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I feel like banging my head against a wall but that could make things worse.

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Well thats one hell of a title, dont worry i dont mean to bang my head against anything .

Right this may not be bi related but maybe its.

Enough mystery so here goes. Quite a few years ago i was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes ( stay with me it may get bi relevant) after even more years being borderline.

Well i change diet tried uping exercise ( honest) and took the max metformin. Well as the years have gone so has some of my weight i feel a little fitter even but the main change is my hb levels. Yep they have just got higher.

Now a may be no doctor but surely this was a sign of something not working but no keep doing what your doing it 'll all be ok they said.

I had queried my problematic hormones due to my petruetry gland being damaged when i suffered my bi ( see told you it may be bi related). Only to be told it was doubtful.

Guess what i have just had to have a ct scan on my pancreas as thry think it may not be working due to low hormone levels.

Oh i could cry...infact i nearly did when i thought i was wetting myself during the ct scan, apparently its a normal feeling when the inject the dye.

I am now unsure how i feel about the results as on one hand if they find somehing it will explain why my levels are high but if they dont fond anything then what the hell is happening.

Sorry for long post but feeling a little strung out at moment.

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StaceM8

Hiya Paxo, great writing (well, except for the lack of punctuation anyway ;o) & not the most BI story I've ever read but still.......

Unfortunately I'm not a Dr either so can't help with your problem, but just t say it was a very entertaining read (even if the BI association was quite minimal (Oh, & the lack of punctuation (& I know I've used a coma before & which isn't usually acceptable, but in this case I think it would be ;o)

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paxo05 in reply toStaceM8

Tenuous link i know. Punctiation as you can tel isnt my strong point, then again spelling is just getting bearable due to spell check.

Think i needed to vent on a platform ifelt safe. Glad you enjoyed it anyway.

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StaceM8 in reply toStaceM8

And Paxo, just went to read your biography & next t nothing there, I was lookin forward to some long entertaining waffle, but alas, no.

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paxo05 in reply toStaceM8

Keep meaning to update biography. Wrote it when i was struggling so didnt put a lot of content . I will fix this one day.

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StaceM8

You missed a bit.............. ;o)

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Pairofboots

Hi Paxo, brain injury does seem to have a causal link to to autoimmune hiccups. Drs always appear a little surprised when, otherwise averagely fit people just happen to have system breakdowns.

So far my thyroid has left the building, and my guts ability to absorb B12 is on a go slow. Both now need treatment. As for blood sugars, they seem to be a tad hit and miss, moving from normal to prediabetic, and back again. This year I thought that my pancreas had gone on strike, but from my MOT and further investigation, I had shown the sign of tipping over to diabetic, but no it had slipped back to normal, following retesting. I do expect it to eventually join my thyroid.

I don't know why these things see odd to Dr's. I was a nurse, ok MH, so physical health always took a bit of a backseat, but to me it seems fairly logical that if the brain is damaged, and has to reroute how it works, then there will be other bits of the body that get broken instructions, or are left out completely.

Someone posted me a link about BI, growth hormone, and the endocrine system, unfortunately I couldn't open the link, so don't know if it supports my thinking, hopefully they will repost it.

They should have warned you about the feeling contrast has when having a CT scan, I know that feeling well.

Well that is my thoughts on the subject. Doesn't solve anything.

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paxo05 in reply toPairofboots

It was about 4 or 5 years post bi it was discovered i had an hormone inbalance. Also my hb levels kept fluctuating but finally gave up the ghost 5 years ago.

Asked about possible link but was told diabetes is a life style condition . Subtle way of putting things .

Not sure if im looking forward to results but at least i'll know.

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Pairofboots in reply topaxo05

Life style is a cop out clause Paxo. Most of the people, as you have, have tried to improve their health, and still hit the diabetic path. Diabetes in its self makes it hard to maintain balance, age makes it hard, blimey, even where you come from is a contributing factor. I'm not saying that you can't improve things, just that it is just one factor in a raft of other effects. I hope you get a positive result.

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paxo05 in reply toPairofboots

Thats the frustrating part i have altered my lifestyle. Cut out foods and uped activity to try and help. All this achieved along with medication is to raise my levels further.

Its so easy to blame lifestyle and not examine and other avenues. Its now got to the stage my levels are classed as dangerously high before any other action is considered.

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Pairofboots in reply topaxo05

I know how you feel, and I understand the banging head analogy. I'm very much in my own head banging situation. All I want is an honest answer, we know what it is, we can't help, we know what it is, we can help, or we haven't got a foggy, tough. Better than this "probably isn't" game they are playing......

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