my husband needs to gain weight! HOW? - Diabetes Message Board

kealla74 · 10-15-2006, 05:00 PM

Hi, this is my first post. I am a wife to a husband that was diagnosed with diabetes last year. Actually it WAS pre-diabetes, and it has quickly gone down hill in the last 6 months. At first he was able to control it with just watching what he ate, not the case now. He is taking 3 pills of Metformin a day, and it's not working. His # are always about 300, that is average, morning!!

The last time he went to the doctors about a month ago, he had lost 10lbs, and he is already skinny!! They want him to gain some weight. Now HOW in the world is he suppose to do that, when there is nothing he can eat!!

I am getting stress out about all this, and I'm not even the one with diabetes. He is also lossing his sex drive, he is only 33. I don't understand why this is happening to him, young and skinny.

So what can he eat that will help him gain some weight. Help, he is wasteing away here!

UPDATE**
Well, I guess we have the answer. When they did his blood tests last monday, they did test to see if he had T1 or T2. He had NO insulin and all! So he is a T1.

I guess when he first had that test done a year ago, he had high levels of insulin. Now none at all.

TOmorrow he is going back and the nurse is going to teach him how to do the insulin shots. I am very sad, and now I have to read all I can about T1.

Cora1003 · 10-15-2006, 07:31 PM

The high blood sugar is most likely the cause of all the problems. He won't be able to gain weight until his sugars are under control. 300 is way too high. Has his doc talked about insulin at all. It seems that the oral meds aren't working very well.

Also, the high glucose can interfere with his sex drive in several ways. It is possible that there is some early nerve damage (not that likely) and it is also possible (most likely) that things aren't working that well simply because he doesn't feel very well.

The bottom line is you need to be more aggressive (maybe with the doc) and make sure that the sugars get controlled.

Good luck to both of you.

Cora

kealla74 · 10-15-2006, 08:19 PM

Thank you Coravh I was wondering if the high sugar was making him loose weight. We are still new to all this and learning. I have been reading as much as I can on the web, and soon I need to get some diabetes cook books, to help with our suppers. I HATE cooking! And can't cook much, so I need to learn some healthier dishes for him (and us). It is hard when you are on a limmited budget with 4 kids, to buy all the heathly foods.

I did buy the cinnamon tablets for him to start trying. I will try anything if it will help even a little at this point!! I know 300 is high, but that is lower then it was before he started the meds. His meter was always reading high! No numbers, just HI!! My husband has an appointment this tuesday afternoon, I plan on being there too!! He had his AC1 (I think that is what it's called) done last week, so we should have his results.

Mark1e · 10-16-2006, 12:12 AM

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Originally Posted by kealla74

.... At first he was able to control it with just watching what he ate, not the case now. He is taking 3 pills of Metformin a day, and it's not working. His # are always about 300, that is average, morning!! .....

Are you sure he has been diagnosed correctly? He has obvoiusly been diagnosed as a T2 but the the symptoms sound like Type 1.

Mark

kealla74 · 10-16-2006, 06:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Mark1e

Are you sure he has been diagnosed correctly? He has obvoiusly been diagnosed as a T2 but the the symptoms sound like Type 1.

Mark

I have no idea! How do they know if it's T1 or T2? Like I said we have an apointment tomorrow. If you have any questions we should be asking the Dr. please tell me what we should be asking!!