I have a question for people with diabetes

[Narmer]

My friend has diabetes and she just called me upset over the fact that she was very hungry and ate a lot. She said she took extra medicine to compensate. I told her to consult with a doctor. I also told her to not panic because she took her medicine in proportion with the amount she ate.

I told her to contact a doctor but I think he/she is in Japan. She will be getting a new one here soon. Anything else I can tell her? She seemed overly dramatic.

 

[BillGates]

Diabetus. Dia-dia-diabetus.

 

[Dubb]

2 possibilities:

1: low blood sugar lead to sweet tooth lead to eating too much, so she compensated with more insulin. usually fine unless she over compensated. if she checks her sugar level over the next few hours and doesn't drop again, she's fine. if she over compensated with the insulin she'll drop again and will have to just eat more, but eat the right amount this time. Bouncing around like that is bad over the long term, and very risky if she goes too low (hypoglycemic coma)

2: was just hungry and ate too much. as long as she took the right amount of insulin for what she ate (and is confident in her ability to judge that), she'll be fine, but in the future it's better to take the insulin before eating to minimize the postprandial spike.

regardless, she should probably just watch how she feels, and her sugar levels, over the next few hours. does she have a roommate or someone to keep an eye on her?

 

[Rogodin2]

Dubb gave some very good advice in his post.

Tell her to make sure she monitors her glucose levels every couple of hours for the rest of the day.

Rogo

 

[Mojoed]

Originally posted by: Dubb
2 possibilities:

1: low blood sugar lead to sweet tooth lead to eating too much, so she compensated with more insulin. usually fine unless she over compensated. if she checks her sugar level over the next few hours and doesn't drop again, she's fine. if she over compensated with the insulin she'll drop again and will have to just eat more, but eat the right amount this time. Bouncing around like that is bad over the long term, and very risky if she goes too low (hypoglycemic coma)

2: was just hungry and ate too much. as long as she took the right amount of insulin for what she ate (and is confident in her ability to judge that), she'll be fine, but in the future it's better to take the insulin before eating to minimize the postprandial spike.

regardless, she should probably just watch how she feels, and her sugar levels, over the next few hours. does she have a roommate or someone to keep an eye on her?

She really should be very careful. My brother in law's sister died from Diabetes at 48. She was overweight, but not *that* overweight. What did her in was binging and compensating with additional medication just like your friend. She thought she had it all figured out, she thought she beat the system so to speak.

It was sad to see this happen, she wouldn't listen to anyone. I guess some people just don't want to be helped. I hope your friend isn't one of those people.

 

[Narmer]

Originally posted by: Dubb
2 possibilities:

1: low blood sugar lead to sweet tooth lead to eating too much, so she compensated with more insulin. usually fine unless she over compensated. if she checks her sugar level over the next few hours and doesn't drop again, she's fine. if she over compensated with the insulin she'll drop again and will have to just eat more, but eat the right amount this time. Bouncing around like that is bad over the long term, and very risky if she goes too low (hypoglycemic coma)

2: was just hungry and ate too much. as long as she took the right amount of insulin for what she ate (and is confident in her ability to judge that), she'll be fine, but in the future it's better to take the insulin before eating to minimize the postprandial spike.

regardless, she should probably just watch how she feels, and her sugar levels, over the next few hours. does she have a roommate or someone to keep an eye on her?

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EDIT: Thank you very much for that post BTW.