blood sugar levels?/strator

[amommy]

Hope everyone is feeling well today!  
I have a question, and I hope some of you have some experience with this!  I am going to be doing shot 6 on Thursday.  For the past week or so, my blood sugar levels are really wacked out.  Now, I don't actually check it because I have never had a problem, but I can tell.  If I don't get up in the morning and eat protein immediately, it's like I can't recover for the rest of the day.  My body is craving protein like crazy.  The other day, I was in the car, it had only been 2 hours since I had eaten, and I literally felt like I was going to pass out.  So, I guess my question is, is this normal/common on treatment?  Or is this perhaps not related to tx at all and just another thing to add to the list?  Just looking for a little insight.  I realize that it is a matter of opinion :) Thanks for any thoughts :)

Strator- thanks for your post the other day re:emotions/faith.  I hate to see anyone struggle on this tx.  You are such a wonderful person, and it is so thoughtful of you to share such important details about your journey through this tx.  Thanks for making a difference in my journey.  I have ALWAYS been someone who struggles with faith and you gave me reason to pause and reflect a bit.  I came out feeling a bit stronger :)

[Forseegood]

Hey Veg, thanks for the props! although this stuff is pretty prevalent and well recieved information now, way back then it was practically unheard of....when I told conventional docs about small meals and reactive hypo stuff, they would look at me like I was bananas, well, I am bananas on other issues but that's beside the point...I just was happy to go to forward thinking integrative specialists way back then...

Hey, as far as your hormone issues, this is another topic that has a lot of takes on it, by the medical establishment as well, I read a really good book on this, Uzzi Riess, yo can google it, they have it on Amazon...he's a big believer on natural bio-identical hormones...there are some women here who take them and there are different delivery methods...

I for one would not do the patch, there were some articles on it fairly recently that had me concerned, I'd just punch in the type youre going to get in a yahoo or google search engine and you can read up on it...this hormonal issue is controversial, like hep, (aren't we just so darn lucky???) so it would be really good for you to educate yourself on it.

they have every thing you could ever imagine on menopause, peri-menopause, HRT, PMS and every other darn acronym, symptoms, every kind of hormone, you name it. And they have a huge panel of experts that give chat talks there every week, with all of this info archived. You could just punch in your prescription in their search engine and you could hear a lot, pro and con. We'll be okay Veg....just educate yourself on these issues as much as you can, we need to do this as patients, as the docs all have different take so this, so we have to be able to navigate....

[vegas777]

yeah I agree, I have been "goggling" it all day, very controversial, one says it's okay, other says it's not....go figure  lol

[FlGuy]

The docs, with respect to the blood sugar, basically said - it happens to some with HCV. And mine was pre-tx.  My fear was that tx brought it down to normal people levels and that end of tx it would go back to pre-tx (bad levels). Six weeks post tx and sugar is good. See the endo in April when all this stuff is out of my system and hopefully in some state of balance (good balance).  Similar with high BP although still on BP meds but am now on the lower end of BP scale without high med dosage. Hope to get stome stability, without meds, there too.  Of course, could be the inevitable march of time on these 'ol bones.  These kinds of 'extra' impacts - aside from liver condition alone need to be in folks' minds as they decide what to do when dx'd with HCV.  It's not just about the liver.  When my average daily blood sugar was recorded at 380 (or so) doc freaked. He said 'you've got HCV, diabetes, high blood pressure. If you don't take care of 2 and 3 you may not have to worry about 1'. He got my attention.

[cougareyes]

Perhaps in time doctors will develope a HCV diet like diets that are geared toward people with other health issues. HCV mainly attacks the liver, with compromised liver function everything your body has to metabolize is compromised. Things you eat, meds, even odors(chemicals) are processed by the liver. Knowing this there has to be things we must avoid so we won't contribute to diabetes, heart disease, or anything else. Compromised liver function has also been known to contribute to high cholesterol levels, which leads to heart disease.
It took me 25 years to get sick while drinking my weight in alcohol, those that catch it early will realize there are many things we can do to live a long healthy life. Whether you treat or not, or achieve SVR or not.    Peace

[MrsOckert]

I found your story interesting.  My mother does have diabetes and so it is in my family, but I've always tested okay with my sugar levels.  Last May I was dx with hep c.  On July 20 I was at a friends house and she asked if she could test my sugar level.  It was 402.  In May it had still been at normal levels.

It took me a little over two months of strict eating to bring it back down to normal levels.  Luckily I haven't had to go on meds for it (yet).  After I started tx I haven't been eating as strict as I should.  My first A1C was very good.  But I'm due for another this Fri and I'm a little scared it's going to be higher.  My liver dr said to keep a close eye on it cause the TX can cause sugar levels to raise.

Did you see the study that said people with Hep C have a 60% or higher rate of Diabetes than the general public?  I wish I still had it.  I've always wondered if the Hep C didn't spike my levels this summer, but why would it choose that particular time to spike?  The dr never could give me an answer either.

[strator]

amommy- wow thanks for your nice thoughts. This forum does work. All of you helped me the other day. Sometimes, just putting things down into words and sharing it takes the bite out a little. Disperses the load a little too. The last couple of days I