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<font color=peach>Have A <font color=deeppink>Magi
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Hi
Sorry to hear your recent scare and hope you both are ok now.
It sounds as though dh went into DKA (Diabetic Ketone Acidosis) sky high blood sugars and ketones. I can emphasize with him with the 1-2 hour fingers pricks and being on a sliding scale and pumped with fluids. Poor thing I bet he was feeling like a pin cushion.
I dont see why you can not camp whilst being diabetic. The pen can be stored in room temperature with the medication in it and the others can be placed in a fridge? Do you have a big enough car that you can buy a small fridge? Have a thermometer in? Or at least find a camp that offers fridges for hire? You could buy those pouches or use a cooling box. I would advise dh to look onto the diabetes site and perhaps join to speak to other members who have diabetes. Your Diabetic Nurse can advise you on how to look after your medication when you are on holiday and camp. As long as your blood sugars are stable I really dont see why you can not lead a normal life. We have people who are diabetic and go out hiking they take extra water and other precautions.
The main issue is to know and to understand how to treat hypoglycemia. In other small words a 'hypo'. Low blood sugar. Which I am sure your diabetic nurse has gone through. They can be anything from
Cold sweats
Confusion
Moodiness
Increased hunger
Dizzy
Nausea or vomiting
Difficulty in speaking/communicate
Anxious
Feeling weak
You can sometimes wake up with a hypo as well. Sometimes it can be felt when woken up and felt confused or nightmares.
It all sounds scary and feeling, how on earth am I meant to cope and understand when my blood sugars are low, but to be honest you do. Your body is a wonderful thing. I suffered with gestational diabetes. Basically you suffer with diabetes when your pregnant and you have to have insulin. I am not diabetic now, but I have a high chance it will return later in life. I started to notice when my blood sugar was low. I would start to shake or feel not right. Your husband will understand them and then its to learn how to treat them accordingly. I was told to carry around a chocolate bar or those energy sweets if you are not home. There are other ways as well you can treat a hypo. Chocolate bars can increase the sugar, but sometimes it shoots upto 15 mmols.
On the ward we give
100mls of water with three tea spoons of sugar
100mls of lucozade
I would seek advice from your Diabetic Nurse to check that these are suitable out of a clinical area. I personally do not see why they can not be used. Also it is important to eat regularly. Your body will get into a routine.
I am sure you will be both fine. Its alot of information to take in at first and can be devastating for some. In time you will both accept it and learn to live with it. Just remember once your regime is sorted out you can lead a normal life.
Take care and good luck. Sorry its so long. You were probably after support and not advice. I thought I would do both. Take care of each other.
Well done on your first wife test. 
Love
Michelle
XXX
Sorry to hear your recent scare and hope you both are ok now.
It sounds as though dh went into DKA (Diabetic Ketone Acidosis) sky high blood sugars and ketones. I can emphasize with him with the 1-2 hour fingers pricks and being on a sliding scale and pumped with fluids. Poor thing I bet he was feeling like a pin cushion.
I dont see why you can not camp whilst being diabetic. The pen can be stored in room temperature with the medication in it and the others can be placed in a fridge? Do you have a big enough car that you can buy a small fridge? Have a thermometer in? Or at least find a camp that offers fridges for hire? You could buy those pouches or use a cooling box. I would advise dh to look onto the diabetes site and perhaps join to speak to other members who have diabetes. Your Diabetic Nurse can advise you on how to look after your medication when you are on holiday and camp. As long as your blood sugars are stable I really dont see why you can not lead a normal life. We have people who are diabetic and go out hiking they take extra water and other precautions.
The main issue is to know and to understand how to treat hypoglycemia. In other small words a 'hypo'. Low blood sugar. Which I am sure your diabetic nurse has gone through. They can be anything from
Cold sweats
Confusion
Moodiness
Increased hunger
Dizzy
Nausea or vomiting
Difficulty in speaking/communicate
Anxious
Feeling weak
You can sometimes wake up with a hypo as well. Sometimes it can be felt when woken up and felt confused or nightmares.
It all sounds scary and feeling, how on earth am I meant to cope and understand when my blood sugars are low, but to be honest you do. Your body is a wonderful thing. I suffered with gestational diabetes. Basically you suffer with diabetes when your pregnant and you have to have insulin. I am not diabetic now, but I have a high chance it will return later in life. I started to notice when my blood sugar was low. I would start to shake or feel not right. Your husband will understand them and then its to learn how to treat them accordingly. I was told to carry around a chocolate bar or those energy sweets if you are not home. There are other ways as well you can treat a hypo. Chocolate bars can increase the sugar, but sometimes it shoots upto 15 mmols.
On the ward we give
100mls of water with three tea spoons of sugar
100mls of lucozade
I would seek advice from your Diabetic Nurse to check that these are suitable out of a clinical area. I personally do not see why they can not be used. Also it is important to eat regularly. Your body will get into a routine.
I am sure you will be both fine. Its alot of information to take in at first and can be devastating for some. In time you will both accept it and learn to live with it. Just remember once your regime is sorted out you can lead a normal life.
Take care and good luck. Sorry its so long. You were probably after support and not advice. I thought I would do both. Take care of each other.
Well done on your first wife test. Love
Michelle
XXX
- can have a positive effect on Diabetes. Just something to consider.
