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Stallen said:
My Rheumatoid arthritis has hit me with vengeance over the past couple of days due to stopping my RA injections pre-operation and post operation, in total I've been without treatment for my RA for over a month.

I struggled along yesterday, but by 2am this morning, I'd lost the ability to move without causing immense pain to my Right hip and surrounding area, I wasn't due to start retaking until at least 2 weeks time, lucky I live less than a minute from my GP surgery, dosed up on tramadol, I hobbled in for an emergency appointment was seen by the GP Within 2 minutes of speaking to the receptionist, GP checked my wounds and hips told me to use my injection today....so glad I didn't tough it out until next week when I was scheduled to see a GP or wait 2-3weeks before injecting again.

Hopefully that I've injected again, it will now settle down my RA and i can feel better and go back to a more sensible diet, hopefully thereafter gain the beneficial effect to my T2 again.
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I'm so sorry to hear you've been having such problems, @Stallen, and thank goodness you had the courage to take matters into your own hands to get a resolution. I hope the treatment will quickly start to bring the pain back to a more manageable level for you. My mum suffers from RA and I know very well how devastating it can be. Big hugs xx
 
Stallen said:
@liam1955 thanks it tends to act fairly quickly, I've been really lucky not had a major flare up in years I probably beat my personal worst 33mins from bed to bathroom, not counting the 1+ hours trying to get out the bed.

@ickihun thanks, I'm currently until fully healed from the op in our spare room, I have a partner but I refuse to wake her up at 2am on workday, I have quite a few strategies for coping with pain but unfortunately every so often there's a bit of a meltdown, I do get plenty of support I saw the nurse this Weds, and was booked in to see my GP next weds, plus my girlfriend texts from work and I let her know what's happening during the day, up until last night things had been pretty much way better than everyone had predicted, I've no bruising or bleeding, wounds have heard in double quick time, it was just the usual nagging joint pain.
Plenty of good niebhours, but typically I don't like bothering anyone as I'm a self sufficient type, if it's not life threatening then I'll cope and 9/10 I do.

Thanks again
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Yikes! 33 minutes from bed to bathroom? If that had been me, there would have been no point by the time I got there! :(
Big hugs and best wishes for a speedy recovery xx
 
Stallen said:
@liam1955 thanks it tends to act fairly quickly, I've been really lucky not had a major flare up in years I probably beat my personal worst 33mins from bed to bathroom, not counting the 1+ hours trying to get out the bed.

@ickihun thanks, I'm currently until fully healed from the op in our spare room, I have a partner but I refuse to wake her up at 2am on workday, I have quite a few strategies for coping with pain but unfortunately every so often there's a bit of a meltdown, I do get plenty of support I saw the nurse this Weds, and was booked in to see my GP next weds, plus my girlfriend texts from work and I let her know what's happening during the day, up until last night things had been pretty much way better than everyone had predicted, I've no bruising or bleeding, wounds have heard in double quick time, it was just the usual nagging joint pain.
Plenty of good niebhours, but typically I don't like bothering anyone as I'm a self sufficient type, if it's not life threatening then I'll cope and 9/10 I do.

Thanks again
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Well done @Stallen . i know independence.
You sound a lot better already. :)
You know where we are. :)
 
Good Morning, my dear friends on the www.diabetes.co.uk Type 2 Life forum,

My blood sugar this morning after a delicious home-cooked meal of 2 slices of Kingsmill white sliced bread, 2 hash browns and 1 fried egg draped over the hash browns in the sandwich was 8.6. I took my Lixisenatide glucagon-like peptide injection and morning medication and Laxido bowel stimulation soluble sachets.

