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<blockquote data-quote="gobbo" data-source="post: 309874" data-attributes="member: 44860"><p>Hello everyone.</p><p>Sorry I haven't been back, so much has happened since my last post.</p><p>Thank you all so much for your kind words, advice and encouragement.</p><p></p><p>I went back to the doctor recently (if you remember my original post and the flippancy with which I was dealt over my weight loss issue) and saw a locum. He was appalled at my condition and wanted to know why I had not been back to the surgery over the weight loss. When I informed him I had been back twice with my concerns he just shook his head (Birds of a feather?) He examined me, ordered blood tests and set up an appointment for the diabetic clinic at the hospital to investigate the loss of weight.</p><p></p><p>Two days later (03:00) terrific pains in chest, colour Grey, no lips, soaked in sweat, incoherent for 50 minutes. Ambulance called: Elevated Troponin T levels, erratic ECG's, high potassium. Paramedics, after consulting with a doctor on the phone, decided to leave me at home as the doctor did not feel it was a MCI.</p><p></p><p>10:00 that day I had the blood test at my surgery as ordered by the locum.</p><p></p><p>16:00 Same day. I got a phone call from my GP informing me that I had elevated Troponin T levels and may have suffered heart damage, that a blue light ambulance was on its way to take me to CCU, the GP phoned again 5 mins later saying I may not have suffered heart damage after all but he still wanted me to go in the ambulance to CCU.</p><p></p><p>7 hours in CCU. ECG's normal, BG 4.5, Troponin T normal at 14 hrs (received the results two days later.) discharged with follow up appointment at Cardio clinic. My wife and family said I was acting like an idiot the whole time (totally out of character) as if I was drunk. (I'm Teetotal) W.T.F was all that about. Slept for 18 hours. My wife woke me in intervals to eat. I lost two days of which I have no memory.</p><p></p><p>Since been to the diabetic clinic. Doctor was kind, attentive and understanding. He said the last two hba1c tests were fine and my diabetes seems to have been within normal limits, as shown by those two tests? He was shocked at the treatment I had received from my GP's, but (Birds of a feather again?) ordered blood works and a full body scan because of the unexplained weight loss, then said he needed to prepare me to the fact that I may have cancer. What!!!</p><p></p><p>In December 2011 I was in really good health: Height 5'6" Weight 10st 10lb, fairly active given my mobility problems. (Garden, allotment and author of three novels.) Went to the well-man clinic for a routine check up and was told I was type 2 diabetic. Prescribed Metformin 2000mg per day. Since that time my health has deteriorated faster than a down hill skier. I take no other medicine or drugs other than Metformin. All my problems began when I started taking this ‘Demon’ drug, it has completely destroyed me as a once healthy person. Today: weight 8st 7lb.</p><p></p><p>I am going to stop taking it for a week and keep a close check on my BG to see if it makes a difference and to see if I can control it by diet alone. I now wait with trepidation for this bl**dy scan.</p><p></p><p>I believe this drug is solely responsible for my present condition and has far reaching consequences and side effects that the medical profession refuse to accept, given its saturation of use with diabetics. ‘Time for some in depth research.’</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gobbo, post: 309874, member: 44860"] Hello everyone. Sorry I haven't been back, so much has happened since my last post. Thank you all so much for your kind words, advice and encouragement. I went back to the doctor recently (if you remember my original post and the flippancy with which I was dealt over my weight loss issue) and saw a locum. He was appalled at my condition and wanted to know why I had not been back to the surgery over the weight loss. When I informed him I had been back twice with my concerns he just shook his head (Birds of a feather?) He examined me, ordered blood tests and set up an appointment for the diabetic clinic at the hospital to investigate the loss of weight. Two days later (03:00) terrific pains in chest, colour Grey, no lips, soaked in sweat, incoherent for 50 minutes. Ambulance called: Elevated Troponin T levels, erratic ECG's, high potassium. Paramedics, after consulting with a doctor on the phone, decided to leave me at home as the doctor did not feel it was a MCI. 10:00 that day I had the blood test at my surgery as ordered by the locum. 16:00 Same day. I got a phone call from my GP informing me that I had elevated Troponin T levels and may have suffered heart damage, that a blue light ambulance was on its way to take me to CCU, the GP phoned again 5 mins later saying I may not have suffered heart damage after all but he still wanted me to go in the ambulance to CCU. 7 hours in CCU. ECG's normal, BG 4.5, Troponin T normal at 14 hrs (received the results two days later.) discharged with follow up appointment at Cardio clinic. My wife and family said I was acting like an idiot the whole time (totally out of character) as if I was drunk. (I'm Teetotal) W.T.F was all that about. Slept for 18 hours. My wife woke me in intervals to eat. I lost two days of which I have no memory. Since been to the diabetic clinic. Doctor was kind, attentive and understanding. He said the last two hba1c tests were fine and my diabetes seems to have been within normal limits, as shown by those two tests? He was shocked at the treatment I had received from my GP's, but (Birds of a feather again?) ordered blood works and a full body scan because of the unexplained weight loss, then said he needed to prepare me to the fact that I may have cancer. What!!! In December 2011 I was in really good health: Height 5'6" Weight 10st 10lb, fairly active given my mobility problems. (Garden, allotment and author of three novels.) Went to the well-man clinic for a routine check up and was told I was type 2 diabetic. Prescribed Metformin 2000mg per day. Since that time my health has deteriorated faster than a down hill skier. I take no other medicine or drugs other than Metformin. All my problems began when I started taking this ‘Demon’ drug, it has completely destroyed me as a once healthy person. Today: weight 8st 7lb. I am going to stop taking it for a week and keep a close check on my BG to see if it makes a difference and to see if I can control it by diet alone. I now wait with trepidation for this bl**dy scan. I believe this drug is solely responsible for my present condition and has far reaching consequences and side effects that the medical profession refuse to accept, given its saturation of use with diabetics. ‘Time for some in depth research.’ [/QUOTE]
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