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By the end of day in the evening I get tired and my vision get very blurred and when I wake up in the morning I have a headache. I am 64 yeay old and have retired. I have had diabetes for about 10 years. Am on metformin 2000 ml slow release at night. 6 months check 8.6, 3 months 7.9 and recently 7.3 going the right way. What could be wrong?
If you see your eye doctor they can check you for cataracts just in case that’s causing your vision to be blurry. I have them in both eyes but not yet bad enough for surgery. I often get a headache… read more
Hi @A DiabetesTeam Member
How are you doing today.
The guidelines that most doctors use will leave you with diabetic complications and comorbidities over time.
The CDC, the American Diabetes… read more
Diabetic Neuropathy is the "the most common" diabetic complication affecting 1 in 2 diabetics during the course of the disease
It is caused by years of "a little bit high" blood sugars that damage… read more
That is not at all uncommon. About 24% of all Diabetics are undiagnosed
And Diabetes is sneaky - it slowly and quietly does damage and you don't have a clue until one day a complication simply shows… read more
I can only see normally if I hold a hand above my eyes to block out the light. Even driving I have to hold my hand above my eyes to see the dials on the dashboard.
Certainly talk to your Doctor
Occasionally blurry vision is often a symptom of high blood sugar (at the moment)
If you have "chronic" vision issues, and especially light sensitivity it could a… read more
My weight is fine. I am not on any medication.
Hi @A DiabetesTeam Member, and all you warriors
Doctors use 2 numbers in treatment decisions. The 1st number is morning fasting blood glucose.
What is your number at 2 hours. That is the other… read more
Apart from anything else it’s too vague and woolly a statement to have any meaning.
I got Cervical Myelopathy in 2002 and was told by the neurologist that I’d “be in a wheelchair in two years”. Now if I wasn’t so resilient I might have given up at that moment and resigned myself to my fate. Instead I lost 3 stone (42lbs) to bring me back to the normal weight category. I also walk a lot and go to the gym where the back extension machine keeps my spine in good shape.
It’s not that I’m saying… read more
@A DiabetesTeam Member Some/many/most medical professionals are on a power trip. The whole concept of consultation is foreign to them.
There used to be an excellent TV series in the UK called Trust… read more
I have 18 diseases with no cure and 5 are autoimmune, so it makes diabetes a little trickier. But I am for 2 hrs after 1st bite of food to be below 7.8 (USA 140 as above this you cause damages to… read more
I'm not talking about diabetic shock. In the event that a non diabetic goes into shock, they are given something super sweet to help. How does this kind of traumatic shock affect a diabetics BG and how is a diabetic treated for this?
I wasn't aware that "something sweet" was a treatment for shock (and would have to be at a hospital - the first aid treatment is to give them "nothing" to eat or drink
And shock is a "vascular event"… read more