Have a lovely day, my good friends. It started out dull, overcast and clammy earlier on but the sun's come out now and the sky is cyan-blue with little puffy clouds in the sky.
 
liam1955 said:
@ickihun - Vicky, Practise Diabetic Nurse says I cannot add another 500mg Metformin because I am taking the Maximum daily dose of 2000mg a day. But, It was suggested to increase my Insulin by 2 units every 2 - 3 days. Great - so that means I will end up putting on weight now????
Had my Scan and I thought it was a Liver Ultrasound? It was an Abdominal Ultrasound Scan and results will be sent to Liver Specialist and await to hear from him. So, for the next 2 weeks that's it no more appointments till the 9th July to see GP for Check Up on my Knee. William x
No @13lizanne on the threads today? Hope you are not poorly my dear Anna? Would you let us know, how you are - please?:)
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I'm fine William, went out for our usual walk at 7.30am I had posted on Good Morning and fbg thread before I went out. R and I met a lovely couple while out - newly moved into the district and we brought them back for coffee - they've just left this minute. I'm glad you have a couple of appointment free weeks,you will be able to relax for a bit now. How was your HbA1c?
 
autisticwonder1970 said:
Good Morning, my dear friends on the www.diabetes.co.uk Type 2 Life forum,

My blood sugar this morning after a delicious home-cooked meal of 2 slices of Kingsmill white sliced bread, 2 hash browns and 1 fried egg draped over the hash browns in the sandwich was 8.6. I took my Lixisenatide glucagon-like peptide injection and morning medication and Laxido bowel stimulation soluble sachets.

Have a lovely day, my good friends. It started out dull, overcast and clammy earlier on but the sun's come out now and the sky is cyan-blue with little puffy clouds in the sky.
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Hi, Johnny. That reading's not too bad, but it would have been a lot better after 2 or 3 eggs, no bread, maybe some bacon, tomatoes and mushrooms and - if you absolutely HAD to - just one hash brown...
Keep winning! Hugs
 
Thanks @debrasue the good news was I only took 22minutes getting back.

@ickihun I'm feeling better already just hobbling with mediocre pain tramadol is working, i can put more weight on the hip joint than earlier this morning and I have a frog in the living room after rescuing it from one of our cats, they picked a great day to play lets torment a frog.

Luckily the Park has a pond and isn't far from us, so I will take to the pond hopefully tomorrow, seems our cat has made it an annual event, for the last 5 summer since we moved to Sheffield I've had to free a froggy.
 
@13lizanne - Anna, would you believe the Nurse never told me my HBA1C! It was 5 minutes past my allotted Appointment time and I did say We have got to drive into and through the City Centre to get to the Hospital. She said we would make it quick then. It was suggested I increase Insulin as there was nothing else - having had/been on in the past: Gliclazide, Sitagliptin, Liraglutide and Victoza. :)
 
Stallen said:
My Rheumatoid arthritis has hit me with vengeance over the past couple of days due to stopping my RA injections pre-operation and post operation, in total I've been without treatment for my RA for over a month.

I struggled along yesterday, but by 2am this morning, I'd lost the ability to move without causing immense pain to my Right hip and surrounding area, I wasn't due to start retaking until at least 2 weeks time, lucky I live less than a minute from my GP surgery, dosed up on tramadol, I hobbled in for an emergency appointment was seen by the GP Within 2 minutes of speaking to the receptionist, GP checked my wounds and hips told me to use my injection today....so glad I didn't tough it out until next week when I was scheduled to see a GP or wait 2-3weeks before injecting again.

Hopefully that I've injected again, it will now settle down my RA and i can feel better and go back to a more sensible diet, hopefully thereafter gain the beneficial effect to my T2 again.
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Is the RA meds immune suppressant? My son has ankylosing spondylitis (spelling maybe a little off) but any op he has to stop his meds pre and post for a while. So glad you were able to restart meds early. Hope your pain decreases soon.
 
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debrasue said:
Yikes! 33 minutes from bed to bathroom? If that had been me, there would have been no point by the time I got there! :(
Big hugs and best wishes for a speedy recovery xx
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Me too especially adding the time to actually get out of bed
 
Sable_Jan said:
Is the RA immune suppressant? My son has ankylosing spondylitis (spelling maybe a little off) but any op he has to stop his meds pre and post for a while. So glad you were able to restart meds early. Hope your pain decreases soon.
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Thanks @Sable_Jan
Sorry the condition is AS, the same as your son RA (rheumatoid arthritis) general term for it, my treatment is an immune suppressant Anti-TNF Humira fortnightly injection I have the same Ankylosing Spondylitis I had a very late diagnosis the disease had done a fair bit of damage before I had the correct treatment, first full blown symptoms in 2001 got my diagnosis in Dec 2011 cleared the funding hurdles in Dec 2013 as the 12. Month assessment had to be done twice due to me moving.

