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    Crisis

    Help. Undiagnosed yet, seeing endo tomorrow. Feeling very very ill, eating every two hours, sweaty, lightheaded, unable to stand up, weakened, confused, (checked ketones in urine, looks normal) toxic abnormal hunger symptoms, etc.. Am eating chickpeas every two hours, helps a little, will now...
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    Crisis

    Help. Undiagnosed yet, seeing endo tomorrow. Feeling very very ill, eating every two hours, sweaty, lightheaded, unable to stand up, weakened, confused, (checked ketones in urine, looks normal) toxic abnormal hunger symptoms, etc.. Am eating chickpeas every two hours, helps a little, will now...
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    Endo Appointment tomorrow

    I have an endo appointment tomorrow for a second opinion. Yes, literally playing Russian Roulette here. I have to eat every two hours, whilst having intense hunger symptoms, sweating, faint like symptoms, and arrythmias. The first endo I saw a few months ago refused to do a glucose challenge...
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    Help, <<gulp>>

    Undiagnosed with very severe symptoms, kept a log of my blood sugar level. For the last few days, hardly able to stand up, lying down. Yesterday, felt as if blacking out, same today. I took my blood glucose level two hours after eating. It was 10.3 I had chickpeas, olives, cheese and...
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    Difference BS fluctuations between types of diabetes

    Taken my blood sugar level since Friday. Constantly, hungry and palpitatoins including ectopic arrythmias, How can I tell by calling at the BS level for the past two and half days, and symptoms, if it could be Type 1 or 2 Feeling very unwell overall, will take this to GP tomorrow, but, just in...
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    Help, confused, clueless

    Suffering diabetic type of symptoms. I bought a Acu-Check meter. Symptoms are lightheaded, faint like symptoms, severe "hunger" abnormal excessive, but nothing like appetite, palpitatons, ectopic beats. Here are todays results, would be grateful for your input, and if this warrants asking GP...
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    Best Blood Glucose & Ketones Monitoring System

    Which is the best on the market in the UK? I find Optium Free Style not working well, anyone else using those? Desperately looking for for cheap but reliable. Many thanks
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    Mechanism causes angina in diabetes

    I saw my GP today. We discussed some diabetes symptoms, which I have, such as unsatieted hunger, neruopathy in feet, frequent urination at night, weight loss, feeling agitated when I can feel some release of adrenaline which then causes angina. Blood was taken for the A1C today. He said...
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    How many types of diabetes

    Theories about diabetes is a little confusing, there are so many questions marks which makes me wonder about treatment. How many types of diabetes are there? :crazy:
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    Symptoms - Help

    I have been suffering hunger pangs for almost a week now, feeling weak, palpitations, unwell. Testing blood glucose level is normal during those times, or at any time. (I have a home kit to draw blood and test strips). I was told today, (by an MD) that even its normal, it does not exclude...
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    Shocking!!!! GTT came back normal, but symptomatic

    Hi Everyone, Finally took the plunge today, well, partially. Instead of taking the glucose tab, I did some kind of weird dates soup. I have serious multiple allergies, and its the only sweet thing I could tolerate. The calcs were based on 50 g of glucose (dates contain 32 g of glucose per 100...
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    Undiagnosed yet - Best times of the day to measure BG

    Hi from NewB: Although not yet diagnosed, I am not keen on taking a glucose challenge test yet. I think it can be dangerous for some depending on health history. I would rather find out a little more about diabetes before agreeing to the test., Symptoms are: severe hunger pangs, no...
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