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lurkingdirk said:
I've never lived within a thousand miles of my brother in law and his wife. We're not drinking the same water. Didn't have the same upbringing (different countries). 3/4 parents had cancer of some kind, only 1 was terminal. Please explain it to me.
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Jesus, that's crazy. At that point, I think I'd be scouring everyone's history for products/medicines(behaviors/hobbies even?) that all of you or your parents may have used/had that aren't super common. I mean, you probably already have, but man, that's a hell of a set of dice rolls.
 
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lurkingdirk said:
I've never lived within a thousand miles of my brother in law and his wife. We're not drinking the same water. Didn't have the same upbringing (different countries). 3/4 parents had cancer of some kind, only 1 was terminal. Please explain it to me.
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No explaining it bro. They still cannot tell me what caused my tumor.
 
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Jesus, that's crazy. At that point, I think I'd be scouring everyone's history for products/medicines(behaviors/hobbies even?) that all of you or your parents may have used/had that aren't super common. I mean, you probably already have, but man, that's a hell of a set of dice rolls.
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We all lived in Chernobyl for a few months. That is all we have in common. Do you think that could be it?
 
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I imagine like many things, especially health related, there really isn’t a single cause or factor. Genetics + diet + exercise + sleep + stress + consumption/absorption of foreign matter. And a shit ton of factors within each of those that then interact with all the other categories and variables.
 
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My father's side of the family is German, came over shortly after "that" time period - so not a lot of time for "mixing." No one from that side of the family has or has died of, cancer, diabetes, heart problems, or any other degenerative diseases or illnesses. We're not even allergic to poison Ivy or similar and when I go to high moisture areas.. Mosquitos will still fk with me, but they eat the people Im with alive by comparison. My mothers side, up until my grandmother came into the picture, was German and now mixed with Irish. Grandmother's been smoking cigarettes since she was a teenager and is something like 92, 93? Not a trace of Lung Cancer.

Putting all that together, I guess Im what, 3/4 German, 1/4 Irish? Is that how that works? My parents have done the DNA thing, Ive just never cared to look at what miniscule part of my bloodline is some hedonistic trash.

My point being, I think all the genetic "mixing" the human race is doing is fucking shit up to a degree. But Ive seen that same theory get debunked. Course, its so hard to know what the definitive "cause" or "reason" is that someone gets one of these illnesses.. that you dont even know if you can relate it to genetics or not. But on that same note, I dont know very many wealthy people that have even remotely close to the same amount of health problems as lower middle class and poor people.

Im just happy for you when you're happy lurkingdirk lurkingdirk - Sorry for the troubles that you do go through.
 
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Sometimes the answer is just shit luck (or at least drivers that might as well be luck). Just from experience watching my mom, I don't know that trying to litigate causality in hindsight is a productive use of energy.
 
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My father's side of the family is German, came over shortly after "that" time period - so not a lot of time for "mixing." No one from that side of the family has or has died of, cancer, diabetes, heart problems, or any other degenerative diseases or illnesses. We're not even allergic to poison Ivy or similar and when I go to high moisture areas.. Mosquitos will still fk with me, but they eat the people Im with alive by comparison. My mothers side, up until my grandmother came into the picture, was German and now mixed with Irish. Grandmother's been smoking cigarettes since she was a teenager and is something like 92, 93? Not a trace of Lung Cancer.

Putting all that together, I guess Im what, 3/4 German, 1/4 Irish? Is that how that works? My parents have done the DNA thing, Ive just never cared to look at what miniscule part of my bloodline is some hedonistic trash.

My point being, I think all the genetic "mixing" the human race is doing is fucking shit up to a degree. But Ive seen that same theory get debunked. Course, its so hard to know what the definitive "cause" or "reason" is that someone gets one of these illnesses.. that you dont even know if you can relate it to genetics or not. But on that same note, I dont know very many wealthy people that have even remotely close to the same amount of health problems as lower middle class and poor people.

Im just happy for you when you're happy lurkingdirk lurkingdirk - Sorry for the troubles that you do go through.
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My theory is rather that by shuffling people around the world you end up changing their diet, and I assume that depending on your ancestors there is a diet your body expects, deviating too much from it lead to bad outcomes.

Which might end up being tricky when you're half inuit half nigerian, as to what you're supposed to eat.
 
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Had my A1C checked. I knew it had gone up since I'm not active at all now. Not as bad as I thought. Normally it has run around 4.9-5.2 for about the last decade give or take.

5.9 this time. I know there are a LOT of diabetics that have an A1C off the chart especially after talking to the Dr. said she sees a lot of double digit ones on people that are type 2. I'm type 1.

You would think things like the Continuous Glucose Monitor and better insulins now would help that but apparently not. I don't use a CGM currently and still buy my own generic insulin over the counter. Of course I don't sit down and eat an entire cake at once. Guy at my local gunshop said his father in law takes a shot, eats a cake, takes another shot and repeats it all day long.