Fortunately I respond really well to the treatments so I should be ok pretty soon.
 
Yes, anti TNF is what he's mentioned.
You've explained part of his confusion over his diagnosis. He'd mentioned RA then said they'd changed their mind and said AS....also mentioned fibromyalgia to him at one stage. Myself and two daughters have that....(I've read that too "might" also be an autoimmune disease.)
 
Afternoon Folks

Not been on here for a while, but I recentkky had an experience you might find interesting.

I have previously ranted a little about getting caught in the system - when I was diagnosed T2 I was also told my liver function tests were a little off and some of my other blood levels were just out of normal ranges, so the GP sent me to a Haematologist. She said "it's probably nothing, but we'd best do a liver scan".

Following that I got an appointment to see another consultant who said " its probably nothing, but your liver is a bit bright with some fatty spots, so we'll repeat the blood tests in 8 months or so, and if they are no worse we'll assume there is no real problem, it's just how you are"l

So about 6 weeks ago I had the tests repeated and was told by my surgery everything was in order, so I went to see the consultant fairly happy.

But no.

This time I saw a different man - locum I think - who was adamant I was drinking too much, he wasn't happy with the numbers, I needed another scan and another battery of blood tests in about 6 months.

Grrrr.

Appointment for the scan came through for next Tuesday evening, but I got a phone call yesterday asking me to go yesterday afternoon instead.

This I duly did, was seen promptly with no waiting.

After a thorough going over, the sonographer asked me what I had changed, i told her I was following LCHF, taking Metformin and Naproxen, although i didn't mention the ALA and vitamin B supplements I also take.

Somewhat to my surprise she told me my liver showed no signs of brightness at all and she would be reporting it as normal!

I admitted I still drink too much, though not as much as I did, to which she responded "don't we all?"

I mention this here as I can only think the LCHF approach is what has caused the improvement!
 
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Sable_Jan said:
Yes, anti TNF is what he's mentioned.
You've explained part of his confusion over his diagnosis. He'd mentioned RA then said they'd changed their mind and said AS....also mentioned fibromyalgia to him at one stage. Myself and two daughters have that....(I've read that too "might" also be an autoimmune disease.)
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It's probably down to his genetic markers HlA-B27 I have that marker, plus I've some variants of other genetic markers including Lupus so it gets really complicated, it's very easy for it to be unclear when talking to the consultants what you actually have and what you could potentially have.

In 2011 I was told by a rheumatologist that the odds were I'd be in a wheelchair by the time I hit 55, if I didn't have the anti-TNF treatment, so far after 3yrs of treatment, there has been no real advancement of the disease and I've been down graded to just a 6% chance of something bad happening, I'm far healthier now than the average person in my age range.

The analogy I was given was to imagine a storm high winds tearing through a town constantly for ten years, any damage it caused cannot be fixed what was damaged stays damaged, but the anti-TNF drugs can calm down the storm, in my case the raging storm when I'm on treatment is just a summer breeze.

There are so many advancements in genetics I'm sure they will eventually get their heads around fibromyalgia one day as it's been a umbrella term for sometime, for the doctors don't know.
 
Tim55 said:
Afternoon Folks

Not been on here for a while, but I recentkky had an experience you might find interesting.

I have previously ranted a little about getting caught in the system - when I was diagnosed T2 I was also told my liver function tests were a little off and some of my other blood levels were just out of normal ranges, so the GP sent me to a Haematologist. She said "it's probably nothing, but we'd best do a liver scan".

