In the garden, and RAIN!!! (2)
POSTED BY: SIGNYM
UPDATED: Monday, September 7, 2026 11:50
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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
I hate to do online diagnosis, but IMHO you sound too cogent to be in diabetic ketoacidosis. If you feel unusually fatigued it could be caffeine withdrawal,
Early symptoms of diabetic ketoacidosis are
Being very thirsty
Urinating often
Feeling a need to throw up and throwing up
Having stomach pain
Being weak or tired
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/diabetic-ketoacidosis/s
ymptoms-causes/syc-20371551
Emergency symptoms of diabetic ketoacidosis include fast breathing (Blowing off CO2) flushed cheeks and confusion. Unfortunatelu, by the time you're confused you're prolly too far gone to call 911. So, out of abundance of caution, do something TOMORROW. Don't wait for Monday.
Either go to your nearest pharmacy and get those pee stix and test yourself. What you do after that depends on what you find, but may warrant a call to 911. Or go to your nearest urgent care. Or if you're in deep shit call 911. They have the capacity to respnd to diabetic crises (sugar too high or too low) right away, like. on the scene. It's one of the easiest things to treat.
If it turns out not to be diabetes that will require more sleuthing.
No throwing up. No feeling like I need to throw up. No stomach pains. No fast breathing. No flushed cheeks. No confusion.
Being very thirsty and urinating often has been going on for 4 to 5 months. Probably around the amount of time the weight loss has been going on. The weak/tired part has only been on and off for about 2-3 weeks now, probably because I'm losing weight that I'm not supposed to be losing even after eating beyond my fill every day.
I wasn't feeling unusually fatigued yesterday without the caffeine, at least not any more than I've felt recently. Just bored and tired and not feeling like doing anything.
I'm going to call the doctor today. Who knows how long the waiting list is going to be. Hopefully they can see me before my body eats itself.
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Growing up in a Republic was nice... Shame we couldn't keep it.
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Good to see you posting so coherently, SIX. At this point you seem to have an urgent problem, but not one that requires 911. Since it's not an emergency I hope you get to see your doctor in the next few days.
Keep posting, m'kay?
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Out for my walk in the rain in a bit. Need to do a couple of small things.
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Oh, a fossilized lower jaw bone of a large predator that was originally found back in the 1960s outside Medicine Hat Alberta has finally been identified. It is the lower jaw bone of a Dire wolf. The scientists of the time thought it could be that but the technology wasn't good enough to do a complete analyze of it at the time.
I knew from all my reading on archaeology and such that they roamed this continent but this is the first time how far north they actually were.
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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Good to see you posting so coherently, SIX. At this point you seem to have an urgent problem, but not one that requires 911. Since it's not an emergency I hope you get to see your doctor in the next few days.
Keep posting, m'kay?
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"It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal." - Henry Kissinger
Yeah. My brain seems to be working like normal. I've talked to several relatives on the phone today and I can manage keeping up a conversation just fine. I think I was being a bit hyperbolic talking about my imminent death, but the weight loss isn't going away even though I'm eating so much and so frequently that I haven't actually felt anything resembling hunger in 5 days but I'm still losing weight.
I called the doctor and they're not even available until Monday, so I'll call them back on Monday and stress that this is a serious issue and hope they can get me in ASAP. Otherwise, I'm going to look into the local clinic even though they don't have a doctor there and see what they can do.
I'm just hoping it's not cancer at this point. I'd really rather it not be Type one Diabetes either, but I'll take that over cancer.
It doesn't even make any sense to me. Aside from my drinking weight 6.5 years ago when it was out of control, I've never been more than 15 or 20 lbs overweight and that was only during the winter months. I've got a brother who's 450lbs and is addicted to soda and he doesn't have diabetes.
It's too bad. I love the way I look right now. If the low energy and the continued weight loss weren't a factor, I'd be really happy.
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If you were losing weight that fast and it was cancer, it seems to me that you'd have other symptoms. By that stage in my experience ANY cancer, even the ones that start out asymptomatically (ovarian, pancreatic, liver, lung) show SOME sort of symprom- pain, low oxygenation, loss of appetite/nausea etc.
Do you have enough canola oil in your diet? You need 2-3T a day to make hormones.
Another thing to consider is hyperthyroidism:
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Hyperthyroidism sometimes looks like other health problems. That can make it hard to diagnose. It can cause many symptoms, including:
** Losing weight without trying.**
Fast heartbeat, a condition called tachycardia.
Irregular heartbeat, also called arrhythmia.
Pounding of the heart, sometimes called heart palpitations.
Increased hunger.
Nervousness, anxiety and irritability.
Tremor, usually a small trembling in the hands and fingers.
Sweating.
Increased sensitivity to heat.
Changes in bowel patterns, especially more-frequent bowel movements.
Enlarged thyroid gland, sometimes called a goiter, which may appear as a swelling at the base of the neck.
Tiredness.
Muscle weakness.
Sleep problems.
