Could be gallbladder, maybe diabetes. Cut out the meat and fats for a few days and

• dieting - need advice
  • Try Weight Watchers instead. - NM
  • Could be gallbladder, maybe diabetes. Cut out the meat and fats for a few days and - see if you feel better. nm VegHead

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Okay, I've been feeling really weird the past couple of days (yes, that's an official medical term; it's right up there with icky, which I will be using later).  The first time, it felt like my blood sugar was too low, but that didn't make sense since I had just eaten a sausage 'n' mushroom omelet.  Went to lay down, and kept waking up feeling like I was going to pass out.  Make any sense?  Had that horrible feeling off and on all day yesterday, then again today.  Finally got smart enought to get the old glucometer out and it read 112.  Had a bologna, cheese and ketchup sandwich a little later, then tried having nothing for 2 hours.  About 1 3/4 hours later, I started feeling really icky again.  I tested and it was 106.  Had some orange juice and I felt a little better.  Had supper and felt a lot better.  Two hours with nothing but water, and the retest put me at 80.

I've spent half the night on Google, then again, I got smart enough to throw the question out here... WHAT'S GOING ON?   Maybe it's not even my sugar... maybe I just had some bad eggs.  Or maybe it's high blood pressure and I'm just looking at the wrong thing.

Shaky, nauseas, spacy, tired, like I'm going to pass out, headache, and my face 'throbs' (I'm sure there's more), but the numbers don't make sense.

I know, go to the doctor, right?  I'll be calling to schedule a complete physical sometime this next week.  In the meantime, just wondered what y'all thought?

Well, I now have confirmation of what I suspected since November. I have gallstones.

I had a sonogram yesterday and it confirmed it.

I have an appointment with a surgeon. I am in no hurry to have another surgery, since tomorrow will be 3 weeks since my BR surgey - however, I have been trying to control the symptoms with diet since my self-diagnosis -- with limited success. The nausea seems to be getting harder and harder to prevent. When I have an attack of the "pain" --- OMG - I would give birth to 20 more kids to keep that from happening again. It is the most intense pain I have ever had. 

I know this is very common surgery --- share your stories to help me decide how long I should wait.

There are some interesting cures for gallstones on the internet.  One involves epsolm salts, apple juice and mineral oil.  Google on home cures for gallstones.  I dont remember the exact instructions but it involves lying on your left side and drinking lots of apple juice (which I like anyway).

Of course, my first recommendation would be the ER.  However, I do like to at least be aware of various home cures.

I went to mom's house yesterday.  She had some overnight guests staying with her who were diabetic and had a meter.  They took mom's BS earlier yesterday morning and it was nearly 300 she said.  She could not tell me an exact number.  This morning it was down to 158.  She said that it has fluctated from 200 to nearly 300 to 150s.  This is concerning for me.  I asked her if she was feeling anything.  She says that she has early morning headaches and a feeling like she was going to pass out.   She said she was symptom free right now though.  She said she had been drinking whole milk, eating lots of sweets and that is why it is so high.  She said that as if it could happen to anyone but I don't think that is normal, it doesn't happen to me.  She says when you get older, your body changes.   I asked her if she has said anything to her doctor.  She said that they do random blood tests for her medicine and it has always been borderline but they have never said or done anything or even mentioned it.   

Am I jumping the gun on being concerned?  Mom is in the low-income range and I am wondering if this is why the docs aren't doing anything.   Mom is overweight and is 58 years old. 

No insurance.  Went to the doc yesterday to go over lab work I had done in November.  My blood glucose was 127 (upper limit of normal being 126).  I am 45 yeard old and overweight, but I never had this happen before.  He then did a glucometer reading (after I had had three cups of coffee, each with two sugars, of which I was still sipping on as he took the reading).  He then ordered new lab work as a recheck, but stated he had to put NIDDM as a diagnosis on the requisition form.  I don't feel a diagnosis can be made that simply.  What's really upsetting is the fact that he informed me that now since I had been diagnosed with NIDDM that I would probably never be able to get health insurance with a pre-existing condition such as this.  I feel that through correct diet and exercise over the next few months I can easily lose ten or more pounds, and that this more than likely will change the status of my next lab values.  I feel so very sad about this.  What do I do??

All forms of meat - beef, pork, chicken, venison....and anything else I'm missing.

It wouldn't be too hard for me.

Does anyone have a tomato sauce recipe without meat?  The only reciipe I have calls for ground up beef.  I am serving chicken cutlets and spagetti on the side. My DD inlaws to be is coming to dinner so I want it to be perfect. 

Sauce can be for crockpot or stove.

Thanks.  I always enjoy the recipes on this board.  

Some folks just take for granted that they can walk into a market and shop for meat...We've done the same for similar reasons as you and nothing was wasted.   At least you're self sufficient!!!  And, I bet you've put up/canned/frozen all the vegetables from the summer/fall harvest.   

Didn't mean to be flippant in my earlier post...whack it, hack it, pack it and stack it...  Cat