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Originally Posted by Jason (Post 155660)

Thanks again Brian and everyone.

Brian, I brought my GTT test, blood, and urine tests to the neuro. He said the tests didn't show anything related to the neuropathies. My family doctor said a few weeks ago that the GTT test shows that I likely have Pre-diabetes and that might have to do with the neuropathies. I had to ask my family doctor a couple times before he got me the GTT test. He didn't seem to know Pre-diabetes doesn't have to show up in a regular blood test. Since I was on Risperdal so long I wanted that test for Pre-diabetes. I'm glad that your PN expert diagnosed Pre-diabetes as your cause based on your GTT test. Was that all he needed to make the diagnosis?

Hope you got to relax a bit. Take care.

Thanks mate, i am glad that you were on to the side affects of that drug and you pushed for the GTT, with those results it's real important to keep that weight off, no high sugary carbs, eat sensibly which you are and as Mrs D said, eat lots of Low GI foods especially,the benefits are that the blood glucose level rises and falls gradually, providing a slow release of energy from carbohydrate into the body.
My neuro sent me off with a long list of blood tests to get done as well as the
GTT, all the rest come back ok, but of course my sugar levels were not.
Brian :)

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Originally Posted by Megan (Post 155818)

......outcomes of which I'm sure we are all aware of, but often do not necessarily take seriously - soft drink consumption!

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/560344

Jason your question: ‘Also why do people with pre-diabetes get PN when people with long standing diabetes don't get it’, has me totally puzzled too. It just doesn’t make a lot of sense. I wonder if there are other as yet undiscovered comorbid conditions related to this! I went to a diabetologist/endocrinologist a couple of weeks ago and he totally denied that there was a connection BUT that is NOT what the published literature that I have been reading, is saying.

Also from Jason’s post: ‘Brian, thanks for the info. That site says that QST uses temperature to test the small fibers and vibration to test the large fibers. He didn't use QST but he used hand held tools to test temperature and vibration and asked me for feedback’. That is the same with the neurologist I went to. Only used some ‘tools’ on hand – nothing computerised to test sensations and proprioception. Do neurologists usually have this equipment in their rooms or do you have to get QST done as a separate test in a specialised lab?

Hi Megan, i was sent down to the Alfred hospital for the QST , it's no big deal only a small computorized thing with some electrodes.
Brian :)

This test may be useful for you too, Jason:

http://www.labtestsonline.org/unders.../a1c/test.html

This gives a level over longer periods of time... sort of an average.
If it is elevated, then you are no longer pre-diabetic.

Megan, I could not access the article. What did it say about soft drinks?

Hi Susan (just noticed that your name is Susan),

I've sent you a pm with the link and a cut and paste in case the link still doesn't work.

Megan

That was very nice of you to go to that trouble for me! I was quite interested, as I have a malignant, carnal relationship with Diet Coke with Lime. Now I see it for the tawdry affair it was. Sigh. I will mourn the break up, but try to move on with my life. Maybe I will be seduced by a glass of fresh, clean water tomorrow, and it will develop into a lifetime relationship.

Very funny Susan...

...maybe squeeze some fresh lime/lemon juice into the water....very refreshing! It is a matter of retraining ourselves and our taste buds. I've found that after a while of having healthier alternatives you wonder what you ever saw in the former 'tawdry affair'.

Carbonated drinks are also reputed to prevent calcium absorption into bones which can of course lead to osteoporosis. So there's another good reason to end that Diet Coke affair!

Very funny Susan...

ovoid the diet or other soft drinks

You DON'T want to have a sacral fracture. I've never had any thing so painful before. You think PN is painful. It's a walk in the park (yeah I know it's bad I have it) compared to the sacral fractures. And soft brittle bones are from osteoporosis. Anything that degrades bones should be advoided.

Billye

My bone density studies are okay so far, but that's not something I want to tempt fate with. So I will take your advice, Billye. I believe you about the pain of sacral fractures. But have you been able to hear me screaming in withdrawal this afternoon? And I think Coca Cola stock dropped.