This week was horrible for food- and I mean bad. I have yet to get to the store so it has been nasty finger food and easy grabbing- and not the nutritious kind!

Bloodsugars- between 62-115. Up and down…

My scale is the same which is good considering I porked out this week. Exercise.. none- and I mean none. I am still having some neurological issue so having balance problems and very low energy/numb face. Tests should be back tomorrow so hopefully there will be answers. Scary!!! Hope your week was good.

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In the recent years since my hysterectomy, about 4 to be exact, I have been suffering from migraines. No fun at all!!! I only get 4 or 5 a year- but oh boy when I get them I get them. They have been coming more frequent and harsher recently.

So what was my next question with all of these migraines… is diabetes and migraines related? It turns out that indeed low blood sugars and migraines can be related. Low BS can be a trigger for headaches. Also diabetes is a endocrinology related disease and thus hormones could be a part of it. And we all know that hormones definitely trigger migraines.

He studied the clinical history of a patient with type 1 diabetes. It was observed that the patient, who had suffered from severe bouts of low blood glucose for 40 years, got a migraine after each episode once his blood-glucose levels were stabilized. Both the low blood glucose and the headache improved after the man was given valproic acid, a medicine to control seizures.After a bout of low blood glucose, migraines, may occur in patients with unstable diabetes as a rebound phenomenon, Dr. Janocme states.

Has anyone had this experience or do any of you suffer from migraines? Interesting to know…

via Diabetes in Control

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Consider this a personal reflection. When I ask a patient if their diabetes is controlled and they say yes… I do not expect to see a glucose of 298 when their bloodwork comes back. When I then go and ask them about their ‘controlled’ number I do not expect them to laugh and say it is usually ‘below 250′. Is that controlled?

I just get so upset because I feel that people do not understand the repercussions of their behavior. High blood sugars lead to so many difficulties and issues down the road. Tightened blood vessels, heart disease, neuropathies, amputations, PVD, kidney disease and sexual dysfunction. Need I say more. I know I am preaching to the choir here but I just had to vent a bit.

What do you keep your sugar controlled at? What is your magic number?

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Boy oh boy- what a week. Lets see… I passed out at work due to a bloodsugar of 38- go figure. It was AFTER I ate lunch and was back on the floor/nursing. What the heck is all I have to say? Thanks goodness I am a nurse and my fellow nurses didn’t freak out and put some instant glucose under my tongue and smacked me around a bit. I came right to and my BS went up to 73. I felt much better after that.

Other then that- my BS have been very controlled this week between 73-104. I lost 3 pounds finally!! How was your week?

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