Dai Beeeties

Hi Guys

This post is all about the celebrated Welsh Sugar Magnate Dai Beeties and his role in my life. As I said in the last post (No not THE Last Post, hopefully that's some way off), a chance remark to the nurse about drinking and peeing for England prior to chemo, set off all sorts of consternation.

In no time at all my consultant was at my bedside.

What's going on?

My blood sugar levels, which should be between 4 and 7 were off the scale.

I must admit that I couldn't see what the fuss was about as I had never made any secret of the fact and regarded my drinking and peeing as "normal". (How wrong can you be?) and dropped off to sleep as I was tired.

Well apparently a lot of the tiredness would be due to diabetes rather than Chemo possibly, which would explain a lot. If you look at the symptoms via the link some are uncannily similar to those for cancer.

http://www.nhs.uk/Pathways/diabetes/Pages/Symptoms.aspx


http://www.cancerbackup.org.uk/Treatments/Chemotherapy/Individualdrugs/Docetaxel#1844


I was admitted to St Mary's Hospital as an emergency after having had the chemo session.

This was for the medicos to try and stabilise my blood sugar, and I was connected to an insulin drip. my "score" by this time was 29, which as those in the know appreciate is way too high.


Most people know that too low a blood sugar level can cause a coma which can be offset by eating a sweet or sugary biscuit, but what if it is too high?

The risk is greater for stroke, heart atttack etc, along with other complications. The list is scary!

I had used up the third of my nine lives, without realising it.

So an enforced stay in Hospital whilst they tried to stabilise my sugar levels. during this time I noticed a direct correlation between my steroid use and rising levels each day which prompted another question as to why I am on them?. Medical Mysteries Huh?

I escaped on Monday night albeit still not "right but better than i was the previous Thursday.

I was placed into the care of my wife who is all about on the condition as she is a type 2 diabetic herself. i have an appointment with the diabetic nurse at my local surgery fixed up (how cool is that? The system works!) on Wednesday 29th. So until then its watch what I eat and keep a note of my sugar levels, which are coming down albeit very slowly.

More later guys when I've read up on this a bit more.

ciao