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Yes , he almost definately was checking your kidneys , my girlfriend had the 24hr urine collection , for protein in urine – and is to have a kidney angioplasty- after they did a scan and other tests to find the problem . tim – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > Hi Truly, > I have thought of you often and it is good to see you again. Welcome > back > I don’t know if you have read this or not but found it as I wanted to > help because I know having protein in the urine is one of the signs of > kidney damage. > http://www.kidneywdc.org/brochure_diabetes.cfm > I hope it helps but someone much wiser will be along to help. > Once again it is so nice to see you in the group again. > Diana > Hello old friends and new…it’s good to see you all again. > I’ve been working on getting my health back.  I had convinced myself >  that > by reading a.s.d and m.h.d I was treating my diabetes. As long as I >  *knew* > how to cope with diabetes I didn’t actually have to *do* anything >  about > it.  I’ve also known when to test to get the *right* readings on my > monitor. (14 day average = 112 – yup I’m doing good).  I had a few >  more > tricks to make myself look good ‘on paper’, but we’ll skip over >  those for > now. > Then, I started feeling bad.  So I read more here and on the www.  I >  was > still having trouble with the Read = Do equation.  And my feet >  started to > burn and ache – not ache – hurt, unrelentingly!  The foot doc put me >  in > compression stockings and on neurontin. On my own I added Evening >  Primrose > Oil (someone here recommended it – maybe Tony in Mexico).  I’ve >  since > stopped the Neurontin – the name gives me worry – too much like >  neutron – > and I read something bad about but I don’t remember what it was >  (more > denial – hey what does it matter that I don’t remember? I read it – >  that’s > what counts, right?) > The stockings and the EPO are working for me now. But they aren’t >  going to > heal what damage has already been done.  If it weren’t for hurting >  my foot > I’d kick myself in the ass – repeatedly. >  My mouth stayed so dry that i couldn’t talk at times because my >  tongue > would be stick to my teeth.  My dry mouth is a haven for bacteria >  and I > have to see a periodontist every month to try to save my bottom >  teeth. The > uppers are too far gone. I’ve lost 6 on the top already and my perio >  wants > my dentist to pull the rest of the to ones out because they are > contaminating the lowers. > So now I’m looking at dentures… [what the fuck was I thinking?] > There is a little good news…after hanging in around 6.4, 6.3 for a > couple of years my HbAlc came in at 5.9 this last time. > *I had to do one of those 24 urine collections. When my doc got the > results he summons me to office and prescribed  for protein in my >  urine – > I don’t know what that means – what it indicates – but I don’t think >  it’s > trival.  Anyone…? > Truly > T2

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>Hello old friends and new…it’s good to see you all again.

It’s great to see you back, Truly I’m sorry you’ve had complications, but hopefully you can get some improvement with better control. I hope things look up for you from here on in……. Bev Remove the "SpamFree" for email, please.   Join us in the Diabetic-Talk Chatroom on UnderNet /server irc.undernet.org — /join #Diabetic-Talk More info: http://www.diabetic-talk.org/

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Hi Truly, Good to see you posting again. I’m sorry that you’re going through this stuff, but it sounds like you’re back on track. Listen to your periodontist and have the top teeth pulled and get an upper denture, and do all you can to save the lowers because it’s so much easier to deal with dentures if you can manage to save the lowers. The uppers always fit much better than the lowers due to the palette suction holding them up. Trust me. Good luck. — Cheri – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – >Hello old friends and new…it’s good to see you all again. >I’ve been working on getting my health back.  I had convinced myself that >by reading a.s.d and m.h.d I was treating my diabetes. As long as I *knew* >how to cope with diabetes I didn’t actually have to *do* anything about >it.  I’ve also known when to test to get the *right* readings on my >monitor. (14 day average = 112 – yup I’m doing good).  I had a few more >tricks to make myself look good ‘on paper’, but we’ll skip over those for >now. >Then, I started feeling bad.  So I read more here and on the www.  I was >still having trouble with the Read = Do equation.  And my feet started to >burn and ache – not ache – hurt, unrelentingly!  The foot doc put me in >compression stockings and on neurontin. On my own I added Evening Primrose >Oil (someone here recommended it – maybe Tony in Mexico).  I’ve since >stopped the Neurontin – the name gives me worry – too much like neutron – >and I read something bad about but I don’t remember what it was (more >denial – hey what does it matter that I don’t remember? I read it – that’s >what counts, right?) >The stockings and the EPO are working for me now. But they aren’t going to >heal what damage has already been done.  If it weren’t for hurting my foot >I’d kick myself in the ass – repeatedly. > My mouth stayed so dry that i couldn’t talk at times because my tongue >would be stick to my teeth.  My dry mouth is a haven for bacteria and I >have to see a periodontist every month to try to save my bottom teeth. The >uppers are too far gone. I’ve lost 6 on the top already and my perio wants >my dentist to pull the rest of the to ones out because they are >contaminating the lowers. >So now I’m looking at dentures… [what the fuck was I thinking?] >There is a little good news…after hanging in around 6.4, 6.3 for a >couple of years my HbAlc came in at 5.9 this last time. >*I had to do one of those 24 urine collections. When my doc got the >results he summons me to office and prescribed  for protein in my urine – >I don’t know what that means – what it indicates – but I don’t think it’s >trival.  Anyone…? >Truly >T2

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Hi Truly, I have thought of you often and it is good to see you again. Welcome back I don’t know if you have read this or not but found it as I wanted to help because I know having protein in the urine is one of the signs of kidney damage. http://www.kidneywdc.org/brochure_diabetes.cfm I hope it helps but someone much wiser will be along to help. Once again it is so nice to see you in the group again. Diana

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Hello old friends and new…it’s good to see you all again. > I’ve been working on getting my health back.  I had convinced myself that > by reading a.s.d and m.h.d I was treating my diabetes. As long as I *knew* > how to cope with diabetes I didn’t actually have to *do* anything about > it.  I’ve also known when to test to get the *right* readings on my > monitor. (14 day average = 112 – yup I’m doing good).  I had a few more > tricks to make myself look good ‘on paper’, but we’ll skip over those for > now. > Then, I started feeling bad.  So I read more here and on the www.  I was > still having trouble with the Read = Do equation.  And my feet started to > burn and ache – not ache – hurt, unrelentingly!  The foot doc put me in > compression stockings and on neurontin. On my own I added Evening Primrose > Oil (someone here recommended it – maybe Tony in Mexico).  I’ve since > stopped the Neurontin – the name gives me worry – too much like neutron – > and I read something bad about but I don’t remember what it was (more > denial – hey what does it matter that I don’t remember? I read it – that’s > what counts, right?) > The stockings and the EPO are working for me now. But they aren’t going to > heal what damage has already been done.  If it weren’t for hurting my foot > I’d kick myself in the ass – repeatedly. >  My mouth stayed so dry that i couldn’t talk at times because my tongue > would be stick to my teeth.  My dry mouth is a haven for bacteria and I > have to see a periodontist every month to try to save my bottom teeth. The > uppers are too far gone. I’ve lost 6 on the top already and my perio wants > my dentist to pull the rest of the to ones out because they are > contaminating the lowers. > So now I’m looking at dentures… [what the fuck was I thinking?] > There is a little good news…after hanging in around 6.4, 6.3 for a > couple of years my HbAlc came in at 5.9 this last time. > *I had to do one of those 24 urine collections. When my doc got the > results he summons me to office and prescribed  for protein in my urine – > I don’t know what that means – what it indicates – but I don’t think it’s > trival.  Anyone…? > Truly > T2

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