Health Issues after flu

[RevPlantPower]

Hello,

Our family was greatly helped when we switched to a plant based starch diet 5 years ago. My wife was healed of cancer and the kids had a whole plethora of health issues cleared up.

The current issues I am having are after the flu in March. I now have unquenchable thirst, pee every 2 hours (even at nigh), sudden weight loss from 175 to 150, bad acid reflex, blurry vision, fatigue, shortness of breath, loss of strength and dizziness. Has anyone else experienced this?

I am struggling to just function basically. Any help would be welcomed.

Thanks so much!

[Grammy Ginger]

You should call Dr. M or Dr. Lim. This sounds serious.

[viv]

What did the doctor say? You need a diagnosis asap if you haven't already got one. It could be anything from pneumonia to diabetes to heart failure. Good luck.

Viv

[Crystal_Pegasus]

This could be any of a plethora of things... but... just in case this helps...

Do you also have any muscle/joint pains that appear in all kinds of places, maybe disappearing in some places after a while, appearing in others? Or they may all stay around. Or sore/tender spots? (or even seemingly unrelated issues, such as restless leg syndrome or IBS? Brain fog? Sleep issues? Not that these all may show up for you.)

This just sounds a lot like what I experienced after what I thought was flu... but possibly wasn't... and after about a year of tests, scans, xrays, ECGs, physio, a specialist, 2 hospital visits for tests/procedures nothing really that would explain my symptoms was discovered. My GP basically said I just don't know where to go from here. I was absolutely fed up with all the medical stuff and had started feeling a little better, so just stopped looking into it any further. After a chance mention by an acquaintance and a lot of research I now think it may be Fibromyalgia, but as this is diagnosed by eliminating other possible causes, not by a definitive test, I currently just don't want to get back on that merry-go-round, while i'm feeling a lot better. Besides, it feels like she eliminated nearly everything before!!

Anyway, this may not be relevant to your symptoms, but maybe worth a mention to your doc as a possibility? My doc never even thought of this and since I had no real knowledge of the condition when I was seeing her, I didn't even think of it. But please see a doc and have it looked into... it could be something completely different!! Just thought I'd share my experiences in case they serve to give your doc another possible pathway to explore, if all else reveals nothing significant.

Also... I'm sure your doc will do so, but make sure you get your blood sugar checked. A lot of this could be explained by diabetes.

Hope whatever it is can be sorted out soon and your health regained! Be extra vigilant in your healthy eating and other healthy lifestyle practices. And try to get others to help take the strain wherever you can in your life, while you heal. All the best!

[RevPlantPower]

So I ended up in the hospital with a Diabetes type 1 diagnosis. Still figuring out how to manage it. I found this on Dr McDougall's website .
" Trim People with Partial Insulin Deficiency: Most people with blood sugars above 126 mg/dL, who are also trim (not overweight or underweight) fall into the category of partial insulin deficiency. Doctors of-ten refer to this as type-1½ diabetes. These patients produce enough insulin to avoid life-threatening illness, but not enough to keep their blood sugars normal. With the elevated sugar levels they may also develop adverse effects, such as excessive thirst and urination, and too much weight loss. Insulin injec-tions easily remedy these undesirable conditions. "

Kind of bummed right now.

Does anyone have experience with Diabetes?

[calvin]

Step 1. Don't be bummed; you got a warning...sooner that some less fortunate.

Step 2. Go to masteringdiabetes.org, read all you can, get on their mailing list for the next free webinar which may well occur soon as they are coming off a retreat over the holidays coaching diabetics of ALL types. Diabetes has been well understood but not widely understood for a long time. Unfortunately, the establishment medical community is off target, enamored with falacious myths about "treatment". The truth is simple and economical to act on. Just be aware that "simple" is not the same as "easy".

[VeggieSue]

Step 2. Go to masteringdiabetes.org, read all you can, get on their mailing list for the next free webinar which may well occur soon as they are coming off a retreat over the holidays coaching diabetics of ALL types.

They have a very informative YouTube site, too. Most of it is testimonials, but there's good info within each one about the food plan, which is the same as what Dr. McDougall teaches.

https://www.youtube.com/user/mindfuldia ... bby/videos

[Plumerias]

Some time ago there was a man here who posted as KensCircus. He has type 1 diabetes. Do a search here, just put KensCircus in the search box, and see if some of what you find helps you in some way. We met Ken and his wife years ago when we were traveling in Texas, a healthier person which such an unnerving diagnosis I never met.

[dmeitner]

So I ended up in the hospital with a Diabetes type 1 diagnosis. Still figuring out how to manage it. I found this on Dr McDougall's website .
" Trim People with Partial Insulin Deficiency: Most people with blood sugars above 126 mg/dL, who are also trim (not overweight or underweight) fall into the category of partial insulin deficiency. Doctors of-ten refer to this as type-1½ diabetes. These patients produce enough insulin to avoid life-threatening illness, but not enough to keep their blood sugars normal. With the elevated sugar levels they may also develop adverse effects, such as excessive thirst and urination, and too much weight loss. Insulin injec-tions easily remedy these undesirable conditions. "

Kind of bummed right now.

Does anyone have experience with Diabetes?

I'm so sorry. I'd be bummed too.

[Cora Summerfield]

How does an adult get type 1 diabetes? Isn't that the child-onset diabetes?

[f00die]

How does an adult get type 1 diabetes? Isn't that the child-onset diabetes?

its an autoimmune disease
that can be developed at any time in life

[Kaye]

How does an adult get type 1 diabetes? Isn't that the child-onset diabetes?

My Mum got it through a surgical error - most of her pancreas was removed by mistake instead of her adrenal gland.