Following that I got an appointment to see another consultant who said " its probably nothing, but your liver is a bit bright with some fatty spots, so we'll repeat the blood tests in 8 months or so, and if they are no worse we'l assume there is no real problem, it's just how you are"l

So about 6 weeks ago I had the tests repeated and was told by my surgery everything was in order, so I went to see consultant fairly happy.

But no.

This time I saw a different man - locum I think - who was adamant I was drinking too mush, he wasn't happy with the numbers, I needed another scan and another battery of blood tests in about 6 months.

Grrrr.

Appointment for the scan came through for next Tuesday evening, but I got a phone call yesterday asking me to go yesterday afternoon instead.

This I duly did, was seen promptly with no waiting.

After a thorough going over, the sonographer asked me what I had changed, i told her I was following LCHF, taking Metformin and Naproxen, although i didn't mention the ALA and vitamin B supplements I also take.

Somewhat to my surprise she told me my liver showed no signs of brightness at all and she would be reporting it as normal!

I admitted I still drink too much, though not as much as I did, to which she responded "don't we all?"

I mention this here as I can only think the LCHF approach is what has caused the improvement!
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That's fantastic news, Tim - well done!
(Yippee! .....where did I put that corkscrew....?)
:)
 
liam1955 said:
@13lizanne - Anna, would you believe the Nurse never told me my HBA1C! It was 5 minutes past my allotted Appointment time and I did say We have got to drive into and through the City Centre to get to the Hospital. She said we would make it quick then. It was suggested I increase Insulin as there was nothing else - having had/been on in the past: Gliclazide, Sitagliptin, Liraglutide and Victoza. :)
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@liam1955 will you be calling gp for the hba1c before they break for the weekend?
 
@ickihun - @13lizanne Just rang Practise and my HBA1C has gone up to 60 -:( it was 56 in May. (I increased Insulin by 2 units this morning to 44 units) - can only increase it by 2 units at a time, so in 3 days will assess the situation and maybe? increase it?:(
 
Tim55 said:
Afternoon Folks

Not been on here for a while, but I recentkky had an experience you might find interesting.

I have previously ranted a little about getting caught in the system - when I was diagnosed T2 I was also told my liver function tests were a little off and some of my other blood levels were just out of normal ranges, so the GP sent me to a Haematologist. She said "it's probably nothing, but we'd best do a liver scan".

Following that I got an appointment to see another consultant who said " its probably nothing, but your liver is a bit bright with some fatty spots, so we'll repeat the blood tests in 8 months or so, and if they are no worse we'l assume there is no real problem, it's just how you are"l

So about 6 weeks ago I had the tests repeated and was told by my surgery everything was in order, so I went to see consultant fairly happy.

But no.

This time I saw a different man - locum I think - who was adamant I was drinking too mush, he wasn't happy with the numbers, I needed another scan and another battery of blood tests in about 6 months.

Grrrr.

Appointment for the scan came through for next Tuesday evening, but I got a phone call yesterday asking me to go yesterday afternoon instead.

This I duly did, was seen promptly with no waiting.

After a thorough going over, the sonographer asked me what I had changed, i told her I was following LCHF, taking Metformin and Naproxen, although i didn't mention the ALA and vitamin B supplements I also take.

Somewhat to my surprise she told me my liver showed no signs of brightness at all and she would be reporting it as normal!

I admitted I still drink too much, though not as much as I did, to which she responded "don't we all?"

I mention this here as I can only think the LCHF approach is what has caused the improvement!
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@Tim55 that's what happened for me too.
My liver enzymes (ALT) were showing 132 to 23 on lchf but last test showing 52.
It's a lovely feeling that your diet can rectify any irregularities. If court early.
My improved 23 was pre r-ala supplements too.
My magnesium was good too. My adjusted calcium was a bit low. I'm going to investigate.
My eGFR is a bit low too, whatever that is.
No sign of premenopause or menopause.
I'll need a testosterone test to detect pcos back but specialist has given me a low dose of metformin to try again. So pcos detection won't be relevant if they work.
I'm hoping now no longer suffering with fatty liver metformin will work better.
Well done with your excellent liver results.
 
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