Re: Re: tina- polyglandular.../etc

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oh, okay...gotcha Tina!!! Thanks!!! You know what's interesting is I've been

reading that Type I diabetes DOES occur in adults. I remember someone saying

only kids got it, but the research I've done does not support that.

I just thought it was interesting.

I'll have to do some more research on that type 2 polyglandular autoimmune

syndrome then.

Oh, I wanted to tell you that I found out the rheumie I'm scheduled to see is

supposed to be very sweet and sensitive with patients. One of the girls I work

with at the doctor's office said this doc was interning at the office she worked

at...said my doc is just the sweetest lady. She's pretty young, but she's

working for the top rheumie in the state (what I've been told). This top doc was

the doc my endo actually wanted me to see, but he's so incredibly busy I

would've had to wait forever to see him.

A girl I work with at the restaurant as lupus. She's my age & been seeing him

since she was a teen. She said she has to make her appt's a year in advance he's

so busy. She said any doc he hires has to be good. I hope. She said he is also

very patient-oriented (you would think all docs would be, huh??), and that when

she didn't have insurance and couldn't afford to see him, he just wrote off all

her bills.

So at least it sounds like they're caring people.

In the meantime, I found out that rheumatoid arthritis runs rampant in my

family. I knew about a few of them, but I've been learning more. My father has

it, but even though he's retired, he's EXTREMELY active. My aunt (his sister)

has hands that are crippled up with it.

Anyway, I knew I had juvenile arthritis as a kid, but my mom just told me I had

it all through junior high and high school. I do remember I had to sit out from

P.E. classes for years.

my knees still hurt me, but not bad. the Armour has really made a difference for

me...especially with the pain in my neck. My mom said my dad has such severe

pain in his neck and doesn't get relief. But anyway, when I was exercising two

days ago I had to be very careful in the beginning because they were hurting. I

thought I was gonna have to stop but I was able to continue.

my hands are really swollen every morning and I have mild pain in my hands. I

also drop everything!!! sometimes my hands go numb and tingly when I'm at work.

When I exercise, my feet get so numb and tingly I have to stop. I have to

exercise in shorter blocks because of that.

I am getting enough magnesium. I wonder if the tingling and numbness is related

to the higher glucose or possibly some kind of connective tissue disease. I

guess we'll find out soon enough, huh??

well, lady, I'd better run...thanks again for the info! Hugs, Sheila

tina83862 <tina83862@...> wrote:

I should of stated I sent this info for you to look up this

name " type 2 polyglandular autoimmune syndrome " In regard to you!

I do believe that many of these conditions are related big time.

Funny part if they have given it a name how rare could it actually be

then??? hahahhahah

You know I never believe half of what is posted from these articles

until I find it a half a dozen other places!!!

but my main reason for sending this is to show you the connection

here between adrenal/hashi's and diabetes. I would do a search on

that name and see what you can find since it's named---

tina

> Hashimoto's disease may rarely be associated with other endocrine

> disorders caused by the immune system. When Hashimoto's disease

> occurs with adrenal insufficiency and type 1 diabetes mellitus, the

> condition is called type 2 polyglandular autoimmune syndrome (PGA

II).

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> http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000371.htm

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