Recent Content by Gem

Hi Everyone, The response on this topic was great! Thank you for the replies! Just to share a bit of my story, I tend to not discuss my condition with anyone at all (expect my doctors and family). This has been based on a variety of bad experiences that I had in the past. I have also been good...

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I was just thinking today how I spent the majority of my life not knowing anyone else with my condition. I met a few people here and there but they were either not doing well with their condition or didn't understand what diabetes was and how not to treat me as though I was sick. I have a few...

Hi Sue, Wow it sounds like you have been through alot with those kidney stones, I can only imagine what you have been through. Thank you for the advice and sharing your experience. I plan on taking the kidney test as my doctor prescribed but this is not a good time at the moment for me so I...

Hi Tracey167, I am beginning to think this was a muscle strain because it has suddenly left, although it did last almost a week. At one point I considered it to be an infection because the pain was so intense but I was just wondering what causes kidney infections? Gem

Hey Jen, I was totally shocked when you said that too much water can make your kidneys work harder...too much of a good thing can be bad for you huh. I always thought it was best to overload rather than to go thirsty, will stop that asap. (Sorry about your kidney stones.) Thanks Gem

Hey Synonym, Wow that is so true I am totally ignoring my own advice lol and I am choosing to cry. I totally agree with what you said and the exercises that I did were new and rather intense. I could have over done it. The pain seems to be going away which I will assume is a good thing but I do...

Hey Synonym, Wow that is so true I am totally ignoring my own advice lol and I am choosing to cry. I totally agree with what you said and the exercises that I did were new and rather intense. I could have over done it. The pain seems to be going away which I will assume is a good thing but I do...

Hi mehdave, Thanks for sharing your experience. My doctor wants me to do an ultrasound of my kidneys and she did say to try and lower my bp as well. I eat alot of chicken but she said that has no effect on my protein levels :roll: but I still plan to cut the amount I usually eat in half. I am...

I sure hope that it is. I plan on cutting down on the chicken pronto but at the moment my side feels quite sore (like I have just been punched) so I think its something more :( .

Hi mehdave, I have been reading your story and I just wanted to say I hope everything turns out for the best and thank you sharing your story. I just had one quick question. My test results show high amounts of protien and the test for my kidney is over the normal limit. My doctor keeps hinting...

Hi, I have been having pains on my sides lately. This has happenned before in the past, usally due to high blood sugar but usually went away. My glucose is fine but I have been exercising recently. I normally do moves that require flexing the sides and they can become sore. At first I had pain...

Hi Nigel, Thanks for the advice. I can totally relate to your story. I never had issues with bp until my early 20s. Its an episode I wish had never happened. Upon doing a particular event my vision in both eyes became blurry. I had darkness in one eye after that and when I went to the eye...

Hey daisy1, :D I am really not an expert on this issue but I think the following will help you just fine with the feeling that you describe in your last line. Its a popular song from where I am from, please check out this link, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRebawucM5Y. In terms of loose skin...

Hi daisy1, I guess everything affects us differently but the one vitamin that I will never take again is the Centrum multivitamin/multi-mineral. Every time I took it I would get the urge to eat and I did put on weight during that time. I have two other friends who claim the same thing so I...