Hubby pokes his insulin shots directly through his shirt into his stomach. He says that it helps the pain of the needles. Of course, blood then gets on the inside of his shirt and stains it.....and those tiny little needle jabs break through the fabric and with each wash, tend to break down the fibers in the shirt until little holes start to appear.
I did not know he was doing this until I started finding holey shirts. I refuse to let him wear them - I toss them out. I truly hate the fact that he has resorted to this. But when I look at his stomach, it is simply one gigantic bruise of black, blue, green, purple, yellow, and orange. So I suppose that if he thinks this insulates the pain, it's a small price to pay.
He now has to do his own laundry. I'm not going to presoak to get the blood stains out. He can figure out how to do that. And if he comes downstairs in the morning with a stained, holey shirt, I will tell him that if we are going out, he will have to change.
Maybe I should just let him go out looking like a hobo! I could just tell people I married a holey hobo!
OK, one must laugh at least once a day to get through this.
I ended up sleeping on the sofa because the smells in our room were just rancid. I didn't sleep a lot, so I'm not moving so well today. May just take the entire day off. After I go clean up the bathroom. You know, there is just nothing I love better than cleaning a toilet that someone else has messed up with their uncontrollable diarrhea. Nope - I am so looking forward to that task...I just can't tell you!
Blood stained holey shirts, diarrhea splattered toilets, and the acetone smell -rank fruity smell permeating the house at the moment....
and yet diabetics get mad at ME when I tell a young person to run away rather than marry into this? They get angry with me when I tell them that if they are married, don't bring children into this situation? They deny that any of this is ever going to happen to them?
Maybe I should write more about the grossness of this disease. But first - I have to go clean toilets, open windows, air out the house!!!
DW
Showing posts with label fruity odor. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fruity odor. Show all posts
Tuesday, June 07, 2011
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Ketoacidosis
Continuing with my learning process. I did not know what this was. OK, I did not even have a clue. But I googled diabetes fruity putrid smell. Why?
About 3 years ago, hubby had this strange smell about him. I thought it was during the period when he was incontinent and I just assumed it was coming from the depends he was wearing. But he got past that, past depends, and still had this strange smell. Sort of fruity. A bit like sweet pickle juice maybe. But it was strong enough that it made me feel sick to my stomach.
Then there was an episode of NCIS where the young guy in the morgue who has diabetes said that he had that order when his sugar was high. And that episode stuck with me.
Today, I walked into our bedroom and definitely smelled that smell again.
Hubby's last A1c was 7.3. That's down from 9.2. He's been high for at least the last 3 years on his A1c.
A fruity odor to the breath occurs as the body attempts to get rid of excess acetone through the breathing. This is a sign of ketoacidosis, which may occur in diabetes It is a potentially life-threatening condition. Usually in type 1, but in rare cases, it can occur in type 2 diabetes. The body is uable to process and use glucose properly. High glucose levels.
The body burns fat for the cells to use for energy. Results in production of harmful acids called ketones. High levels of ketones can poison the body leading to diabetic ketoacidosis.
Hubby's phosphorus levels are normal. As with all of his labs, they tend to be inconsistent with anything required to make a diagnosis of something else.
If the fruity smell remains, I will have him ask his doctor about it.
Once again, today, he said that he just wanted to die. He is tired of being tired. I don't thinkhis anemia is improving at all. And that can't be good. I asked him to call his doctor and ask him to run newlabs. We'll see if he does that or not.
About 3 years ago, hubby had this strange smell about him. I thought it was during the period when he was incontinent and I just assumed it was coming from the depends he was wearing. But he got past that, past depends, and still had this strange smell. Sort of fruity. A bit like sweet pickle juice maybe. But it was strong enough that it made me feel sick to my stomach.
Then there was an episode of NCIS where the young guy in the morgue who has diabetes said that he had that order when his sugar was high. And that episode stuck with me.
Today, I walked into our bedroom and definitely smelled that smell again.
Hubby's last A1c was 7.3. That's down from 9.2. He's been high for at least the last 3 years on his A1c.
A fruity odor to the breath occurs as the body attempts to get rid of excess acetone through the breathing. This is a sign of ketoacidosis, which may occur in diabetes It is a potentially life-threatening condition. Usually in type 1, but in rare cases, it can occur in type 2 diabetes. The body is uable to process and use glucose properly. High glucose levels.
The body burns fat for the cells to use for energy. Results in production of harmful acids called ketones. High levels of ketones can poison the body leading to diabetic ketoacidosis.
Hubby's phosphorus levels are normal. As with all of his labs, they tend to be inconsistent with anything required to make a diagnosis of something else.
If the fruity smell remains, I will have him ask his doctor about it.
Once again, today, he said that he just wanted to die. He is tired of being tired. I don't thinkhis anemia is improving at all. And that can't be good. I asked him to call his doctor and ask him to run newlabs. We'll see if he does that or not.
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