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Re: Endo & diabetes?? help.
From: lisa (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue Feb 29 21:16:14 2000
Dear Mimi, I have problem with low blood sugar, and I have had endo for
about 18 years. It seems endo brings out alot of other health problems. I
think it is related. When I have problems with my endo I have a very low
immune system. For two and half years I did not have any problems, then in
the last six to seven months I have been having problems again, and in that
time frame I ahve had chronic sinus infections.
>From: anonymous@obgyn.net (Mimi)
>Reply-To: anonymous@obgyn.net
>To: Multiple recipients of list ENDO <anonymous@obgyn.net>
>Subject: Re: Endo & diabetes?? help.
>Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 11:17:26 -0600
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>At Sat, 26 Feb 2000, dxcc wrote:
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> >Dear Mimi,
> >I'm sorry your daughter is experiencing all this at such a young age.
> >Some of the symptoms can go with either the diabetes or the endo: the
> >lack of stamina, irritability, and fatigue especially. Do you know why
> >her blood sugars are elevated? It's possible that the stress of the
> >surgery is doing it, or even the constant pain can make blood sugars
> >hard to manage. If her blood sugars have been out of control for some
> >time this can also lead to the joint pain she's experiencing, but her
> >endocrinologist is probably the best at helping you with this. I've
> >been an insulin dependent diabetic for 12 years and had endo for 14
> >years (I'm 32), so any help I can give I'll be glad to: feel free to
> >e-mail me privately if you wish, and I'd be glad to talk with your
> >daughter as well. Welcome to the forum!
> >Bridget :0)
> >dxcc@dbtech.net
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> >Dear Mimi,
> >I'm sorry your daughter is experiencing all this at such a young age.
> >Some of the symptoms can go with either the diabetes or the endo:
> >the lack of stamina, irritability, and fatigue especially. Do you
> >know why her blood sugars are elevated? It's possible that the stress
> >of the surgery is doing it, or even the constant pain can make blood
>sugars
> >hard to manage. If her blood sugars have been out of control for
> >some time this can also lead to the joint pain she's experiencing, but
> >her endocrinologist is probably the best at helping you with this.
> >I've been an insulin dependent diabetic for 12 years and had endo for 14
> >years (I'm 32), so any help I can give I'll be glad to: feel free
> >to e-mail me privately if you wish, and I'd be glad to talk with your
>daughter
> >as well. Welcome to the forum!
> >Bridget :0)
> >dxcc@dbtech.net
> >
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>Well, there are so many things going on in her life. The symptoms
>have been around for years - it seems impossible to separate them from
>what we thought were side effects of the diabetes, especially the fatigue
>and the mood swings.
>Problem is, though, she has always had problems with her sugars, especially
>around her period. But sometimes she would have bouts where her sugars
>would
>bounce up into the 400's & 500's and we have done everything right - her
>diet
>was perfect (she follows a relatively low-carb diet) and insulin is being
>administered as directed. One time she had to give a speech in front of a
>large
>audience and her sugars kept climbing and climbing and we gave her insulin
>and
>her sugars would still go up. We'd give her more, and the sugars would
>still go up.
>We are working with her doctors to adjust for this, perhaps switching back
>to
>Regular insulin when these bouts happen (she is on humalog and ultralente).
>But, this happens once or twice a month and now I'm beginning to wonder if
>the
>cause isn't the endo. We monitor her sugars pretty regularly, we need her
>to check
>her sugars more than 1-2 times a day (she's a teenager!).
>Today she is starting to feel better from the surgery. I don't think she
>stressed
>out too bad about the surgery because she saw the gyn on Monday, after her
>normal
>ultrasound last week and we scheduled the surgery for friday. The only
>alternative
>was to wait a month (they had a cancellation), and I knew that waiting a
>month would
>reek havoc on her stress level.
>Honestly, I have told her a lot of basics about endo, but I have not really
>elaborated
>on the experiences most people are having because I don't want to stress
>her out. I have
>ordered some books we will read, my husband and I usually handle this type
>of information
>with her in as reasonable a manner (he is very good when we have to calm
>her down from
>a bad experience) so she won't panic. We are hoping that we get a grip on
>this, our doctor
>is excellent in all regards - he caught it within two weeks of our first
>visit, he
>is an excellent surgeon and has wonderful bedside manner. He does want her
>to do the 21 bc
>cycle over and over for six months to keep her from having a period again.
>Will find out Friday
>how bad her condition is.
>It's going to be a tough year on her.
>I appreciate your assistance very much.
>
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