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Another "This Sucks" thread

ShredderMaximus

ShredderMaximus

Jan 10, 2007
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#1
Been feeling real crappy over the past month or so, so last Saturday I went to the E.R. (was originally planning on going to the community clinic, but the wait was 1 month and I was getting worse by the day.

Long story short:

Ulcerative Colitis

Type II Diabetes

All topped of with a nice bit of anemia wrap it up.

One of those things where it feels like a giant load off my mind and a swift kick to the manly regions all at the same time.
 
#2
It's not great news for sure but better the devil you know. At least you can adjust to accommodate, treat and control to some extent.

I'd never have thought you were feeling rough man, some of the comedic gold you have posted has been bang-on, take it easy :)
 
#4
I just found out about the diabetes yesterday and was told I was gonna get more info on that today (still in hospital btw) but with the U.C. I've known something was up for a long time, but it was never really issue enough to really convince me to pursue it at all. It had never flared up like it had over the past month, where I haven't been eating anything but a fraction of a meal a day and spending my days between my bed due to extremely low energy or in the bathroom spewing liquid fire from "you know where"...
The anemia is apparently from all the sore spotting my colon, and they were even talking transfusions and other happy thoughts like that.

But ehhhhhh, like I said, its nice to finally know, but I'm feeling a up to my neck atm and I really appreciate you guys lending an ear to my whining, thanks alot.
 
#5
Depending on how long you have actually had type 2 diabetes, it is possible to partially or fully reverse the effects by having a major calorific deficiate (some talk of 600 calories a day).

A recent paper on it here:
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But there are other examples too.


Try and do what you can to deal with the diabetes. Because it is becoming more and more common, people seem to take it for granted at times. There are a few members of my family who have Type I diabetes, seems to be some sort of genetic pre-disposition, which sucks as there isn't much in the way of a cure for it, nor many easy ways to avoid it.

A family friend has Crohn's disease, which I believe is similar to Ulcerative Colitis. I can't vouch much experience on that one though.
 
#6
Generally Type II Diabetes is related to being overweight. Is this your case Shredder? If it is, consider this a wake up call to get healthy. Rise to the challenge. It's your life, and your quality of life. I'm not saying that it's going to be easy, but the hard work will open doors up for you to things you may never have attempted before. Even if it's not, I think a great deal of your success can be attributed to your mental approach to the situation. Rise to the challenge, approach your health like an athlete, and take charge of it. I know this is easier said than done, this is why I wish you nothing but the best as you navigate the road that lies ahead of you. :)
 
#7
I've always been fairly athletic, playing pop-warner football in through middle-school and a year in high-school before it got too "jocky" for me. And then all through high school I was a skateboarder so I got tons of exercise through that and the fact I've never had a car I could actually drive.

Also, I'm around 5'10'', and through HS I'd say I was solidly around 175 or so, going up to 200 or so after I left the construction business a few years ago, and getting to 215+ (not entirely sure, don't currently have a scale) since moving to Texas, so I definitely gained a bit, but even at my most in shape, I'm sorta just a thick and stocky guy, just like my pops. But yeah, overweight sure, but nowhere near obese or anything.
 
#10
Skitch it! said:
Good to hear man, keep on top of it.
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Yeah, I guess this is just my bodies way of telling an invincible teenager I am no longer... but oh well, I feel that I've had the weight of the world lifted from my shoulders with the news that I'm not diabetic.

But thanks for the kind words again guys.

*NOTE* This message has been typed from the comfort of my very own bed. :ahhhhhhhhhhhh:
 
#12
ShredderMaximus said:
*UPDATE*
No Diabetes!
Turns out the Doc came in this morning, looked at my paperwork, and said the high blood sugar levels were a side effect of the UC. It was only just a little while ago that the nurse decided to share this with me too, but I'm pretty ecstatic. :D
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Congrats, that's got to be a huge relief. Take it from someone who's also struggled with some pretty gnarly GI issues for the past couple years that if the doctors can actually give you a diagnosis, then you're more fortunate than most of us.

A friend of mine has UC and is doing extremely well (more or less no symptoms). I believe that he may be part of a clinical trial for a new UC drug. If you're interested, PM me and I'll find out what he's taking. Good luck man!
 
#13
Well, the situation is kinda wonky right now, with everyone telling me I do in fact have UC, while some are telling they don't know for sure until I get a colonoscopy, which sounds right to me. But as for symptons that I'm reading, everything does sound perfectly spot on with with what I'm going through and what they got from blood and doo-doo tests, like low iron/red cell count, drastically heightened white cell count, blah blah blah. But really won't be 100% sure till they get a camera "up there," so right now I'm just waiting for everything to really finish shaping up and get a chance to fully talk it out with my doctor before really start diving into different treatments options and stuff like that, but we'll see, you might be hearing from me down the road a bit Animal, thanks.

But I know what your talking about, my moms friend went YEARS with severe bowel issues/pain going to many doctors, who all told her it was just IBS until she finally found the right Doc that took the time and discovered she actually had Crohns, which from what I understand, is like UC of the entire intestinal tract, where UC only affects the colon/large intestine. The whole situation she was in was actually pretty scary looking at it now, but I do hear it can be a very hard disease to diagnose properly.
 
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