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by mewow
Tue Jul 31, 2012 8:01 pm
Forum: Undiagnosed
Topic: Hello, new here and wondering about my symptoms
Replies: 10
Views: 3186

Re: Hello, new here and wondering about my symptoms

Hi Jimmylegs, When these tests were done I was in the early stages of diabetic keto acidosis so that accounts for the sugar/co2 levels and the terrible a1c, because prior to that I had had at least 2-3 months of very high sugar levels without knowing it no doubt- that has improved a lot now that i'm...
by mewow
Mon Jul 30, 2012 2:40 am
Forum: Undiagnosed
Topic: Hello, new here and wondering about my symptoms
Replies: 10
Views: 3186

Re: Hello, new here and wondering about my symptoms

Here is some of my blood work at the time of my diagnosis: may 11th: potassium 3.5 low sodium 137 chloride 97 carbon dioxide 21.1 low glucose 315 high finger stick was 279 bun 9 creatinine .6 b/c 15 hemoglobin A1C 13 high calcium 9.4 protein 7.8 Albumin 4.9 a/g 1.7 alk phos 59 alt 20 ast 22 total bi...
by mewow
Mon Jul 30, 2012 2:03 am
Forum: Daily Life
Topic: you never know :(
Replies: 5
Views: 2987

Re: you never know :(

I'm sorry to hear that :(
by mewow
Mon Jul 30, 2012 1:41 am
Forum: Undiagnosed
Topic: Hello, new here and wondering about my symptoms
Replies: 10
Views: 3186

Re: Hello, new here and wondering about my symptoms

I think, :mrgreen: You are still strong and will go on with you life fine, just think positively and never give up until your last breath. Just go and enjoy life for now but remeber to be careful with what you eat from now on. thanks kelly, if I didn't have to deal with type 1 diabetes as well as d...
by mewow
Mon Jul 30, 2012 1:27 am
Forum: Undiagnosed
Topic: Hello, new here and wondering about my symptoms
Replies: 10
Views: 3186

Re: Hello, new here and wondering about my symptoms

I forgot to ask, do you know of a liquid multivitamin that doesn't have vitamin K and that doesn't have any carb or sugar content?
by mewow
Mon Jul 30, 2012 1:23 am
Forum: Undiagnosed
Topic: Hello, new here and wondering about my symptoms
Replies: 10
Views: 3186

Re: Hello, new here and wondering about my symptoms

Thank you Jimmylegs, I have been taking vitamin e 500iu, fish oils 1000 mg, vitamin b 12 extended release and patches, the good one, a multi vitamin b supplement but I had to stop that as it interfered with warfarin for some reason, calcium citrate plus vitamin d, I've now added 1000 mg vitamin d to...
by mewow
Mon Jul 23, 2012 3:38 am
Forum: Undiagnosed
Topic: Hello, new here and wondering about my symptoms
Replies: 10
Views: 3186

Hello, new here and wondering about my symptoms

Hello Everyone, I have been having symptoms on and off for a few years: twitching in my right hand- thumb and forefinger, now in my left hand also. Blurred vision, muscle & nerve pains, slurred speech, tingling and feeling like electric currents are going through me especially in the pelvis area...
by mewow
Mon Jul 23, 2012 2:38 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Cranberry for UTI more than folk remedy?
Replies: 8
Views: 3491

Re: Cranberry for UTI more than folk remedy?

Thanks Blossom, I'm not sure if I can take d- mannose while I'm on warfarin. I'm taking that for a dvt, but I will ask my inr nurse about it. Apparently cranberries can make bleeding more likely when taken with warfarin. It's good to know d-mannose won't affect my blood sugars. When I have taken alo...
by mewow
Sun Jul 22, 2012 1:04 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Cranberry for UTI more than folk remedy?
Replies: 8
Views: 3491

Re: Cranberry for UTI more than folk remedy?

I was drinking unsweetened cranberry juice to try to help yeast and uti prevention before I was diagnosed type 1 diabetic and now know high sugar levels were the main cause of my problems- however I have had a continuing uti since my hospitalization and I can't use cranberry supplements due to being...
by mewow
Sun Jul 22, 2012 12:42 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Thumb/Finger Twitching?
Replies: 18
Views: 108490

Re: Thumb/Finger Twitching?

I have had twitching in my right hand, thumb and forefinger for a few years, it comes and goes and now I have it in my left hand too post type 1 diabetic diagnosis. I went to a neurologist who did testing and he said this was focal dystonia- an mri showed a white spot in my brain which he said was ...
by mewow
Fri Jul 20, 2012 9:39 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Twitching in thumb and forefinger on both hands
Replies: 0
Views: 1759

Twitching in thumb and forefinger on both hands

I have had twitching in my right hand, thumb and forefinger for a few years, it comes and goes and now I have it in my left hand too post type 1 diabetic diagnosis. I went to a neurologist who did testing and he said this was focal dystonia- an mri showed a white spot in my brain which he said was f...
by mewow
Fri Jul 20, 2012 8:32 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Thumb/Finger Twitching?
Replies: 18
Views: 108490

Re: Thumb/Finger Twitching?

I have had twitching in my right hand, thumb and forefinger for a few years, it comes and goes and now I have it in my left hand too post type 1 diabetic diagnosis. I went to a neurologist who did testing and he said this was focal dystonia- an mri showed a white spot in my brain which he said was f...

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