| I had the swelling thing...actually I had it just before I was diagnosed, and I put it off to the heat (summer outdoors in Florida can be fierce).
Then, I had it again near the end of my hospital stay. Actually, they pumped me so full of IV Saline that I gained ten pounds and the clothes I wore to the hospital didn't fit on the way home. This went away after a few days, and the swelling in my feet left after about a week.
I wonder if it just has somethig to do with rapid blood sugar rising and lowering?
In any case, though I have the diuretic in the med cabinet, I haven't needed it since then (and didn't seem to actually help then anyway!
-risa | 
