Re: brittle diabetes??

[Guest guest]

Fran,

It looks like , my wife and newly dianosed T1 might be brittle.

Here is my favorite, easy to read article.

http://my.diabetovalens.com/nwly_dgsd/brittle.asp

& T1

[Guest guest]

As I read the various comments on 'Brittle' Diabetes, I think it can be

fair to say - READ THE ARTICLE in my previous post.

Now for a real life explanation - My wife T1 is very stoic and

disciplined. When she was diagnosed near month ago, her ketones were so

high the ENDO said within days she would of been in ICU.

She had been on medical leave since Christmas and her A1c was 17.2 I

understand this is very high. She had been losing a 1 1/2 pound a week.

She went from 110 (107) to 80 lbs.

We go to private nutritionist, have a well respected Endo and DE. All

three are working together... Her Insulin has been adjusted many times

B/S is very unstable - she will wake up 40 or 50's, eat perfect

meal and have 275+. She has to constantly monitor herself because she

can wake up low and an hour later be 90's before breakfast. At first

they didn't want her to re-act - sugar, whatever unless she drops down

below 70. Now if she is real low like 50 - rather than just glucose

pills - it depends on how she feels - she knows her body. She can take

two glucose pills and get a reading of 180. We go to Nutritionist to

day with all records - food, time, count and visual portions and B/S

readings. Then next week we see the Endo.

My definition of true Brittle Diabetic: No rhyme or reason to highs and

lows even when all conditions are met and followed.

& T1 ( Who has NOT been officially diagnosed as brittle )

[Guest guest]

My MIL is like this and has been called a " brittle " diabetic as well. I

never knew someone who ate just regulated meals, day in , day out. Yet

her BG was up and down, up and down. She's almost 80 and in a nursing

home now...and they still fluctuate a lot. She can't walk anymore and

her eyesight isn't great; and dementia is also setting in. It's sad.

Maralee

******As I read the various comments on 'Brittle' Diabetes, I

****think it can be

****fair to say - READ THE ARTICLE in my previous post.

****

******

**** B/S is very unstable - she will wake up 40 or 50's,

****eat perfect

****meal and have 275+.

[Guest guest]

> brittle. The question to answer about " Brittle Diabetes " is

it " True

> Brittle " or mis-management of your diabetes? Read this article...

I used to chat with a young man online that thought he was brittle,

turns out he would get low, eat a bunch of sweets, get high, shoot a

bunch of insulin, get low, etc, etc, he was in a constant cycle of

lows and highs and was told not to overcompensate, last i heard he

was doing better