Question:
LUPUS SLE, PCOS, ARTHRITIS, SICKLE CELL I have a question. I have all the above mentioned ‘ailments’ as I like to call them and am approaching 30, lost 3 babies during pregnancy, one of which nearly took me too, had and recovered from Tuberculosis and have a very low blood sugar which again, nearly took my life, although all elder members of my family suffer diabetes… i have no idea how detrimental or beneficial a combination of them all could be to me and all consultants can tell me is the effects of each individual one. I’m now getting in to a state of panic as I was only told I had a severe case of PCOS 2 weeks ago. Can anyone point me in the right direction?
Response:
PCOS is a prediabetic condition. So you should be treating it as such and eating a diabetic diet and exercising when possible. I know it’s difficult with the disorders you have. If you go on metformin therapy now the chances are that you could stave off the eventual development of type II diabetes. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -Mahogany wrote: > LUPUS SLE, PCOS, ARTHRITIS, SICKLE CELL > I have a question. > I have all the above mentioned ‘ailments’ as I like to call them and > am approaching 30, lost 3 babies during pregnancy, one of which nearly > took me too, had and recovered from Tuberculosis and have a very low > blood sugar which again, nearly took my life, although all elder > members of my family suffer diabetes… > i have no idea how detrimental or beneficial a combination of them all > could be to me and all consultants can tell me is the effects of each > individual one. > I’m now getting in to a state of panic as I was only told I had a > severe case of PCOS 2 weeks ago. > Can anyone point me in the right direction?
Response:
- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -Mahogany wrote: > LUPUS SLE, PCOS, ARTHRITIS, SICKLE CELL > I have a question. > I have all the above mentioned ‘ailments’ as I like to call them and > am approaching 30, lost 3 babies during pregnancy, one of which nearly > took me too, had and recovered from Tuberculosis and have a very low > blood sugar which again, nearly took my life, although all elder > members of my family suffer diabetes… > i have no idea how detrimental or beneficial a combination of them all > could be to me and all consultants can tell me is the effects of each > individual one. > I’m now getting in to a state of panic as I was only told I had a > severe case of PCOS 2 weeks ago. > Can anyone point me in the right direction?
I’ll try to answer, but forgive the language, I’m not used to write in english: Has your thyroid been checked? All your "ailments" are autoimmune diseases, and too often people with autoimmune thyroid diseases get all kind of other diagnoses first. Lupus is a thing on it’s one, if I remember correctly the diagnose is mostly certain, but the other things may very well be thyroid related. I myself started with a diagnose of Ankylosing Spondylitis, which is real, but when my thyroid finally was treated my AS is almost not noticeable. At least it’s worth a checkup. You can read more on alt.support.thyroid. Problems conceiving and with pregnancy are _very_ common (I waited 7 years for my second child and got pregnant after only 6 weeks of thyroid treatment). Blood sugar problems are also common (hypoglycemia?) The same goes for PCOS and cysts, muscle pain and weakness, tiredness, weight gain, sensitive to cold, dizziness, concentration problems, heavy/painful periods and a lot of other stuff. — Line Halvorsen – Norway
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