Diabetes Symptoms Weblog

does anyone know about possible side effects from
hypoglycemia? I have occasional hypos and sometimes i wonder if
it is hurting my body. i read somewhere that it
could cause brain damage because the brain has no
glucose to function. i love this club. it is such a
support. sometimes i get upset with my boyfriend of 3.5
years because he just doesn’t see the importance of the
same-time-of-day diet to keep my sugar down. he loves to eat ice
cream in front of me and then say “you can go get some,
it’s not gonna kill ya.” i already know it’s not gonna
kill me, but its not gonna help after i’ve already
eaten my snack at night. sickening. this diabetes has
really changed my life. i was going to school to be a
elementary school teacher, but since this i’ve decided to be
in the medical field. i take a test to try to get
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For about a week now my right eye has been
blurry. Its like my eye has a big greasy spot right in
the middle of it. Its kind of like when you first get
up in the morning and have sleep in your eyes, only
I can’t rub it away. I’m scared to ask what this
may mean and I bet I need to make an appointment with
my opthomologist, huh????<br

Is anyone here being treated for Depression? Did
you have to tell your doctor that you are Depressed
or did they just noticed it? Have you heard of or
gone thur Cognitive Behavior Therapy? Has being
treated for Depression helped you control your blood
sugars? I’ve always thought that I’m depressed but no
doctor has ever noticed. The other morning my husband
noticed I was a “little down” and asked me what was wrong
and I started crying and couldn’t stop for like an
hour and a half. And I only stopped because I fell
asleep. I had my husband really worried. He noticed an
article on how to fight depression and it talks about
Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) and I was wondering if I
should bring up the subject with my doctor? Thanks for
your help.

Hi everyone,<br
your good wishes and for your prayers. My family and I
appreciate all the good thoughts that are coming our
way.<br
out the way that they expected, which is a relief for
me and my family.<br
all.<br

Hello Everybody,<br
update on Taty’s brother. First and foremost, I really
want to thank each and every one of you for your
prayers and support on this very difficult time. Both
Taty and I really appreciate this more than either of
us can express, and believe me it does help to know
that people do care.<br
surgery done. It happened this morning, they had to
remove his right foot. Taty called me from the hospital
earlier today and left a message on my voice mail to let
me know briefly how it went.<br
went through fine, and Jose is okay (thank GOD), but
right now he is in a lot of pain, which I can imagine
is of course to be expected at this time.<br
really praying hard in my heart for him to have a speedy
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Does anyone know if Cheryl (Breakitdown) is OK?<br

Good to see you again posting, we need you here
you know.<br
spread??? They, I always thought did it so that it would
not spread again. Oh, I remember they didn’t do
anything yet did they??<br
diabetes are slow, people<br
think. So do I but still post.<br

I have been under a lot of stress lately and my
blood sugars are jumping all over the place. I had an
appoinment today with the endochronologist but there was a
huge mixup and I can’t see a doctor until tomorrow
morning now. I have a sneaking suspicion that my last
batch of insulin I got is expired or has gone bad. I
keep it in the fridge and I’ve only had it 3 weeks but
it doesn’t seem to be doing its job. Of course it
could be all my stress and my schedule has also been
very broken.<br
to be suffering complications later because my blood
sugars have been all over the place for weeks. I’m full
of nervous energy now and can’t calm down. How long
of out of control blood sugar does it take to
increase the risk of complications? Weeks, months, years?
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I haven’t been able to get on line in a while
because the modem on our computer got messed out in an
electrical storm (that really sucked). But, I’m happy and
relieved to see that Diabetes and Your Emotions is still
active.<br
I’m wheezing and congested. Since I’ve had bronchitis
more times than I care to remember, now I worried that
I’ll have to go to the ER and be admitted. I’ve had
enough hospital stays to last me a lifetime!!!<br
brother, Jose, was hospitalized last night again. The
gangrene has traveled to the second toe, plus he has an
infection and a lot of pain. Things don’t look good at
all.<br
complications, you don’t have to end up with a complication if
you just take care of yourself, and even if you get a
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Why does it seem that doctor’s assistants take
lessons in being particularly rude? When the doctor put
me on this medication, he added that he wanted me to
keep a diary for a while on medications, exercise, and
meals. I was to bring this in for review by his nursing
assistant, who specializes in diabetes, once a month until
we had things more in control. Keep in mind that he
started me on meds because I had an infected wound that
was fed by my diabetes and was feeding diabetes in
turn. We’re trying to break the cycle. The wound was
such that I had difficulting sitting, standing,
walking, nevermind keeping up with any sort of exercise.
So, this person looks at my schedule and is extremely
critical. And, of course, the topper is: “Did you cease
being a diabetic because you had the wound?” I concur
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