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Please – I really need your help
Question:
just recently lost a big toe due to infection & gangrene ( of course, dropping a 31" tv on it i’m sure didnt’ help ). Hang up that "bothering my doctor" thing, what about you???? GET TESTED IMMEDIATELY!!!!! Better safe than sorry. And why put it off until the bad effects are setting in if in fact it is diabetes??
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Sounds like ya may have a circulatory problem so get yar doc to check yar heart and measure yar oxygen level ASAP.Numbness can be indicative of a TIA so see a doc as I am not one.
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You might, and you might not. A doctor can tell you, we can’t. It is very certainly worth asking. Best of luck.
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Hi, I have been treated for depression and anxiety – but I am now thinking that the underlying problem may be diabetes, which I have been untested for. Here are what I think are my symptoms: 1. I’m thirsty all the time – but I don’t go to the bathroom anym ore often than usual. (If you are diabetic I think you go to the bathroom more. 2. I am 5′4" tall and weigh 152 pounds so I am overweight (I haven’t lost any weight – don’t you loose weight if you have diabetes?) 3. My feet are purple. 4. My legs and arms fall asleep all the time constantly. 5. I am constantly very itchy – and when I scratch I get big bruises all over my arms and legs that take for ever to go away. 6. I get dizzy and lightheaded all the time 7. My body mass index is 26.1 8. Diabetes runs in my family – but I’m only 32. 9. I’m always naseaus 10. I am very tired all of the time. I have difficulty being and staying awake. What I want to know is – does it sound like Diabetes? I’m not sure whether or not I should bother my doctor at this point – so I am wondering if these sound like I am at high risk and should get in right away. Thanks for your help, Tracey
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Hi, I have been treated for depression and anxiety – but I am now thinking that the underlying problem may be diabetes, which I have been untested for. Here are what I think are my symptoms: 1. I’m thirsty all the time – but I don’t go to the bathroom anym ore often than usual. (If you are diabetic I think you go to the bathroom more. 2. I am 5′4" tall and weigh 152 pounds so I am overweight (I haven’t lost any weight – don’t you loose weight if you have diabetes?) 3. My feet are purple. 4. My legs and arms fall asleep all the time constantly. 5. I am constantly very itchy – and when I scratch I get big bruises all over my arms and legs that take for ever to go away. 6. I get dizzy and lightheaded all the time 7. My body mass index is 26.1 8. Diabetes runs in my family – but I’m only 32. 9. I’m always naseaus 10. I am very tired all of the time. I have difficulty being and staying awake. What I want to know is – does it sound like Diabetes? I’m not sure whether or not I should bother my doctor at this point – so I am wondering if these sound like I am at high risk and should get in right away. Thanks for your help, Tracey
Anybody that has even one of #3, #4, #5, #6, #9, and #10 should be bothering their doctor. With those symptoms, it could be more than one thing, and what you don’t know definitely CAN hurt you. If I had had just two simple routine blood tests, I could have saved myself years of medical problems and complications. Dennis (Type 2, Kidney Tx 1995) — "We can’t help it. We’re men" The Red Green Show.
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There is no way anyone can diagnose diabetes without the proper testing and examination. That is the role a doctor plays. In any condition where you have any suspicion of any disease, the only people qualified to diagnose you is a medical doctor. If you have diabetes these groups are an excellent source for support and information exchange. Guy Williams i, – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -I have been treated for depression and anxiety – but I am now thinking that the underlying problem may be diabetes, which I have been untested for. Here are what I think are my symptoms: 1. I’m thirsty all the time – but I don’t go to the bathroom anym ore often than usual. (If you are diabetic I think you go to the bathroom more. 2. I am 5′4" tall and weigh 152 pounds so I am overweight (I haven’t lost any weight – don’t you loose weight if you have diabetes?) 3. My feet are purple. 4. My legs and arms fall asleep all the time constantly. 5. I am constantly very itchy – and when I scratch I get big bruises all over my arms and legs that take for ever to go away. 6. I get dizzy and lightheaded all the time 7. My body mass index is 26.1 8. Diabetes runs in my family – but I’m only 32. 9. I’m always naseaus 10. I am very tired all of the time. I have difficulty being and staying awake. What I want to know is – does it sound like Diabetes? I’m not sure whether or not I should bother my doctor at this point – so I am wondering if these sound like I am at high risk and should get in right away. Thanks for your help, Tracey
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I have been treated for depression and anxiety – but I am now thinking that the underlying problem may be diabetes, which I have been untested for. Here are what I think are my symptoms:
[snip list] What I want to know is – does it sound like Diabetes? I’m not sure whether or not I should bother my doctor at this point – so I am wondering if these sound like I am at high risk and should get in right away.
