Carb sensitivity, hypoglycemia, diabetes, or other?

[Xtina]

Thanks again for all the personal stories. This helps a lot. I will get him a blood glucose monitor, and I know how to use one since my college roommate was diabetic and had attention issues. I ended up testing her every night and taking her to the hospital once a month or more.

I should clarify that we expect for him to be employed with excellent insurance by the spring. I also hope that this is in the infancy stages of diabetes development, so a few more months won't kill him. I will send him straight to the doctor once he's insured and drag him by the ear if I have to. Once again, it's not the cost of the doctor's visit that I'm concerned about; it's getting barred from insurance in the future that scares me. I want this issue to be covered.

As for the esophageal issues/heartburn, yes, when he was in the navy he was diagnosed with reflux, so he does have that issue as well. I didn't know that it might be related to simple carbs.

There's a lot of medical care that I'm going to force him to undergo once he's insured, and I expect that to be sooner rather than later. But a few things have been put off for a while. Getting him to change his diet is going to be the real challenge. He gets almost aggressively angry when I bring up the notion of limiting carbs. I understand, because I'm addicted to them too...but I'm not hypoglycemic. And I AM willing to cut carbs for myself for the sake of the family's health. He's going to have to accept it, but it might take time.

Thanks again, everyone.

 

[EweSheep]

I thought Obama had signed into law that insurance companies can not "pre-exist" anyone.

 

[Xtina]

Yeah, that won't go into affect until next year, and if the law gets repealed, I won't have that benefit at all.

 

[EweSheep]

Well THAT sucks!

 

[Xtina]

Well, I hope it won't get repealed, but by the time it goes into effect, I won't need that clause anymore....HOPEFULLY.

 

[Hinotori]

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Now THAT sounds like my husband. He doesn't help me any either. He'll buy sweets and expect me to eat some. I keep telling him don't get me something I don't really want, and don't need. I've been trying to get his portion sizes down. I've had to start cooking just enough for us to have one good serving with extra of veggies.

 

[desertdarlene]

I had a problem with headaches after I ate high carb meals, so I got a glucose meter and found I had reactive hypoglycemia. I have seen the doctor for lab testing and my fasting sugar level is a high normal, but instantly drops in reaction to carbs. I was already exercising and watching my weight, but found I had to make changes to my diet. One is to increase my fat and protein and reduce carbs in each meal. I generally find that I can tolerate meals with less than 50 net carbs in it. I still eat some high carb meals, but if I do, I have to pay the price. The headaches are much better as is the brain fogginess and spaciness that I get when my blood sugar is low.

 

[SallyF]

Cutting the quantity at each meal and dividing intake into 6 small meals rather than 3 big ones per day can help also. Spreads out the carb load so the pancreas can handle it better. Just gotta have the will power to keep it from turning into 6 big meals, though!

 

[Xtina]

Thanks. Having a possible name for the condition and having a guideline for a carb limit will surely be very helpful.

I've tried to get him to do the "six small meals" thing in the past. For some reason, he's against it. When I told his mother I thought he should do that, she vehemently exclaimed, "Men can't eat that way!!!" I realized I'd hit some kind of nerve and dropped it. But I know I'm right!

 

[desertdarlene]

I don't think your mother in law realizes that this can be a health issue that can be life threatening if not managed. She's thinking it's a gaining weight issue, I suppose.