Had doctor visit yesterday for Sue Anne's physical. She had ketones in urine specimen and blood sugar of 170. My doc thinks she may be diabetic or getting there.
Yesterday evening I read everything I could find on the diet for it. She had lost another 4 pounds in a week. She is now 5'3" and weighs 145 which is still high for her but end of last year she was at 169. We were working on her losing but the last month or so it was melting off. Wish I could lose some too, I've been trying. :
So I went to my favorite meditterean restaurant for lunch. There food is great, lots of grilled, low fat, veggies, chicken, fish, lamb. She isn't crazy about it but did eat some.
Then dinner she had tomato soup, I need to make my own to reduce the sugar in it.
At 9:30 gave her a bedtime snack, of meat, carbs, and half a glass of 2% milk. That is the first night in about 2 weeks she hasn't been screaming and crying all night. It was bliss for me and I'm sure her too. Her dad said he heard her talking about 5AM, she always does that, she talks to herself way to much, but at least that is normal for us. At 7AM I fed her scrambled eggs, protein, 1/2 glass of milk, and half slice of whole wheat bread. She did fine till 9:30AM, had a minor breakdown of crying but quickly got over it.
I have been reading about what high blood sugar can do, sounds like her. I'm working on her diet for 2 weeks then back for fasting blood sugar test. If anyone knows of any good books about dietary needs for diabetes I'm interested. I did buy one on glycemic index. I'm hypoglycemic so know how whacky you can get because of low blood sugar, guess high is just as bad or worse. Neurologist tomorrow, then heart doc Monday. I'm hoping we find simple solutions to her issues of late.
And I hope those gas prices continue down so we can go more!!!! She is read and me too!!