Guest guest Posted June 25, 2006 Report Share Posted June 25, 2006 Colvin, I am no expert, but if I were you, I wouldn't eat anything after midnight the night before your dr. visit, so he can take a fasting blood test. They will also take a test that gives a 3 month average of your blood sugar. Sorry to say, but I think you are screwed as far as them taking back the diagnoses. The exercise and watching what you eat is probably helping you a lot, but that 500 reading was very high, and it is something you will probably want to keep on watching for. Talk to you dr., he/she might want you in a diabetes education class. Laurie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 26, 2006 Report Share Posted June 26, 2006 In a message dated 6/26/2006 12:25:03 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, coach_colvin@... writes: I see the dr. again on tuesday. If I dont have diabetes I would like him to tell my insurance company so that Im not screwed if I ever lost my insurance. Does anybody have any advice for me to ask my doctor? You should not eat anything after midnight as I'm sure your doctor will do a fasting test. If it is not scheduled, ask for it. I'm sure your doctor will do an A1c test. Request that you be given an appointment to come back in three months for another A1c. Start keeping a journal of everything you eat, how much you exercise and test results. Your doctor may or may not remove the diagnoses. Each doctor is different. hugs Eunice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 27, 2006 Report Share Posted June 27, 2006 Well with those kind of sugar readings, you definitely have diabetes. But some folks can control it with diet and exercise (preferably daily cardio) and without meds. This is what my hubby has been doing for 12 years now. And he's 61 years old with a BMI of 37. He takes no meds but if you go this route, you definitely should test daily... he keeps his daily blood sugar readings, bloodpressure readings and weight in a database I made for him. When it's time to see our PCP (we go to a nurse practicioner), he runs a report so she can see his readings for that period. Sue PS you might want to skip the cake and ice cream - that causes a major blood sugar surge... our PCP pointed this out to hubby and so he tested right after eating a donut and yup, she was right.... his BSL really spiked... ------ original message ------- >>>>>>>> Posted by: " coach_colvin " coach_colvin@... coach_colvin Sun Jun 25, 2006 9:23 pm (PST) Was recently diagnosed with type 2 diabtes when I was in the hospital with a blood clot in my finger. Well my blood sugars were up to 500 in the hospital and I was given the diagnosis by an enternal medicine dr. my clot has gone away with blood thinners. the dr have me a perscription for avandia. I took it for a month and decided not to take it and see what my blood sugars were at, The whole time I have been excercising and eating right. Now I take my blood sugar test and everything is normal. I even ate bad and had some cake and ice cream. Guess what I have had no high blood sugar at all and it has been on the low side. I have not taken avandia in three weeks and my sugars are normal. Could the excercise and diet be kicking in becuase I am young or the clot in my finger caused me to have high blood sugar? I was very suprised that I even had diabetes since I did not have a family history, but I was overweight. Ive losed a little weight maybe that has something to do with it. I see the dr. again on tuesday. If I dont have diabetes I would like him to tell my insurance company so that Im not screwed if I ever lost my insurance. Does anybody have any advice for me to ask my doctor? <<<<<<<< Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 18, 2007 Report Share Posted January 18, 2007 I understand that TSH is a pituitary hormone that signals the thyroid to release hormone. I also understand that of the hormones released, most is T4 and some is T3. I also understand that T4 is converted to T3 in the body and that selenium is necessary for the conversion. My question is: Do we know what signals the body to begin the conversion of T4 to T3? Is there a set-point for T3 that is used to determine when it's time to convert some more? Is T3 conversion affected by the feedback loop? In other words, if I take a T3 drug, does that suppress whatever is used to signal the conversion from T4? I haven't seen anything written about it. JudyP – What others think of me is none of my business! Now that's room service! Choose from over 150,000 hotels in 45,000 destinations on Yahoo! Travel to find your fit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 18, 2007 Report Share Posted January 18, 2007 > > I understand that TSH is a pituitary hormone that signals the thyroid to release hormone. I also understand that of the hormones released, most is T4 and some is T3. I also understand that T4 is converted to T3 in the body and that selenium is necessary for the conversion. > > My question is: Do we know what signals the body to begin the conversion of T4 to T3? Is there a set-point for T3 that is used to determine when it's time to convert some more? Is T3 conversion affected by the feedback loop? In other words, if I take a T3 drug, does that suppress whatever is used to signal the conversion from T4? I haven't seen anything written about it. > > JudyP – What others think of me is none of my business! > > Have looked before and can not tell you the answer. I do know if you are sick the body will convert to reverse T3 instead of T3 in order to protect the body and use only the functions it considers. Most of the conversion takes place in the liver and liver disorders can effect conversion..high estrogen levels not only bind T4 at the globin level and efect the conversion but estrogen is also metabolized in the liver and competes with thyroid hormone for receptor sites which effect conversion levels. I know Topper did well on progesterone cream because it lowers estrogen levels. I have a nieghbour who was diagnosed with Grave's disease, unfortunately it took back step as when you go on antithyroid medication the first thing any good doctor does is run a liver panel. He also has autoimmune hepatitis..the liver being a more serious issue then the thyroid they chose RAI instead. He does good on Synthroid except when his liver flares up, then he goes hypo..now he is on both Cytomel and Synthroid but the Cytomel is only used when his liver is flared up..he does weekly tests for this so he knows when his liver count is messed to take the cytomel. With all this talk about gall bladders it makes me wonder if there is some sort of connection. The gallbladder is in basic terms a storage gland for bile from the liver..the liver stores the bile and moves it in and out of the gall bladder on a as needed basis..the spleen as well as other organs take over this function when the gall bladder is removed, this is why most docs don't think twice about removing the gallbladder. But if the gallbladder is slow and sluggish or has stones blocking it, especially between the liver and gallbladder ducts if it slows down the liver and the liver functions??? Kats3boys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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