Diabetic Recipes
I had to pick Olivia up from school again today because her stomach was nauseous again. She's been on a course of Zantac for a couple of weeks now and it seemed to work for a while. This is the first time she's felt this bad. She told me last night that her stomach was a little sore, but not queasy.
So, I'm off to the store to get more Zantac (and pump batteries, which seem to have disappeared - I'm blaming my husband and all of his electronic gadgets) and I'm logging (I know!!!) all of her food. I haven't logged actual food in a while - just carbs. Thank goodness I have a good spreadsheet for all this. I'm just going to leave it open on the computer all day. Hopefully that will prompt me to get the stuff in there on a daily basis rather than slacking and then playing catch up. She's never going to remember what she ate yesterday and I certainly don't expect her to.
Someone in one of my other posts about this suggested a lactose intolerance. She does eat a lot of yoghurt and has milk at least twice a day most days. I'm not going to eliminate anything from her diet yet because I want to have something to bring to the gastroenterologist, if that's what it comes to.
This sucks. She's missing so much school over this. She already struggles a lot with math. I really don't want her falling any further behind, if it can be helped.
The other problem is that we're between insurances right now. My husband just changed jobs and neglected to ask if the insurance kicked in right away. I (stupidly) assumed he'd filled out all the paperwork, but I just got off the phone with him and apparently he hasn't done anything for insurance. Fantastic.
I'm sorry Olivia's still having trouble. I'm sure you'll get to the bottom of it. Just talking about it helps sometimes. When I was her age I had dizzy spells for a month that kept me out of school and, though everyone tried, we never could figure out what was causing them. I was scared but it was great for me to know that my parents took me seriously and believed how I felt.
I know it's none of my business, but maybe it's hormonal stuff? Or stress? The meds wearing off so quickly made me think it might not be 100% physical...hope that's not too grand of an assumption. I really do hope she feels better (:-)
I've been reading your posts about Olivia's stomach troubles for awhile, and they seem eerily similar to the way my anxiety problems presented when I was her age. I'm not saying that's what it is, but it could definitely be something that isn't completely physical but more emotional/mental. Even if she isn't upset or presenting any other symptoms that point that way it might be something to look into.
Just my two cents.
I really hope whatever it is, that you guys are able to get to the bottom of it. It's no fun to be a worrying mom or a kid who is missing school.
I am definitely not ruling out anxiety. I want to see if it's physical first, but anxiety issues wouldn't surprise me either.
when i was a little bit older than o i started having horrible stomach problems ... when i read your posts it seems identical to what was going on with me. the thing is the stomach problems are what led them to diagnose me with diabetes ... my endo told me that people with type one often have bad stomach issues ... the other thing that i was diagnosed with was polycystic ovary syndrome ... just a though. good luck and i hope she feels better soon!!!
I'm sorry O is feeling badly again and that you're having to deal with this sans insurance. It all stinks, but hopefully will clear up soon.
I had a lot of similar stomach problems in the year before I was diagnosed with type 1, when I was about 10-11. At the time we assumed it was anxiety, as my mom had recently been diagnosed with cancer, but I think it may well have been related to the onset of my diabetes...
More recently I had a lot of similar stomach issues, and have noticed that I tend to experience a lot of nausea if my blood sugars run high for long periods of time, i.e. overnight. I'm sure you've already looked at the BG piece of the puzzle, but something to consider if not. Hope you get to the bottom of this soon!
There is a very strong correlation between celiac disease and type I diabetes. There is a simple blood test to see if this is it. You should ask your endo. Our endo screens for this. People who have celiac have a hard to time digesting gluten and leads to very painful stomach issues.
She's been tested for celiac and it came back negative. I'll be making an appointment with a gastroenterologist as soon as we have health insurance again.