Funny how things have changed in 50 years. Watched a TV show the other day from 1974 and guy gave someone twice his normal units of his long acting insulin and guy was dead in minutes. That is some super fast acting insulin lol. Mine would probably improve if I kept a normal schedule. I have always rotated days and nights around even when working.

It's always surprised me some of the endocrinologist are big on counting carbs and it's a shock to them when you tell them you don't and after 50 years you can tell unless it's some off the wall thing how big of an impact it will have. Always surprises me too when you tell them not all carbs are the same. Some "stick" with you a LOT longer than others. Pasta being the worst, sticks with you much longer than even something really sweet. Bread kind of medium. Fruit goes very quickly, I eat grapefruitt with a little sugar on it nearly every day.
 
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Borzak said:
Had my A1C checked. I knew it had gone up since I'm not active at all now. Not as bad as I thought. Normally it has run around 4.9-5.2 for about the last decade give or take.

5.9 this time. I know there are a LOT of diabetics that have an A1C off the chart especially after talking to the Dr. said she sees a lot of double digit ones on people that are type 2. I'm type 1.

You would think things like the Continuous Glucose Monitor and better insulins now would help that but apparently not. I don't use a CGM currently and still buy my own generic insulin over the counter. Of course I don't sit down and eat an entire cake at once. Guy at my local gunshop said his father in law takes a shot, eats a cake, takes another shot and repeats it all day long.

Funny how things have changed in 50 years. Watched a TV show the other day from 1974 and guy gave someone twice his normal units of his long acting insulin and guy was dead in minutes. That is some super fast acting insulin lol. Mine would probably improve if I kept a normal schedule. I have always rotated days and nights around even when working.

It's always surprised me some of the endocrinologist are big on counting carbs and it's a shock to them when you tell them you don't and after 50 years you can tell unless it's some off the wall thing how big of an impact it will have. Always surprises me too when you tell them not all carbs are the same. Some "stick" with you a LOT longer than others. Pasta being the worst, sticks with you much longer than even something really sweet. Bread kind of medium. Fruit goes very quickly, I eat grapefruitt with a little sugar on it nearly every day.
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I'm type 2 and from what I know it can be tough for type 2s to get prescribed a CGM. Plus, lets face it... Type 2 is a lot easier to be non compliant with. That's why so many die young, or get amputated, or whatever other myriad of issues related to it.

My doctor told me he once had a dude show up with a blood glucose of 800 and he wasn't even sure how the guy was standing.

My highest was on steroids I hit 400. Couldn't do anything to lower it
 
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Friend of mine was an ER nurse at the charity hospital in New Orleans. He often talked about diabetics coming in during Mardi Gras with blood sugar off the chart after drinking all day. Like well above 1000 or whatever it was. He was always on my case about how high mine was. I can count and not run out of fingers the times my blood sugar has been above 300, feel like shit pretty bad when I get above or close to 200. That includes 5 days of 1000mg corticosterioid infusion per day. Of course I used a LOT of insulin. His dad became a type 2 and lost his foot and shortly died a short time later.

Mentioned before the best thing that happened when I was diagnosed I spent a week in the childrens hospital in Houston. They brought my blood sugar down and then brought it up so I would know what it felt like. After a while and over time I just knew. I spent a week at Tulane when I was 5 and they were doing test in hospital for very brittle diabetics using a pump which was new tech. In a week the entire wing died that was in the test.

Dexcom makes a CGM that doesn't require a prescription now. Of course you have to pay for it. It only works with a phone and doesn't have a low/high alarm but it's instant to see what your blood sugar is. It's "affordable" for someone that is working and such. I think it was $150 give or take for 3 sensors which was 30 days or something like that.

I think it's a lot harder for type 2's because they have a lifetime of eating a certain way they need to change overnight. Things have drastically changed. When I was diagnosed in 1975 the doctor just basically told my mom I'd never lead a normal life and just do whatever in the time left. I was under weight and his idea was to eat 3,600 calories a day. That's why I went to the childrens hospital in Houston. The candy striper I got was a type 1 which helped a lot.
 
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Borzak said:
Friend of mine was an ER nurse at the charity hospital in New Orleans. He often talked about diabetics coming in during Mardi Gras with blood sugar off the chart after drinking all day. Like well above 1000 or whatever it was. He was always on my case about how high mine was. I can count and not run out of fingers the times my blood sugar has been above 300, feel like shit pretty bad when I get above or close to 200. That includes 5 days of 1000mg corticosterioid infusion per day. Of course I used a LOT of insulin. His dad became a type 2 and lost his foot and shortly died a short time later.

Mentioned before the best thing that happened when I was diagnosed I spent a week in the childrens hospital in Houston. They brought my blood sugar down and then brought it up so I would know what it felt like. After a while and over time I just knew. I spent a week at Tulane when I was 5 and they were doing test in hospital for very brittle diabetics using a pump which was new tech. In a week the entire wing died that was in the test.

