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Message: <blockquote data-quote="fumanchu" data-source="post: 2683834" data-attributes="member: 39431">Husband been diagnosed 16 years or so, still diet controlled - no meds. No changes to diet etc recently. Odd symptoms  -but we can't get him seen by a gp as our practice is seeing only emergencies due to staff shortages. I just wondered if I describe what's going on, and if any of you can relate to it and have any ideas about it, would you please lemme know? For about ten days his BG readings have been perfect. Too perfect, considering how long diagnosed he is. Readings all in the 6s then this week down to the 5s. He hasn't had regular readings like that for years. Along with this is extreme tiredness and falling asleep all the time. Then also extreme cold, his hands actually hurt with the cold and he feels like marble. Recent bloods showed his thyroid function "way off" and according to the receptionist,who phoned us, he has to reduce his dose of thyroxine, which doesn't make sense to me.  (He has been low thyroid and on levothyrox for many years.)  Anybody understand what might be going on from this pattern? Or any suggestions for him? He's  starting to look a wee bit frail and wobbly and I'm worried.</blockquote>

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