Re: kidney disease symptoms/ diabetes??? please help
From: Amy (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 07 May 2001 13:51:12 -0400
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Ohhh Lordy ..Lupus????
I have a dr. apt tomorrow because my feet resemble those of a chubby baby ...
round and swollen ... nasty - been like that for 3 weeks now and getting worse ...
they look horrible .. and I ache from the waist down .. sheeeeeeeshhhh .....
Koolaide wrote:
> Hi there. Sounds a bit familiar to me. My doctor tested me for Lupus.
> I have to wait until next week for results. My hands and feet were very
> puffy, like water retention. If you get no solutions ask your doctor
> about Lupus. Good luck.
>
> At Mon, 7 May 2001, anonymous wrote:
> >
> >hi all,
> >
> >i have a suspicion that i have a kidney problem or may diabetes (and may
> >have been in a bit of denial for the last month or so....) i'm now
> >worried but not sure if i'm right.
> >
> >just wondering if someone can tell me if these symptoms sound like
> >diabetes or kidney probs. i have been having sharp pains in the lower
> >right side of my back, and have been having to go to the bathroom very
> >frequently over the past couple of months. when i go to bed i often
> >have to get up a few times and go to the bathroom, and when i do mot
> >alot comes out.
> >
> >all the symptoms seem to get worse after i have drunk alcohol or coffee.
> >i also seem to be bloating up a bit with fluid retention, and when my
> >pains were the worst i had a fever (which has now gone away).
> >
> >i have already had a check for urinary track infection and kidney stone
> >which both came back negative.
> >
> >does this sound like the symptoms i would get???
> >
> >thanks,
> >
> >sue
> >ps. sorry soooo long
>
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