[ SECRET POST #4485 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4485 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[The Rookie]


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[Good Omens]


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[Jonathan Van Ness (Queer Eye) and ex-boyfriend Wilco Froneman]


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[Pennyworth]


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[The IT Crowd]


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07.
[Rise of the Guardians and Carmen Sandiego]

















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Comments

Re: medical tmi stuff

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT—I’m worried it might be type 2 diabetes; I didn’t know until my mom died two years ago that while she didn’t have it, her mom and her mom’s mom both did. I think Kaiser actually borked my blood sugar test results last time I had one; they’d told me to fast, and I did, and then when I got the results back they were marked as non-fasting blood sugar, when I’d last eaten, idk, 18 hours ago or something.

Also, PCOS is a risk factor for type 2, and when I was 19 I suddenly grew massive amounts of black body and facial hair and gained a ton of weight while having the worst depressive episode of my life and not being able to keep food down for a couple months. I’d hit puberty at 11 and was always hairy with an irregular period, but that frightened the hell out of me. I didn’t have insurance at the time.

When I finally got coverage, I asked my doctor and he said “oh yeah, PCOS is caused by the hormones in dairy and the chemicals in processed food. Stop eating processed food, exercise more, and cut out dairy, and it will go away.”

He was ostensibly a regular doctor, not a naturopathic quack. I know specialized diets and exercise can be part of a PCOS treatment plan, but see above re: my typical dietary habits and exercise regime.

I did cut out all sugar except for fruit (no fruit juice, dried fruit, agave nectar, honey, etc, either) for all of January, but not white flour. It didn’t seem to make any difference, so I went back to eating sweets sometimes. I suppose a true blood sugar control diet would involve cutting any quickly digestible carbs and also regular blood sugar checks.

I have good insurance, but with US healthcare being a shitshow, and Resident Chump and his goons itching to ditch pre-existing conditions, and insulin prices climbing like sherpas scaling Everest, I really hope it’s not diabetes.

Re: medical tmi stuff

[tabaqui]

That sucks, Anon, so sorry. Definitely make a point of telling the doc about your diet and exercise choices and if you're in pain and throwing up *go to the ER*!!

I know doctors and their weight bullshite, and unfortunately, you just have to be really firm, really pushy, really *precise* about what you will and won't take from them. Backhanded crap about your weight and blowing off your symptoms are just not acceptable, but sadly, you have to be pretty in their face (in a not cursing and throwing tongue depressors kind of way) to get them to *get it*.

Good luck! Be well.

Re: medical tmi stuff

[(Anonymous)]

ayrt

I really hope not too, but if it is, at least it's something that can be well-controlled.

Especially given the genetics factor, it does seem like a possibility. I think some pharmacy clinics may offer this type of screening. Or you could get a blood glucose meter and testing strips and do several tests a day (one in the morning before eating, one before a meal, and one after) and do this for a few days, keeping track of the numbers and what you eat. If the numbers point to diabetes or prediabetes, then you can go in to your doctor with data.