All of them could be symptoms of diabetes. Or of something else. The fact that they’re occurring together certainly warrants medical evaluation, so I’d say you definitely *should* "bother" your doctor about them, and soon. The test used for diagnosing diabetes is a routine part of ordinary bloodwork. Given your risk factors, you should also have your blood lipids checked, and pay attention to your blood pressure.
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You MUST go to the doctor. No one here can or should read a bunch of symptoms and make a diagnosis… not even a doctor would do that. It sounds like you haven’t had a full medical checkup in awhile. GO. Jennifer – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Hi, I have been treated for depression and anxiety – but I am now thinking that the underlying problem may be diabetes, which I have been untested for. Here are what I think are my symptoms: 1. I’m thirsty all the time – but I don’t go to the bathroom anym ore often than usual. (If you are diabetic I think you go to the bathroom more. 2. I am 5′4" tall and weigh 152 pounds so I am overweight (I haven’t lost any weight – don’t you loose weight if you have diabetes?) 3. My feet are purple. 4. My legs and arms fall asleep all the time constantly. 5. I am constantly very itchy – and when I scratch I get big bruises all over my arms and legs that take for ever to go away. 6. I get dizzy and lightheaded all the time 7. My body mass index is 26.1 8. Diabetes runs in my family – but I’m only 32. 9. I’m always naseaus 10. I am very tired all of the time. I have difficulty being and staying awake. What I want to know is – does it sound like Diabetes? I’m not sure whether or not I should bother my doctor at this point – so I am wondering if these sound like I am at high risk and should get in right away. Thanks for your help, Tracey
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Tracey, You most certainly need to see a doctor and get blood glucose tests to determine if you have diabetes. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Hi, I have been treated for depression and anxiety – but I am now thinking that the underlying problem may be diabetes, which I have been untested for. Here are what I think are my symptoms: 1. I’m thirsty all the time – but I don’t go to the bathroom anym ore often than usual. (If you are diabetic I think you go to the bathroom more. 2. I am 5′4" tall and weigh 152 pounds so I am overweight (I haven’t lost any weight – don’t you loose weight if you have diabetes?) 3. My feet are purple. 4. My legs and arms fall asleep all the time constantly. 5. I am constantly very itchy – and when I scratch I get big bruises all over my arms and legs that take for ever to go away. 6. I get dizzy and lightheaded all the time 7. My body mass index is 26.1 8. Diabetes runs in my family – but I’m only 32. 9. I’m always naseaus 10. I am very tired all of the time. I have difficulty being and staying awake. What I want to know is – does it sound like Diabetes? I’m not sure whether or not I should bother my doctor at this point – so I am wondering if these sound like I am at high risk and should get in right away. Thanks for your help, Tracey
– Henry M. Type II, Diagnosed 1994, Melbourne, Australia
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Hi, I have been treated for depression and anxiety – but I am now thinking that the underlying problem may be diabetes, which I have been untested for. Here are what I think are my symptoms: 1. I’m thirsty all the time – but I don’t go to the bathroom anym ore often than usual. (If you are diabetic I think you go to the bathroom more. 2. I am 5′4" tall and weigh 152 pounds so I am overweight (I haven’t lost any weight – don’t you loose weight if you have diabetes?) 3. My feet are purple. 4. My legs and arms fall asleep all the time constantly. 5. I am constantly very itchy – and when I scratch I get big bruises all over my arms and legs that take for ever to go away. 6. I get dizzy and lightheaded all the time 7. My body mass index is 26.1 8. Diabetes runs in my family – but I’m only 32. 9. I’m always naseaus 10. I am very tired all of the time. I have difficulty being and staying awake. What I want to know is – does it sound like Diabetes? I’m not sure whether or not I should bother my doctor at this point – so I am wondering if these sound like I am at high risk and should get in right away. Thanks for your help, Tracey