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12-18-2007, 10:13 AM
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| | | Finally went to the endo
my a1c was 6.3 but i dont give a **** about that. i told him all my symptoms and he said i wouldnt feel so tired if i had hyperthyroid. he ordered a thyroid blood test along with anemia and mono. i am waitng for a call back GOD THIS SUCKS. what if he doesnt find anything? i will be so pissed. I feel so crappy all the time always dizzy hot and tired. i am loosing hair, losing weight. MY LIFE SUCKS
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Pumping with Animas IR 1250 from December 18th, 2006-January 25th, 2007 (I don't like stinging boluses)
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12-18-2007, 10:18 AM
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| | | also he ordered only a normal thyroid test. should i trust a normal thyroid test or is t3 t4 required? i am scared ****less right now i will probably open the window and jump out if i have to keep feeling this way
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Diagnosed September 18th, 2006
Pumping with Animas IR 1250 from December 18th, 2006-January 25th, 2007 (I don't like stinging boluses)
Pumping with Minimed 722 since January 25th, 2007 |
12-18-2007, 10:39 AM
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| | | I don't have a clue, but I'll be thinking of you. |
12-18-2007, 11:01 AM
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| | | Ok, your fear is over riding your logic here. First make a comprehensive list of your symptoms. Then work through them to see if any of them occur with higher or lower numbers.
The weight thing could be down to anything including stress and I'm reading a lot of stress here.
The thyroid test will show any abnormalities and then you can go onto other tests as/if required.
My thoughts are with you. Keep posting and let us know how it goes.
Heather. |
12-18-2007, 11:42 AM
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Originally Posted by MinimedPumper07  ... he ordered only a normal thyroid test. should i trust a normal thyroid test or is t3 t4 required? .... | I assume that by "normal thyroid test" you mean total TSH. It usually shows up a problem, but not always. The process works something like this.
T3 is the active hormone that regulates metabolic rate, and it's level is critical. The pituitary gland produces Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH), which causes the thyroid to produce T4. And T4 is converted to T3 in the liver. So it is possible that TSH is normal but T3 is out of whack.
Here is an article about it : Introduction: Thyroid Gland Disorders: Merck Manual Home Edition
And here are some pointers to interpreting the test results : How to Interpret Your Thyroid Test Results
If you don't get any joy, you might want to consider seeing a good naturopath, homeopath or osteopath. They tend to be better at taking a holistic view of what is going on and bringing things back into balance. Good luck !
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12-18-2007, 04:25 PM
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| | | i am flipping out right now. he said all the tests showed up normal. he said my thyroid was 2.4 and that is perfect. he said i dont have anemia and no mono. i am crying right now. does anybody have any ideas of anything else. He says it could be due to stress but right now i feel NO STRESS. i am so dissapointed right now i feel like dying would not be that bad. he basically told me im gonna have to get used to how i feel cuz im normal. WTF!!! i always feel hot and tired, get used to it,..... ya right
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Diagnosed September 18th, 2006
Pumping with Animas IR 1250 from December 18th, 2006-January 25th, 2007 (I don't like stinging boluses)
Pumping with Minimed 722 since January 25th, 2007 |
12-18-2007, 04:28 PM
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Originally Posted by MinimedPumper07 He says it could be due to stress but right now i feel NO STRESS. | Reading your posts all I see is stress. YOu don't think you have it, but your posts speak otherwise.
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12-18-2007, 04:33 PM
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| | | You are definitely stressed dear. If you need to talk pm me.
Heather. |
12-18-2007, 04:34 PM
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| | | yesterday i was at a bookstore and i started feeling really hot and dizzy so i had to go outside. this is the **** that has been happeneing for 4 months. i just get dizzy and weak out of nowhere!
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Diagnosed September 18th, 2006
Pumping with Animas IR 1250 from December 18th, 2006-January 25th, 2007 (I don't like stinging boluses)
Pumping with Minimed 722 since January 25th, 2007 |
12-18-2007, 04:36 PM
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| | | How much sleep are you getting a night? Is it continual sleep or are you waking?
With the losing weight it truely sounds like you aren't eating enough. What are you eating each meal? Do you have any idea how many calories?
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●Type 1 diabetic for 25 years (11 months old)
●Animas pumper since December of 2002
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~IR 1200 (Jan. 2005 - ?)
●LifeScan OneTouch UltraSmart Diabetes is an Art, NOT a Science. You must master the control by skills and not by knowledge alone. |
12-18-2007, 05:55 PM
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| | | I sleep from about 10 pm to 7-8 am. I eat like 40 carbs per meal. Is there any vitamisn specifically for keeping people awake. right now i am dead tired like its 12 pm but its only 6.
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Diagnosed September 18th, 2006
Pumping with Animas IR 1250 from December 18th, 2006-January 25th, 2007 (I don't like stinging boluses)
Pumping with Minimed 722 since January 25th, 2007 |
12-18-2007, 06:07 PM
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| | | could all these sugar free foods have any effect on me? i eat this sugar free pudding and i thinkk the yogurt i drink is sugar free and so is the jelly i eat in the morning...
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Diagnosed September 18th, 2006
Pumping with Animas IR 1250 from December 18th, 2006-January 25th, 2007 (I don't like stinging boluses)
Pumping with Minimed 722 since January 25th, 2007 |
12-18-2007, 06:31 PM
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Originally Posted by MinimedPumper07 ... i thinkk the yogurt i drink is sugar free ... | Are you sure about that? Yogurt usually contains lots of carbs, especially the low-fat stuff. I only eat it before or during exercise. Look under total carbohydrate in the nutritional info on the packaging.
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12-18-2007, 06:34 PM
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| | | This is sounding more like stress and panic attacks by the minute. I am a psychologist. I see this all the time. It is an illness like any other. Don't be afraid of it or deny it. I will leave you to decide what to do but I am happy to help if you want me to.
Heather. |
12-18-2007, 07:33 PM
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Originally Posted by MinimedPumper07 could all these sugar free foods have any effect on me? i eat this sugar free pudding and i thinkk the yogurt i drink is sugar free and so is the jelly i eat in the morning... | YES!!
Stay away from the sugar free junk!!
These companies are merely using the public as their long term laboratory.
These chemical sugars have no means of matabolizing in your body.
Eat a bit less of real food, as a trade for regular portion with sugarfree.
I have no real evidence or example of sugarfree being related to your problem, but in principle, sugarfree is really bad choice.
Real food makes real body material like brain, muscles, bones.
Sugarfree chemicals that cannot metabolize have no means of satisfying hunger or any nutritional yearning in your body, hence the sky is the limit for problems from sugarfree.
I saw a can of sugarfree cherry pie filling in the store and was interested in purchasing, until I read the ingredients containing suralose.
I avoid any/all sugarfree like plague.
Try kefir as a change for your yoghurt - exactly like yoghurt, but drinkable, and I search hard to find the whole milk full fat kefir.
DeusX will staighten me out, but as I understand it, the brain runs on fats from foods.
Run away from sugarfree. I have stayed away from sugar free for my entire diabetes life - almost 34 years now.  |
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