Alan.Hess@f1000.n261.z1.fidonet.org (Alan Hess) (07/18/90)
Index Number: 9240
[This is from the Spinal Injury Conference]
I sometimes have episodes of transient weakness and lightheadedness, which seems
to be caused by low blood sugar (it goes away quickly if I drink something
sweet). I'm not diabetic, so I have no idea what the cause is. Any ideas?
*adh*
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Internet: Alan.Hess@f1000.n261.z1.fidonet.orgJean.Prophet@f33.n371.z1.fidonet.org (Jean Prophet) (07/18/90)
Index Number: 9245 [This is from the Spinal Injury Conference] > I sometimes have episodes of transient weakness and lightheadedness, > which seems to be caused by low blood sugar (it goes away quickly if > I drink something sweet). I'm not diabetic, so I have no idea what > the cause is. Any ideas? *adh* Just what you said - your blood sugar is low. It happens to many different people and various times - even to me. Buddy also complains of this as does my mother (neither are diabetic either). Jean -- Uucp: ..!{decvax,oliveb}!bunker!hcap!hnews!371!33!Jean.Prophet Internet: Jean.Prophet@f33.n371.z1.fidonet.org
Jerry.Pickup@p33.f1.n360.z1.fidonet.org (Jerry Pickup) (07/18/90)
Index Number: 9250
[This is from the Spinal Injury Conference]
In a message to all <10 Jul 90 19:04:00> Alan Hess wrote:
AH> I sometimes have episodes of transient weakness and lightheadedness,
AH> which seems to be caused by low blood sugar (it goes away quickly if
AH> I drink something sweet). I'm not diabetic, so I have no idea what
AH> the cause is. Any ideas? *adh*
Gosh, I'm glad everybody else has the same problems I do. I
ususlly fix it by eating cake or something real sickeningly sweet.
It doesn't bother me if I eat good but SEEMS to happen more
frequently if I consume much caffiene. It also gets worse when I
take diuretics. (To flush kidney stones that won't pass on their
own) I'm not sure where the connection is and although I have had
dextrostix that showed my blood sugar to be dangerously low at
times, my doctor says it has always been good when he has done
blood work so he's not worried. (??)
-Jerry
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Internet: Jerry.Pickup@p33.f1.n360.z1.fidonet.orgGuy.Fisher@f539.n157.z1.fidonet.org (Guy Fisher) (07/28/90)
Index Number: 9578 [This is from the Spinal Injury Conference] In a message to Jerry Pickup (July 15, 1990), Alan Hess writes: >> JP: It doesn't bother me if I eat good but SEEMS to happen more >> JP: frequently if I consume much caffiene. It also gets worse when I >> JP: take diuretics. (To flush kidney stones that won't pass on their >> JP: own) > AH: Yet another of the joys of quadhood, I guess. I always > AH: drink caffiene, and don't always have the low sugar problem, > AH: so I don't think they're related in my case. Could be, I > AH: suppose. It's just another thing the docs know nothing > AH: about, so I'll keep handling it the way I have been (worked > AH: so far). *adh* Alan -- I recently saw a urologist concerning a bladder stone I've developed and one of the things he warned me about was caffiene. According to him caffiene and the coloring used in dark carbonated drinks put the kidneys and bladder at a greater risk for developing stones. Of course, the number one cause is too little liquid intake (my biggest sin!). Like you say though, doctors don't know everything, and if you've got things working smoothly that's the most important thing. But, if any others are having problems with stones (or do so in the future) this might be an item to consider. -- Guy -- Uucp: ..!{decvax,oliveb}!bunker!hcap!hnews!157!539!Guy.Fisher Internet: Guy.Fisher@f539.n157.z1.fidonet.org
Frank.Whitney@f1000.n261.z1.fidonet.org (Frank Whitney) (08/10/90)
Index Number: 9668 [This is from the Spinal Injury Conference] > I quoted your entire message because it is IMPORTANT. My >doctor told me 30 years ago that I would die of either kidney >failure or a simple cold gone bad. As a quad I still think he >was right. Most of my quad friends have died from those TWO >causes. > > DRINK DRINK DRINK ... BREATH DEEP BREATH DEEP BREATH DEEP. Once when I was in the hospital I developed symptoms that were leading to pneumonia because I couldn't really cough very well they elevated my legs and had my head lower than the rest of my body. They kept beating on my back until I said I was going to get sick, well that's exactly what they wanted. When I heaved everything that was in my chest came up. After that experience I decided that if at all possible I'd never get in that position again. Fortunately so far I've been free of that problem for over 20 years. Unfortunately, I can't say the same about my kidneys. When I was first in the hospital I had an internal catheter but it kept getting clogged up within several hours. It was decided that the best thing they could do was to operate and perform a loop. It probably saved my life but it is a real pain. One of the problems that I wasn't told about was that every several years it has to be revised which is a real pain and because of scar tissue they have to revise the connection. This then puts me out of commission for several weeks. In addition, it's been over eight years since my last operation so I can see from my x-rays that it's probably not going to be very long before I need some more surgery. Not a really comforting thought but I do trust my urologist and surgeon. If I'd had been drinking the way I should have been over the last 20 years I'd probably still have good function in both of my kidneys. Now one is doing about 75 percent of the work and the other is just limping along. Whenever I meet a newly injured person I always encourage them to drink plenty of fluids and keep their lungs and skin in good shape. Frank. -- Via Opus Msg Kit v1.01 -- Uucp: ..!{decvax,oliveb}!bunker!hcap!hnews!261!1000!Frank.Whitney Internet: Frank.Whitney@f1000.n261.z1.fidonet.org
Joe.Chamberlain@f140.n150.z1.fidonet.org (Joe Chamberlain) (08/10/90)
Index Number: 9671
[This is from the Spinal Injury Conference]
>> DRINK DRINK DRINK ... BREATH DEEP BREATH DEEP BREATH DEEP.
FW> If I'd had been drinking the way I should have been over the last 20
FW> years I'd probably still have good function in both of my kidneys.
FW> Now one is doing about 75 percent of the work and the other is just
FW> limping along. Whenever I meet a newly injured person I always
FW> encourage them to drink plenty of fluids and keep their lungs and
FW> skin in good shape.
Yep. Daily skin checks. They are so natural I forgot to
mention them. One hour of down time now is worth six months
later. Jeezze, aren't we all just full of information.
-=joe=-
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Internet: Joe.Chamberlain@f140.n150.z1.fidonet.orgFrank.Whitney@f1000.n261.z1.fidonet.org (Frank Whitney) (08/10/90)
Index Number: 9673 [This is from the Spinal Injury Conference] > Yep. Daily skin checks. They are so natural I forgot to >mention them. One hour of down time now is worth six months >later. Jeezze, aren't we all just full of information. > Yes, that is one of my biggest concerns. It just burns me up when I see someone not take care of themselves. I think that the ones that I don't understand the most is when a paraplegic that is capable of doing push ups breaks down from not doing them. Frank. -- Via Opus Msg Kit v1.01 -- Uucp: ..!{decvax,oliveb}!bunker!hcap!hnews!261!1000!Frank.Whitney Internet: Frank.Whitney@f1000.n261.z1.fidonet.org