Thank you ladies. Here's my story, any feedback would be helpful: I lost 20 kilo due to a health anxiety issue in 2013-2014. I had sleep apnea but they couldn't figure it out, headaches one year non stop. In 2015, I put all the weight back on, I was on an antidepressant until December 2015. . In 2016, I began feeling extremely nauseous after eating sugar, first refined and then any kind. We found out that I produce too much insulin and am insulin resistant HOMA 4. Normal is up to 2.44. Then came hypos but not real hypos, only 4, but even at 4, I feel super anxious, sweaty and must eat.
Then came the inability to digest food, especially fats and carbs, without taking digestive supplements (papaye and ananas). I've had MRI, gastroscopy, extensive blood tests (they only found Gilbert's syndrome). I'm due for a EUS - endoscopic ultrasound on 6 July but if that doesn't turn up anything, then the theory is that it's metabolic syndrome due to extreme weight changes that's putting pressure on my organs. Seems logical.....
Meanwhile, I've put myself on a low carb, low fat diet (can't digest high fats but am eating fish, avocado, olive oil and taking fish oil + magnesium+ vit E, probitiocs, vit D) + berroca. Had iron shots earlier. Doc is testing levels. And I'm too
Docs are beginning to give up, so I was really interested in the enzyme discussion. I'm concerned about having got chronic pancreatitis because of the inability to digest fats and that I digesting fats sends off a "pancreatic attack" for better words, but nothing showing up in lipase and amalyse tests. But I'm guessing the EUS will shed more light on this.
Thank God for this forum because you bring together a wealth of knowledge. I'm on low carb and have progressed from 5.2 to 5.8 so my theory is that I'm progressing to diabetes (I don't eat starch nor any complex carbs nor refined carbs), so probably would be higher if I were....
Any advice on my situation would be great , I'm not asking anyone to diagnose me, even the docs are struggling.... But just advice on how to manage all this....
Many thanks,
Alicki
Ps: the great article is loss of endo function with diabetes
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