Health Problems
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I don't know anything about oral medications for diabetes. Are you on one or multiple pills a day, IE can you adjust it or would have to change prescription? I change my shots every day depending on how active I think I will be, how active I have been, and how much I have ate or plan to eat if I know it's a special day like a holiday or whatever. If I'm going to work physically all day I give a lot less and such.
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Anyone know anything about blood problems/diseases? I went back and made a spreadsheet of all my blood work (since every doctor does it) and the running theme is related to the red blood cell stuff. High white blood cells kind of come and go but the red blood cells/hematocrit all say low red blood cell. At times I get to where if you told me to walk to the end of the drive or you'll die, I would die. None of my symptoms go with MS at all, this comes from every neurologist I saw including the MS specialist for the region.
I think a lot of these doctors order blood work and really never look at the results closely. One internist just "knew" it was autoimmune related once my SED rate wasn't high he was like, oh well find another doctor. I looked at the blood work he did and the white blood count was high and the red blood cell/percentage of red blood cells low.
I think a lot of these doctors order blood work and really never look at the results closely. One internist just "knew" it was autoimmune related once my SED rate wasn't high he was like, oh well find another doctor. I looked at the blood work he did and the white blood count was high and the red blood cell/percentage of red blood cells low.
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I know in Shelly's case the blood work was always pretty normal except 1-3 things would be out of whack each month. The spinal tap though was waaaay the fuck out there as far as readings and over the 2 years of testing/seeing doctors the thing that stuck with me was anything to do with inflammation was always high with her. She has got to the point where in the upcoming weeks I will be installing grip bars on doors/hallways/bathroom. She finds herself randomly on the floor more and more it seems. The only good news is she won her disability case with back pay and full benefits a few weeks back. Will make things easier since I can barely work anymore as well, but as she said yesterday she would never wish her conditions on anyone let alone for money.
I can dig up her records tomorrow night and have a look if you like Borzak to compare.
I can dig up her records tomorrow night and have a look if you like Borzak to compare.
Borzak
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I dunno, the last neurologist a MS specialist said to keep going to other doctors since none of the symptoms I have had have nothing to do with it. Shortness of breath, fast heart rate, keep getting infections one after another. Sounds more leukemia like to me after seeing the red blood cell stuff.
She's not a definitive of "it's MS" either. Personally the ADEM which in response to an infection/virus kind of fits even more now that I have had infection after infection. A lowered immune system would kind of fit into that and kind of explain why I had a shingles flare up to trigger it.
She's not a definitive of "it's MS" either. Personally the ADEM which in response to an infection/virus kind of fits even more now that I have had infection after infection. A lowered immune system would kind of fit into that and kind of explain why I had a shingles flare up to trigger it.
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Yeah it's getting pretty bad.
62 is the lowest I've ever been and I forgot to add I ate half a small pizza before that number.
The weirdest side effect that I notice when I'm really low sugar is I start to get bright spots in my vision. My cursory glance didn't show that as a symptom though
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w/o posting clear numbers of ideally more than 1 analysis run, its like fishing in the fog. Low ery cound / low hematocrit is very unspecific on top of that too. Heck a_skeleton_03 had that as well and while i diaged his borderline obese self with lyme,ebv or cancer, he kept insisting hes too fresh for that, till it turned out to be ball cancer (i know it wasnt).
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That "feeling" you get with low blood sugar just try to remember it and if you pay attention you can tell when your blood sugar is low or dropping. People call me crazy (not just on this), but I think the leaner you are the better off you are because you don't have all the reserves of larger people. I'm extremely thin and I feel like I'm living on what I ate the last meal and I feel the up and downs more apparently than larger people. Maybe crazy.
62 is not end of the world. I'm not sure what is going on with your eyes. I will normally have an idea it's time to eat at <100. By 80 I know it's really time to get some sugar. If it gets into the 60's or 70's I know and I'm not eating or drinking for a reason. Like knowing I'll be eating a meal in another 5 minutes or something and I already know it's low.
At least you feel it, my brother in law apparently doesn't. He had been warned for years that eating an entire box of little debbie cakes at once was not a great idea. He went to oral medication and now is on insulin and has no clue what his blood sugar is.
62 is not end of the world. I'm not sure what is going on with your eyes. I will normally have an idea it's time to eat at <100. By 80 I know it's really time to get some sugar. If it gets into the 60's or 70's I know and I'm not eating or drinking for a reason. Like knowing I'll be eating a meal in another 5 minutes or something and I already know it's low.
At least you feel it, my brother in law apparently doesn't. He had been warned for years that eating an entire box of little debbie cakes at once was not a great idea. He went to oral medication and now is on insulin and has no clue what his blood sugar is.
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Yeah I called him.
I went from 160-200 fasting to 80-100 when he added Januvia into the mix. I assume he will lower my Metformin or Glimepiride but I'm not sure. It's such a drastic change. I also completely changed my diet when I started the Januvia.
It actually wasn't too bad the first few weeks but it's been hitting me hard lately.
I went from 160-200 fasting to 80-100 when he added Januvia into the mix. I assume he will lower my Metformin or Glimepiride but I'm not sure. It's such a drastic change. I also completely changed my diet when I started the Januvia.
It actually wasn't too bad the first few weeks but it's been hitting me hard lately.
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I've had diabetes (diagnosed) for approximately 7 or 8 years now, I can definitely tell when it's getting low. The problem here is with the new meds it seems to be a very sudden drop, not gradual at all.
I did have some warning signs. We had people coming over and I was extremely agitated and irritable, at least that's what my wife said. I started feeling very low really fast and had to sit down away from everyone and eat candy. It's not so bad in the morning as being 80-100 is pretty normal, but when I get low that late in the day especially after I've eaten I get worried. Like I said, I had half a small pizza and I still went down to 62.
I've had to stock up on gatorades and candy bars, which sucks because my diet was causing me to lose weight.
Borzak
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Smarties, when it's low eat 1/2 a pack or a whole pack and it won't stick with you long. The more complex sugar stuff will stay with you forever, at least to me. After you eat a smartie then eat at your regular time shortly after if that's when its time.