Dexcom makes a CGM that doesn't require a prescription now. Of course you have to pay for it. It only works with a phone and doesn't have a low/high alarm but it's instant to see what your blood sugar is. It's "affordable" for someone that is working and such. I think it was $150 give or take for 3 sensors which was 30 days or something like that.

I think it's a lot harder for type 2's because they have a lifetime of eating a certain way they need to change overnight. Things have drastically changed. When I was diagnosed in 1975 the doctor just basically told my mom I'd never lead a normal life and just do whatever in the time left. I was under weight and his idea was to eat 3,600 calories a day. That's why I went to the childrens hospital in Houston. The candy striper I got was a type 1 which helped a lot.
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Mine is typically within range. I don't have any short term symptoms when it goes high though. If it's high for a few days (like when I took Prednisone) my vision gets blurry and my thirst gets out of control.
 
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had DEXA scan yesterday.
neck and left hip = T-score: -1.4; Classification: Ostepenic
right arm and right hip = T-score: -1.0; Classification: Normal.
apparently means have a 5% chance to break a hip in the next 10 years.

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in july, i had the simple bone density test done on my right wrist, it was -1.2 ostepenic. guess it either means that test was wrong or it went up after the surgery.
guess the only thing can do is exercise plus more calcium and vitamin d. already on fairly big dose on d2 and don't want to take calcium as could turn into more kidney stones.
 
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Goatface said:
had DEXA scan yesterday.
neck and left hip = T-score: -1.4; Classification: Ostepenic
right arm and right hip = T-score: -1.0; Classification: Normal.
apparently means have a 5% chance to break a hip in the next 10 years.

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in july, i had the simple bone density test done on my right wrist, it was -1.2 ostepenic. guess it either means that test was wrong or it went up after the surgery.
guess the only thing can do is exercise plus more calcium and vitamin d. already on fairly big dose on d2 and don't want to take calcium as could turn into more kidney stones.
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What about k2? It’s supposed to help taking the calcium out of the blood and into the bones.

Vitamins as regulators of calcium-containing kidney stones — new perspectives on the role of the gut microbiome - PMC

Calcium-based kidney stone disease is a highly prevalent and morbid condition, with an often complicated and multifactorial aetiology. An abundance of research on the role of specific vitamins (B6, C and D) in stone formation exists, but no ...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
 
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Gurgeh said:
What about k2? It’s supposed to help taking the calcium out of the blood and into the bones.

Vitamins as regulators of calcium-containing kidney stones — new perspectives on the role of the gut microbiome - PMC

Calcium-based kidney stone disease is a highly prevalent and morbid condition, with an often complicated and multifactorial aetiology. An abundance of research on the role of specific vitamins (B6, C and D) in stone formation exists, but no ...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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put it on my list to ask my endocrinologist. thanks
 
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My pain is getting out of hand. I "think" it's inflamation it's like in my arms around my shoulders and it feels like my blood flowing and it's painful. I have had numerous opiods but I take only when needed and have been trying other things. Can only take so much ibuprofen or naproxen. It kind of helps "some". I have a prescription for 2,400mg of ibuprofen a day. I don't eat enough in a day to take that much since I need food to take them.

I did get a prescription for some non steroid anti inflammatory but it was supposed to be for <5 days and normally for post surgery type pain. I have to say the first couple I took (one a day) was like taking an opiod on how much better I felt. When it really hurts bad the strength in my arms and my legs is almost gone. I can stand, difficult to walk, and top out at picking up a drink strength wise. Once it passes or I take the medication it gets much better pain and strength wisee. They normally want to avoid a corticosteroid pill or infusion, though I did 5 days of 1,000 mg of methyl prednisone infusion and never topped 300 and most of the time much lower.

My sed rate is normally "okayish" and not super high. Of course I have it tested on days I manage to get to a doctor which obviously means it's not overpowering at the time. It's a pretty much stop, sit, don't do anything but hate ilfe occurence.
 
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My memory keeps getting worse. At first it was all short term stuff. Did I eat a short time ago and stuff like that. EMS had to come yesterday and of course they ask a 1,000 times "When is your birthday?" I've noticed at other times and it was the same. I couldn't remember but I knew where to find it. "Look on my drivers license". Kind of like if I want to remember the name of someone I will know where they worked or where I can look them up to find it but will have no idea of the name.

But I can remember odd things like my 9th grade school locker combination. Also can remember the job number and the weight, size, and sheet numbers the plates were on for a bridge I drew in 1992. My girlfriend thought I was crazy. I could remember her home address I mailed a few letters to her after we first met in about 1985. She knew I was right because it was her parents address. I never forget a phone number. If I have called someone more than 2-3 times I know their number. Lot of it was before smart phones but I normally just remember a number and don't put it down as a contact. That seems to be working okay still. Just for the hell of it I called some numbers from 35-40 years ago and about 1/4 had someone still living there that knew the person or was the same business. Almost half were not in service at all anymore.
 
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