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Is this age-related decline in GFR or kidney disease?
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I understand your decisions. That said, the body does adjust to whatever your usual blood sugars are, and so although you have no symptoms at 200, it is still damaging your body, including your digestive and nervous systems. Financial constraints are a real problem with type 1 and presumably type 2 like yours. I just wonder, despite what you say, whether the high blood sugars are causing or contributing to dysautonomia and GI problems that could improve with better control. But I understand the barriers. Even testing adequately causes a lot of money.
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Hi,
Yes I fully understand the consequences of what I'm doing, but as Dysautonomia is progressive it really doesn't matter at what speed the progression happens. It continues unabated regardless of what the experts have tried.
My insulin pens and test strips are fully funded and do the job just fine under normal circumstances, but I'm way past normal.
The Dysautonomia is slowing my digestion to the point where I struggle to get enough food and fluid in daily. It interferes with my bowels, bladder and causes problems with the throat. It is the nerves associated with these actions that are corrupted. That corruption is not treatable or curable. The nerves are the connection between the brain and the muscles which are normally instructed to do the work, yet don't do the work very well for me. I/we cannot replace the nerves therefore cannot correct the problem. No amount of intervention will change that. My other health issues come a distant second to this. My only options are; slow the progression or let nature take it's course.
Last resort, I have opted to let nature take it's course, unaided.
Thanks for the concern.
Cheers