Guest guest Posted March 26, 2004 Report Share Posted March 26, 2004 well I must say I am glad to have found so many groups on yahoo dealing with RSD. I do have to admit to the hot flash/cold chills. pain mottled skin now in my arms. it all started aprox 6 months ago. I am losing my mind because of several things that have happened since my diagnosis. As my fingers are cramping and my arm spasming I will have to continue my introduction later just trying to peek my head through the door. Vada Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 5, 2004 Report Share Posted July 5, 2004 > I was recently diagnosed with > Type II. I think I am in a state > of shock still! Hi, Billijo! That is quite normal, it soon wears off! > So far my dr, dietician and I are > working on diet. I hope they are not going to bill you for it! If they do then you will know why they are putting you on a " diet " ! > I am anorexic which makes the > diet a major challenge. Why should it be more of a challenge for you than anybody else? > Guess my question is how do you > do a diet when food has never been > a friend and the sight of it most > times makes you sick. I guess my question is, why would you want to " do a diet " ? The usual reason is that Type 2 diabetics need to reduce weight. If you are already underweight, I would say: Skip the diet, but there might be medical reasons for emphasis being placed on certain foods since you might have some serious mineral deficiencies and the doctor would presumably have checked for those. > Has anyone else dealt with > anorexia and diabetes???? Not anorexia, but my wife has trouble keeping food down because of gastroparesis and as a consequence she is clinically underweight. I try to make the conditions right for her to eat more but you will know how it is: she says she must know what she can keep down and what not and she doesn't let me see what she is eating at home but in restaurants, she insists that I eat half of her meal. That means that I get to eat three times as much as she does. If I decline to eat her half then she won't eat anything at all. She had gastroparesis (late emptying of the stomach) long before her diabetes was diagnosed (food would not stay down, known as " reflux " ). It is one of those diabetes com- plications that shows even before the diabetes does. Many diabetics have it without even knowing it. It results from diabetic damage to the vagus nerve which controls the pylorus valve at the exit from the stomach. That is the same nerve that serves the heart. But it shows up with very erratic blood glucose readings once you start taking readings. My wife can measure two hours after finishing a meal and get a very good reading but then she can measure an hour later and get 250 - everything has come out of her stomach in one big rush - but very late! You might want to check that what you have is really anorexia. It could conceivably be gastroparesis too - the effect is very similar but the causes and the treatments are quite different. I am clinically overweight and we both have type 2 diabetes. We have different physicians and what we are told to eat is the same in both cases: natural healthy food in reasonable amounts. The diet for overweight diabetics is the same as for underweight diabetics, the right way to eat is the same for both, and the heavyweights should lose weight on it and the lightweights should gain weight on it. Once you have the mix right for your medical condition, it is all a matter of " how much? " rather than " what? " . > I think I am scared enough at > this point to do and face > anything! Nothing bad is going to happen to you so your fears are quite irrational and are probably a result of having no information or the wrong information or somebody is setting you up for a padded invoice. The Internet is chock full of information about nutrition and the books on the subject currently on sale would fill a truck and trailer. In nutrition, everything changes very slowly so you have plenty of time to read up on the subject and then all will be clear, or at least, clearer! You will understand that we can only make suggestions from our own experiences, the one who has the say is your doctor - that is why it is important to have one who has more than average knowledge about diabetes - some of them are not quite up to speed on the subject apparently. Regards Thornton Pforzheim, Germany Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 6, 2004 Report Share Posted July 6, 2004 > I am anorexic which makes the diet > a major challenge. There is a yahoo group especially for the anorexia + diabetes combination: http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Diabetesandstuff/ I don't know what it is like but it might be worth joining to see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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