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Heart & Blood Health | Last Active: 13 hours ago | Replies (21)
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Thanks so much for sharing your experience, Scott! especially interesting to hear about the blood sugar issue. I've had type 2 diabetes for 27 years, and fairly well-controlled until this stroke. NOW, I've had a much harder time keeping it down (even with insulin) the last 6 weeks ever since my stroke. The very high blood pressure is new, though, and very scary, as is the severe arm and hand pain keeping me awake at night.
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Yeah, I actually had to shoot insulin for a few months after the stroke. About 40 units/day, 20 AM and 20 PM.
Then one day...I didn't need it at all. Instead, I couldn't get my blood sugar *up*. I was eating candy like...well, candy. I had to keep honey and cola on standby at all times.
That lasted about three months. Then I stabilized.
But the pain...For about 18 months I was in continual torment, taking large doses of ibuprofen, acetaminophen, and naproxen like there was no tomorrow -- because for me, I wasn't sure I would survive through the nights.
Doctors were useless; they wouldn't prescribe anything and then told me to quit taking painkillers because they were affecting my bloodwork. Like I cared.
Again, it sort-of moderated. Pain is still my constant companion. I sleep very poorly. It's now been nearly 7 years since I had a decent night's sleep. I guess it will be like that until I die.