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From: Alan S on 3 Sep 2006 06:41 On 3 Sep 2006 03:18:08 -0700, "Eddie" <everreadyeddie(a)gmail.com> wrote: >Thanks guys. I know there are thousands like me but its only brought >home when you make contact. > >I now have a meter. My endocrinologist is unsure whether I am having >sugar related crashes and wants to rule it out if possible, hence the >meter. His thinking is that my bgl is practically normal. When I crash, >I get confused, cant talk, have to sleep but I dont get sweats. I >switch on and off within seconds sometimes. This all follows the usual >GI pattern, seems sugar related to me, and if there is one thing I have >leant, there are all sorts of variants out there. We will see. > >To avoid diabetes the trick seems to be, dont wear out the pancreas >i.e.avoid the spikes and dont carb up to avoid the dips. I would hope >with my bgl being practically a variation on normal, I shouldn't be in >too much risk of this. Its my symptoms that are dramatic. But who >knows. Hi Eddie Thanks for letting us know. Now that you've got that meter, read this again: http://jennifer.flyingrat.net/ Good luck; Cheers, Alan, T2, Australia. d&e, metformin 1000mg, ezetrol 10mg -- Everything in Moderation - Except Laughter.
From: Alan S on 3 Sep 2006 06:41 On 3 Sep 2006 03:18:08 -0700, "Eddie" <everreadyeddie(a)gmail.com> wrote: >Thanks guys. I know there are thousands like me but its only brought >home when you make contact. > >I now have a meter. My endocrinologist is unsure whether I am having >sugar related crashes and wants to rule it out if possible, hence the >meter. His thinking is that my bgl is practically normal. When I crash, >I get confused, cant talk, have to sleep but I dont get sweats. I >switch on and off within seconds sometimes. This all follows the usual >GI pattern, seems sugar related to me, and if there is one thing I have >leant, there are all sorts of variants out there. We will see. > >To avoid diabetes the trick seems to be, dont wear out the pancreas >i.e.avoid the spikes and dont carb up to avoid the dips. I would hope >with my bgl being practically a variation on normal, I shouldn't be in >too much risk of this. Its my symptoms that are dramatic. But who >knows. Hi Eddie Thanks for letting us know. Now that you've got that meter, read this again: http://jennifer.flyingrat.net/ Good luck; Cheers, Alan, T2, Australia. d&e, metformin 1000mg, ezetrol 10mg -- Everything in Moderation - Except Laughter.
From: Nicky on 3 Sep 2006 11:54 "Eddie" <everreadyeddie(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:1157278688.665967.122310(a)m79g2000cwm.googlegroups.com... > To avoid diabetes the trick seems to be, dont wear out the pancreas > i.e.avoid the spikes and dont carb up to avoid the dips. I would hope > with my bgl being practically a variation on normal, I shouldn't be in > too much risk of this. Its my symptoms that are dramatic. But who > knows. > Hypoglycemia is often a forerunner of diabetes, so it's good to be aware of your bgs - and you've got diabetes avoidance (or at least delay) spot on. We've had a few people on alt.support.diabetes recently who've had similarly dramatic symptoms with very minor bg swings - it appears that they've also had something wrong with the adrenal / cortisone systems, so it's a good job you've got an endo on board - they cover all the endocrine bases. Nicky. -- A1c 10.5/5.3/<6 T2 DX 05/2004 No Metformin, 100ug Thyroxine 95/72/72Kg
From: Eddie on 29 Sep 2006 13:07 My endo has now given up and he can give me no idea what I can do next either. I'm 40 fit and healthy with good adrenal and cortisol function. I can also be flattened by a handful of sweetcorn, or so it seems. The meter gave me readings of between 3.1 and 9.6 he thinks these don't neccessarily mean I have rh more a variation on normal. At the moment I will just hope he is right and take some comparison measurements this time next year. The major find is that symptoms only occur when my bg changes. At its worst the usual symptoms cycle on and off every few minutes while the change occurs. I can crash off a breakfast of omelette, tuna and sweetcorn even though my bg changes only marginally. This really is an abnormal sensitivity to changes in bg. When my bg is low there is no real problem. As I see it I have 3 choices. 1. Eat every 1.5 hours, every waking moment 2. Eat almost zero gi foods and binge the essentials 2 hrs before bed 3. Eat low gi and loose a 10th of my life sleeping. At the moment I am doing a combination of all 3. I don't know what to do next but bed down and learn to live with it. Has anyone heard of anything like this when everything else appears to be functioning normally?
From: Nicky on 29 Sep 2006 13:56
"Eddie" <everreadyeddie(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:1159549679.333397.317880(a)i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... > At the moment I am doing a combination of all 3. I don't know what to > do next but bed down and learn to live with it. Has anyone heard of > anything like this when everything else appears to be functioning > normally? > Eddie, try posting the question on alt.support.diabetes - there's a couple of posters on there who've learnt to live with it, Ozgirl (Jan) being one; she went for your #1 option. Nicky. -- A1c 10.5/5.3/<6 T2 DX 05/2004 No Metformin, 100ug Thyroxine 95/72/72Kg |