my insulin dose, exercise a bit more, drink lots of fluids, and eat mostly protein and very little carbs. I will also check my blood sugar a little more often to see if i need a shot of regular( short acting ) insulin. I hope this helps a little....<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-confused.gif" border="0">
 
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kybert

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doesnt he adjust the insulin dosage himself? he should learn to do so if he doesnt already. speak to the endo about it.
 
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kybert

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doesnt he adjust the insulin dosage himself? he should learn to do so if he doesnt already. speak to the endo about it.
 
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kybert

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doesnt he adjust the insulin dosage himself? he should learn to do so if he doesnt already. speak to the endo about it.
 
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coltsfan715

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Hi there,

If this is something that you KNOW is not from infection I would talk to the doc about changing his sliding scale or something.

I was diagnosed with diabetes 7 years ago and at the time had to take relatively low doses of insulin and my blood sugars would stay normal. This year for some reason my blood sugars started to run really high. I found myself giving close to 8 shots a day to correct high blood sugars and give my regular doses as well. I ultimately played around with my insulin doses myself - meaning slowly changing my carb ratio (it was 1 unit of insulin per 20 carbs - to 1 unit per 18 .. 1 unit per 15 .. 1 unit per 13 and so on). Once I got to a level that worked and kept my blood sugar normal. That started for me about 8-9 months ago. I ultimately went from a ratio of 20carbs per 1 unit of insulin in the morning to 8 carbs per 1 unit of insulin - the rest of my day seemed to level out at about 12 carbs per 1 unit.

I asked my doc about it and he said that it could be a higher level of resistance caused by damage to the pancreas and it can also be caused by hormone changes - He said that is probably why there is such a difference for me at breakfast versus the rest of the day. Your body will release hormones at different parts of the day and those hormones can affect your sugars.

I hope you figure out what is going on and that your husband is able to correct this problem soon - it is no fun tohave consistently high blood sugars it makes you feel like crap.

Take Care,
Lindsey
 
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coltsfan715

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Hi there,

If this is something that you KNOW is not from infection I would talk to the doc about changing his sliding scale or something.

I was diagnosed with diabetes 7 years ago and at the time had to take relatively low doses of insulin and my blood sugars would stay normal. This year for some reason my blood sugars started to run really high. I found myself giving close to 8 shots a day to correct high blood sugars and give my regular doses as well. I ultimately played around with my insulin doses myself - meaning slowly changing my carb ratio (it was 1 unit of insulin per 20 carbs - to 1 unit per 18 .. 1 unit per 15 .. 1 unit per 13 and so on). Once I got to a level that worked and kept my blood sugar normal. That started for me about 8-9 months ago. I ultimately went from a ratio of 20carbs per 1 unit of insulin in the morning to 8 carbs per 1 unit of insulin - the rest of my day seemed to level out at about 12 carbs per 1 unit.

I asked my doc about it and he said that it could be a higher level of resistance caused by damage to the pancreas and it can also be caused by hormone changes - He said that is probably why there is such a difference for me at breakfast versus the rest of the day. Your body will release hormones at different parts of the day and those hormones can affect your sugars.

I hope you figure out what is going on and that your husband is able to correct this problem soon - it is no fun tohave consistently high blood sugars it makes you feel like crap.

Take Care,
Lindsey
 
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coltsfan715

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Hi there,

If this is something that you KNOW is not from infection I would talk to the doc about changing his sliding scale or something.

I was diagnosed with diabetes 7 years ago and at the time had to take relatively low doses of insulin and my blood sugars would stay normal. This year for some reason my blood sugars started to run really high. I found myself giving close to 8 shots a day to correct high blood sugars and give my regular doses as well. I ultimately played around with my insulin doses myself - meaning slowly changing my carb ratio (it was 1 unit of insulin per 20 carbs - to 1 unit per 18 .. 1 unit per 15 .. 1 unit per 13 and so on). Once I got to a level that worked and kept my blood sugar normal. That started for me about 8-9 months ago. I ultimately went from a ratio of 20carbs per 1 unit of insulin in the morning to 8 carbs per 1 unit of insulin - the rest of my day seemed to level out at about 12 carbs per 1 unit.

I asked my doc about it and he said that it could be a higher level of resistance caused by damage to the pancreas and it can also be caused by hormone changes - He said that is probably why there is such a difference for me at breakfast versus the rest of the day. Your body will release hormones at different parts of the day and those hormones can affect your sugars.

I hope you figure out what is going on and that your husband is able to correct this problem soon - it is no fun tohave consistently high blood sugars it makes you feel like crap.

Take Care,
Lindsey
 
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CFWife

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He tried adjusting the dose himself, but that wasn't helping either.

He has been doing better the past couple of days. It seems to be back under control now. Thanks for the replies.
 
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CFWife

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He tried adjusting the dose himself, but that wasn't helping either.

He has been doing better the past couple of days. It seems to be back under control now. Thanks for the replies.
 
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CFWife

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He tried adjusting the dose himself, but that wasn't helping either.

He has been doing better the past couple of days. It seems to be back under control now. Thanks for the replies.
 
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mare

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I take 2 forms of insulin. Lanuts-(long acting) and Novalog- (short acting). I do have to get the amount of Lantus just right to try to keep a "cap" on my overall sugar numbers. It is given the same time every day. My sugars do start to go wild when I am brewing an infection. During those times I really have to watch, if not write down everything I eat. This also helps one to "learn" what foods affect the blood sugar. Read those labels, and the serving size. Baking with Splenda is great too. My family doesnt even taste the difference and then I get to have treats too!
 
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mare

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I take 2 forms of insulin. Lanuts-(long acting) and Novalog- (short acting). I do have to get the amount of Lantus just right to try to keep a "cap" on my overall sugar numbers. It is given the same time every day. My sugars do start to go wild when I am brewing an infection. During those times I really have to watch, if not write down everything I eat. This also helps one to "learn" what foods affect the blood sugar. Read those labels, and the serving size. Baking with Splenda is great too. My family doesnt even taste the difference and then I get to have treats too!
 
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mare

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I take 2 forms of insulin. Lanuts-(long acting) and Novalog- (short acting). I do have to get the amount of Lantus just right to try to keep a "cap" on my overall sugar numbers. It is given the same time every day. My sugars do start to go wild when I am brewing an infection. During those times I really have to watch, if not write down everything I eat. This also helps one to "learn" what foods affect the blood sugar. Read those labels, and the serving size. Baking with Splenda is great too. My family doesnt even taste the difference and then I get to have treats too!
 
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