Q: My husband has been diabetic for 14 years now. Recently he had a 6 by pass surgery, since then he has not been able to control his levels. We have tried different medications. But he remains high like over 400-500 maybe higher, our machine only goes to 500 then it says high. Then also he drops very low and I had to get the paremedics here to revive him. I dont know what to do.
A: Please follow up with your husband's family practice or internal medicine doctor, his cardiologist and the diabetes educators that you may have met while your husband was in the hospital.
The medications are used to lower the blood sugars---they match up with everything that makes the blood sugars go up---illness, stress and carbohydrates. If at times he is very high and then drops very low, there isn't a good match. Please meet with his doctors and the diabetes educators to learn more about what the medications are doing and how you can make better matches with the food he is eating.
Is there a diabetes clinic close to you? Please call for an appointment right away.
Please let me know how everything turns out. We want to make sure the blood sugars become lower and much steadier.
Ginny Burns
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