addictivepersona
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Or is something even wrong at all? Despite the fact that I tend to be a hypochondriac.
Let me start off by saying that I'm 5'3, 120ish pounds. By no means massively overweight. I think I have diabetes though... I match all the fucking signs and it's really freaking me out!
From http://www.diabetes.org/diabetes-basics/symptoms/ :
Type 1 Diabetes
* Frequent urination (every hour or two while at home...not as though I can't hold it longer)
* Unusual thirst (120+ ounces yesterday. Today ~100oz from 2-11p, ~80oz 12-6a, ~20oz 6-8a)
* Extreme hunger (I'm always hungry... Well, not always, but I'm hungry every two to three hours... But I eat frequent small meals... 200 calories here, 200 there... I typically don't sit down and eat huge meals at once)
* Unusual weight loss (Nope. Lost the 45 pounds I needed to nearly two years ago.)
* Extreme fatigue and Irritability (Had that up to a week ago... Was working a job where I really couldn't get any rest [night shift, day shift, night shift, day shift] and was pretty stressed out about the drug test I had to take to get the job I just started... Which has made the fatigue and irritability go away for the most part. I say for the most part, 'cause I also just quit smoking--Someone suggested to me that maybe smoking was masking my thirst like it tends to mask hunger?)
Type 2 Diabetes*
* Any of the type 1 symptoms (see above)
* Frequent infections (Nothing frequent, but I did have a bout with scurvy a month or so ago... Unsure if it was actually scurvy or not but I matched all the symptoms and my rash looked like some of the images I saw online... I couldn't go to the dr as I didn't have health insurance to cover it... Same with this issue, which is why I'm posting here...)
* Blurred vision (Sometimes when I'm tired my vision gets blurry, but it's nothing too drastic...)
* Cuts/bruises that are slow to heal (Yeah, but I've always had this problem...)
* Tingling/numbness in the hands/feet (This is the scary one--This symptom has developed within the past few months, and without reading it on this symptoms list, I noticed it...It's not a constant tingling/numbness, but sometimes when I stand up or sit down quickly, my hands will tingle for a second...)
* Recurring skin, gum, or bladder infections (I've always been prone to UTIs but haven't had one in awhile... Knock on wood.)
Blah, I don't know wtf could be wrong. I mean, it sure doesn't seem normal to drink 200oz of water in a day. What do you think? I mean, I'm not exercising a lot... All I did today was take my dog for a 30 minute walk and work for six hours (janitorial work basically...nothing too labor intensive, though I am on my feet constantly moving)... I didn't eat much salty food... I had about two cups of a homemade broccoli salad (broc., raisins, sunflower seeds, "mayo," and apple cider vinegar), a bagel with "butter," peanut butter sandwich, two mandarins, 1 1/2 cups (dry measurement) of plain old fashioned oatmeal with 1/4 cup raisins and some (maybe a tablespoon?) brown sugar...
I'm sorry this was so long. I appreciate you reading/skimming it all. If you could help me out that would be great. In the mean time, I think it's bed time for me...
Let me start off by saying that I'm 5'3, 120ish pounds. By no means massively overweight. I think I have diabetes though... I match all the fucking signs and it's really freaking me out!
From http://www.diabetes.org/diabetes-basics/symptoms/ :
Type 1 Diabetes
* Frequent urination (every hour or two while at home...not as though I can't hold it longer)
* Unusual thirst (120+ ounces yesterday. Today ~100oz from 2-11p, ~80oz 12-6a, ~20oz 6-8a)
* Extreme hunger (I'm always hungry... Well, not always, but I'm hungry every two to three hours... But I eat frequent small meals... 200 calories here, 200 there... I typically don't sit down and eat huge meals at once)
* Unusual weight loss (Nope. Lost the 45 pounds I needed to nearly two years ago.)
* Extreme fatigue and Irritability (Had that up to a week ago... Was working a job where I really couldn't get any rest [night shift, day shift, night shift, day shift] and was pretty stressed out about the drug test I had to take to get the job I just started... Which has made the fatigue and irritability go away for the most part. I say for the most part, 'cause I also just quit smoking--Someone suggested to me that maybe smoking was masking my thirst like it tends to mask hunger?)
Type 2 Diabetes*
* Any of the type 1 symptoms (see above)
* Frequent infections (Nothing frequent, but I did have a bout with scurvy a month or so ago... Unsure if it was actually scurvy or not but I matched all the symptoms and my rash looked like some of the images I saw online... I couldn't go to the dr as I didn't have health insurance to cover it... Same with this issue, which is why I'm posting here...)
* Blurred vision (Sometimes when I'm tired my vision gets blurry, but it's nothing too drastic...)
* Cuts/bruises that are slow to heal (Yeah, but I've always had this problem...)
* Tingling/numbness in the hands/feet (This is the scary one--This symptom has developed within the past few months, and without reading it on this symptoms list, I noticed it...It's not a constant tingling/numbness, but sometimes when I stand up or sit down quickly, my hands will tingle for a second...)
* Recurring skin, gum, or bladder infections (I've always been prone to UTIs but haven't had one in awhile... Knock on wood.)
Blah, I don't know wtf could be wrong. I mean, it sure doesn't seem normal to drink 200oz of water in a day. What do you think? I mean, I'm not exercising a lot... All I did today was take my dog for a 30 minute walk and work for six hours (janitorial work basically...nothing too labor intensive, though I am on my feet constantly moving)... I didn't eat much salty food... I had about two cups of a homemade broccoli salad (broc., raisins, sunflower seeds, "mayo," and apple cider vinegar), a bagel with "butter," peanut butter sandwich, two mandarins, 1 1/2 cups (dry measurement) of plain old fashioned oatmeal with 1/4 cup raisins and some (maybe a tablespoon?) brown sugar...
I'm sorry this was so long. I appreciate you reading/skimming it all. If you could help me out that would be great. In the mean time, I think it's bed time for me...