Did you know that diabetes can damage the vagus nerve and cause gastroparesis? I always thought I'd be able to take the great meds that they advertise all over TV....alas...I can't. Im allergic, and the side effects are NO JOKE. Mix food poisoning with anaphylaxis and you've about got it. So I had to go straight to insulin.
Thankfully I have a great doctor (Fran) whose been watching metabolic syndrome set in as I underwent ivig therapy. We knew I had to lose weight and reverse the damage to my pancreas, but I had to be stable. We had to rule out poryphria. And we needed to be certain that my liver could handle it.
Thankfully i got the go ahead, and now Fran's entire team is helping me rapidly heal my liver and put the diabetes in remission. Time to reverse the damage done by the medicines that saved me.
Isn't that interesting? NAFLD and DIABETES are significant problems, but they were necessary side effects given what I was fighting. Puts it in perspective.
And yet as I write this, I know there are those who think I've been making this up, or sharing about it to get attention. There are no words. Just the women warriors I've begun to paint.
Facebook reminded me today of all the people who helped me through a year of grueling treatment. Thank you. I mean it. Words can't express my gratitude today.
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