Warm, moist skin.
Thinning skin.
Fine, brittle hair.
Older adults are more likely to have symptoms that are hard to notice. These symptoms may include an irregular heartbeat, weight loss, depression, and feeling weak or tired during ordinary activities.
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/hyperthyroidism/symptom
s-causes/syc-20373659
Thirst is controlled by the hypothalamus, so one thing that throws the hypothalamus out of whack is the thyroid. Also, your basal metabolic rate is controlled by the thyroid
If I were your doctor I do a physical (BP, O2, respiration rate and heart rate, listen to heart and lungs etc) and order a BMP (basic metabolic panel https://medlineplus.gov/lab-tests/basic-metabolic-panel-bmp/) which will reveal/rule out any serious metabolic issues (including diabetes), and a test for thyroid hormones. After that, I haven't a clue. But given that your symptoms don't seem to indicate cancer I think I'd start with something simple.
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Back in from the rain.
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Back in from the rain.
Sounds like a wet spring. It could be worse: sus texted me that she had to scrape frost off the windshield this AM.
OY VEY!
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Back in from the rain.
Sounds like a wet spring. It could be worse: sus texted me that she had to scrape frost off the windshield this AM.
OY VEY!
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It is. I understand. Parts of Ontario and Quebec got hit with a massive ice storm at the end of last week. The storm then continued on to the Maritimes. Quebec last I heard was still working to get the power back on for people.
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If you were losing weight that fast and it was cancer, it seems to me that you'd have other symptoms. By that stage in my experience ANY cancer, even the ones that start out asymptomatically (ovarian, pancreatic, liver, lung) show SOME sort of symprom- pain, low oxygenation, loss of appetite/nausea etc.
I mean, I've had all sorts of weird stuff happening over the last 6 months. I've had a few episodes where I lose my balance, once or twice while I was on the stairs. I always catch myself before a fall happens, but that's weird. I'll also drop tools while I'm using them sometimes too. My mom has MS, so I always thought about that when these things would happen.
I don't know about low oxygenation. I think I'd need a test for that. I don't have problems breathing, but for the last 5 or so weeks if I'm doing anything overhead that's more strenuous than painting than I feel like I've been lifting weights. That could be from a complete lack of potassium from all the coffee drinking though. I've been eating at least one if not two bananas a day for a week now.
No pain though, except for that one day 6 to 8 weeks ago where it felt like I was passing a rock through my intestines and I ended up on the pot for 45 minutes with diarrhea. I was literally expecting a rock to come out, but the pain just went away and I was fine after that. I could count on 2 hands the amount of times I've had diarrhea in the last 20 years. (well.. maybe not. I probably had it while I was drinking).
No nausea at all. Appetite is fine. I think I'm having acid reflux more now than I usually do though. It's always been really bad when I get it since my early 20's, but its rather infrequent. I'm probably getting it on average once per week right now, which seems really high to me.
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Do you have enough canola oil in your diet? You need 2-3T a day to make hormones.
2-3 Table spoons? I'll start putting it back in my dinner when I eat. Could I just take 2-3 table spoons if I'm not going all out cooking?
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Another thing to consider is hyperthyroidism:
Yeah... That was on my radar too. Doesn't happen often to white males from what I've read, but I just found out my Uncle who is a cancer survivor had his thyroid removed. I didn't know that until 2 days ago. There is a hereditary element to thyroid problems from what I've read.
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Hyperthyroidism sometimes looks like other health problems. That can make it hard to diagnose. It can cause many symptoms, including:
YES ** Losing weight without trying.**
YES, on occasion - Fast heartbeat, a condition called tachycardia.
INCONCLUSIVE - Irregular heartbeat, also called arrhythmia.
I DON'T THINK SO - Pounding of the heart, sometimes called heart palpitations.
NO (in fact, I'm eating so much these days just to not lose weight that I don't ever feel hungry and I'm forcing stuff down - Increased hunger.
THAT'S EVERY DAY FOR ME SINCE FOREVER - Nervousness, anxiety and irritability.
YES, but I drank 2 pots of coffee a day until 3 days ago - Tremor, usually a small trembling in the hands and fingers.
NO - Sweating.
WE'LL SEE, Been living pretty cold for a long time - Increased sensitivity to heat.
NO - Changes in bowel patterns, especially more-frequent bowel movements.
NO - Enlarged thyroid gland, sometimes called a goiter, which may appear as a swelling at the base of the neck.
YES, but I cut almost all the coffee out and I've lost a lot of weight - Tiredness.
YES - Muscle weakness.
YES, but that's from getting up to pee every 90 minutes to 120 minutes - Sleep problems.
NO - Warm, moist skin.
POSSIBLY, it seems that my skin is pretty dry and gets cut easily these days - Thinning skin.
NO - Fine, brittle hair.
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Thirst is controlled by the hypothalamus, so one thing that throws the hypothalamus out of whack is the thyroid. Also, your basal mNOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | PERMALINK | TOP | HOME