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Today I spent 11 hours in ED. Apparently my opinion of what constipation is, is not correct. Constipation is the inability to clear the bowel. Not the hard dry stool I always thought it was, but it also can be. So yes, I do have constipation apparently. Whichever way you view it the muscles don't work.
Ok autonomic neuropathy is the term. this is when the myelin coating on the end of the nerves throughout the body are depleting. This causes the nerves not to work when required because they didn't send the message to the brain they needed to work now, hence they don't get the instruction back now is the hour.
Now because you are struggling with digestion, slow motility, food or fluid stacks in the upper intestine, effectively freezing the action. As I understand it the food stacking in the stomach send a warning to the brain which in turn panics and through FND causes a hold action. This was todays revelation for me. But I'm so lucky I get another step in the trap. The food being stacked in the upper stomach now can deploy vastly more glucose than a normal stomach can with a far swifter digestion rate. This is spiking my glucose levels bordering on coma territory, 25.9mmol/l, at 30 it is into coma. So, it is not what I eat it is the amount of stacking that occurs which generates the high glucose.
I would ask to have my glucose level tested, if only to eliminate the possibility.
In the event you have autonomic polyneuropathy, every nerve can be affected which in turn can affect a lot of the body and what it does.
Things to do, ask for a diabetes check, question the autonomic suggestion and enquire about FND. The you will know what you are dealing with.
If you end up with a diagnosis of any of the issues I have, I can gladly talk you through how it affects me. I cannot diagnose and will not.
I will load another post which details how I'm being affected and how far it has gotten so far.
Cheers