artemis
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Giraffe said:post 104071 Do you have symptoms (not directly related to high blood sugar) that can give you a clue that you are lacking specific nutrients? You mentioned calf's cramps in another thread, didn't you? (magnesium or potassium?)
The naturopath does think the leg and foot cramps are directly related to the high blood glucose. I don't remember how she explained it, but I know they are related, because when my BG is high (upper 200's to mid 300's), I get them every morning, and when it's lower, I don't get them. It's definitely not magnesium, as I get that from a few different sources: I drink mag. bicarb water every day, take a mag. malate tablet most days, soak in epsom salt bath most days, and I also have a bottle of mag. oil that I spray on most days. As far as potassium, I don't know. I think I'm going to order some liquid potassium and try it.
One other symptom that has come up recently is I'm shedding hair like crazy. It's been like this for about a month now (right after I stopped all supplements, hmm !) Of course, it could be just a delayed reaction to all the stress I've been under worrying about all this. Who knows. I have resumed the B-vitamins as of this past week. No change in the hair shedding yet. I don't actually notice any bald spots or thinning, thank goodness, it's just shedding all the time, a lot more than usual, and when I gather it all up to put it in a ponytail or something, I can tell that there's a lot less there! Oh joy, the fun never stops!
Today is my 7th day of taking high-dose biotin, 20mg a few times a day. No great results so far. BG was 334 last week and 309 today. Better, but not by that much. Anyone else been trying this? The two supplements that the naturopath recommended came in the mail today, so I have begun those. I guess I'll keep up the biotin, and the other B's, too.
I can relate one small bit of good news: I had to go to the dentist last week for a problem with a crown. The assistant looked at it, then went to talk with the dentist in another room, then came back and said "He wants me to get an x-ray." I refused the x-ray. She tried to convince me it was safe. At one point she said "It's digital" (!). I still refused, the dentist came in and did what he had to do without the x-ray, and everything turned out fine. I'm celebrating small victories these days!
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