Guest guest Posted January 21, 2000 Report Share Posted January 21, 2000 Jan wrote: >I had a really weird visual glittery thing for about 1/2 hour this morning, right in the middle of my field of vision, but attributed it to a painless migraine. I've had a lot of migraines in the past, and just had a four day one while fighting off the flu, so I just thought " migraine. " > ***Used to get migraines about 20 years ago and those weird glittery eye things were my 20 minute warning to go home and get to bed. I remember trying to ski down the mountain with it once to get home before the pain started. No fun there! I was grateful for the warnings, though. Then, they just stopped, and I've never had another since. Barb -------------- RAINBOW FARM UNLTD. Breeding Premium Oldenburgs, and fancy sport ponies. http://www.rainbowfarm.com Re: Low blood sugar > > >Welcome and Warren, > >Hang in there -- I used to take prednisone every day for 11 years while in >my teens, so Warren, I know how that piece goes. Do get your eyes checked >thoroughly -- not just because of diabetes, but also because of the >prednisone. It has many side effects -- one being glaucoma. It will also >drain calcium out of your bones, so if there is anything you can do to >protect yourself there, that won't impair the kidneys, try it. It is nasty >stuff -- but it does what it is supposed to do, so if you have to take it, >you have to take it. > >It was interesting to read Carol's post about the visual disturbances -- I >had a really weird visual glittery thing for about 1/2 hour this morning, >right in the middle of my field of vision, but attributed it to a painless >migraine. I've had a lot of migraines in the past, and just had a four day >one while fighting off the flu, so I just thought " migraine. " No one has >mentioned visual disturbances with blood sugar stuff to me before. I get a >lower eye field sparkly thing quite often, but since it is in the lower 1/3 >of the vision field I can usually ignore it. Anyone have any more info on this? > >Jan > > > >At 10:55 AM 01/21/2000 -0500, you wrote: >>From: CPRCAROL@... >> >>In a message dated 1/20/00 10:04:45 PM Pacific Standard Time, >>warren.leslie@... writes: >> >>> But Warren is finding the lower >>> his blood sugar goes...the worse his eyesight is getting ...anyone else >>> had this ? He says he feels like he has a white light around everything >> >>My husband was Dxd about 10 years ago as T2 and was warned, in advance, that >>he would have strange visual symptoms as an adjustment to the falling bgs. >>Within 6 weeks, they were gone. However, if he has a huge spike, the visual >>symptoms reoccur.( He currently is on N and Humalog.) >> >>Carol Teeman >>T2 D/E >> >>--------------------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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