I had a bookstore gift certificate and decided to use it towards the purchase of these books on Diabetes.
Then I got these glucose tablets from the pharmacy for husband M, I have been educating myself on the disease and discovered they are a good thing to keep handy in case his blood sugar goes low (less than 4 mmol/L for whatever reason). He is supposed to take 4 of these 4g tablets and retest his blood sugar after 15 minutes. Hopefully he never has to use them.
The interesting thing yesterday is when M noticed his slow release metformin tablet came out in his poop! We were alarmed then I thought to check google and the answer is that it is just the shell after the drug was absorbed, and that it is one of the most common questions. What would we do without google, it saved a call to the doctor!
Then I got these glucose tablets from the pharmacy for husband M, I have been educating myself on the disease and discovered they are a good thing to keep handy in case his blood sugar goes low (less than 4 mmol/L for whatever reason). He is supposed to take 4 of these 4g tablets and retest his blood sugar after 15 minutes. Hopefully he never has to use them.
Your husband is luck that he has you to look after him. Hugs, Valerie
ReplyDeletethanks Valerie
Deletegood thing you found out it was normal, or else that "slow release" was too strong
ReplyDeleteYes, what would we do without Google! I use it several times a day!
ReplyDeleteGoogle is the best for that! They're doing a LOT of work with wearables and diabetes, so there will come a time soon when diabetes patients will be able to wear a patch or band that will monitor their blood sugar 24/7.
ReplyDeleteNext Generations of Diabetes Wearables
Thanks Stephanie, great info
DeleteWow, I am so sorry M has this health-related problem. But, don't we all have problems? David has arthritis and I have colitis. What the heck?
ReplyDeleteI always Google something before I decide if I need to call in an expert :-)
ReplyDeleteHow wonderful that you are so educating yourself to be that helpmate to your hubby. That is an interesting question...and answered. Who would have thought!!
ReplyDeletemy husband has the same tablets,, we have never had to use them and I hope your husband never does either,,
ReplyDeleteThe books look good. It's definitely good to have the sugar tablets available. I have my mother keep some in her car, some in her purse, some in the kitchen, etc. Better not to have to use them of course, but they're really handy at times. I didn't know that about the slow release tablets, thank goodness for google indeed!
ReplyDeleteI love this post because one, you're learning and that it wonderful and number two (no pun intended), he is checking his poop and THAT is where the information is. That's where we learn more about our insides and what's going on and what needs fixed.
ReplyDeleteWell done, you.
thx Ivy
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