On 31 Jan 2004 22:39:22 GMT, you ,
[email protected] (Dasimpart), wrote:
>has anyone heard of someone losing speech or speaking with difficulty caused by diabetes2
Yep ....
Been there, done that, don't want to go through it again ... EVER !!!
At the beginning of December, I ended up in the ER with what seemed to be symptoms of a stroke ie:
badly slurred speech, right arm and leg useless ... one of the scariest experiences I've ever had,
and my first trip in an ambulance ....
When I reached the ER they found my bg was way too low (less than 2 mmol/L) and as they brought it
back up, my speech and movement returned to normal, much to my surprise (and total relief!!)
Apparently the whole thing was a combination of the low bg, being run down from not being well for a
couple weeks , and a minor infection (abcess in the foot)
For the record, my bgs are not out of control (latest HBA1c = 6.2) My own daily bg readings average
out around the 6.5 mmol/L mark. with fasting values around 4 to 4.5 most mornings ..
Now it only I could have achieved numbers like during the first 10 years after diagnosis, I'd
probably still have all ten toes .... <sigh> there's a lesson in there about people who bury their
heads in the sand and pretend they're not really ill with diabetes ...
Frank T2 since 1988, and trying much harder these days than I used to ..
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