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352441 tn?1196911139

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I recently moved and I dont have a doctor, I do however have Diabetes Mellitus. I have tried every pill in the book and all the insulin and nothing is working for me. It starts to for a month or so then I am back to square one. My sugar normally runs around the five hundreds. I am 23 and i work two jobs and I suffer from chronic leg pain as well. It could happen when i am sitting, resting, standing, walking, sleeping, anytime. It used to be just my feet would get that burning painful sensation. Now its my legs and a few spots on my spine. It hurts so much i cant walk, or bend down, and especially cant sleep. There is also something that looks like a heat rash. They are covered in red bumps. My body temperature changes drastically throughout the night as well.  My legs swell and it is difficult to walk. It feels like my skin has tightened and the muscles inside are expanding and trying to break the skin to get out. I suffer from nightly muscle spasm and sometimes i cant get out of bed. Im not sure if this leg pain is an effect of my uncontrolled diabetes or is there something else that i have. I can't afford a doctors visit yet, but am working on it. I was hoping maybe someone had some advice. I try looking up my symptoms on the internet but end up getting really confused, because it could be anything. oh yeah, and pain medications dont work with me either. they just make me sick and yes i eat something with them.. they just dont work.
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are you still there?  are you getting better?  did you get to the ER ?  we are all worried about you.  Hopefully if you do not answere you are in the hospital.
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You just have to get to a doctor, get your best friends or your parents to help with the cost but five hundred could put you into a diabetic coma. get someone close to you to help with the cost because you need help right away. good luck let us know what happens. am rooting for you.
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352441 tn?1196911139
i tried all the oral meds. insulin is what im on now. butim not sure if im taking the right dosages. my sugar levels stay pretty high and im so sleep y all the time. i went to the emergency care doctor at my nearest location. he was kind of a jerk and didnt offer me much information. so i guess im going to the ER. all they tell me to do is find a doctor. too bad i have no money to go to a doctor. but maybe things will work out soon. thanks everyone.
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Yeah, seriously, if your blood sugars are in the 500s you are in serious risk and you REALLY need to go to your nearest ER for treatment.  ALL the symptoms you have mentioned could be due to really high blood sugar levels.

Please get medical help and then see an nutritionist to help you find a diet that will work for you.

Best to you...
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307500 tn?1302116146
your fingers seem to be typing,  call 911 and they can take u to the hospital. U need to get your diabetes under control, are u taking oral med's or insulin or have your stopped taking them?
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352441 tn?1196911139
So i awake this morning, and the pain has traveled into my whole body. i couldnt move for over twenty hours.  i believe a hospital visit must be in order. if i could only get myself there.
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I am not a Dr. but it sounds like the pain in the legs may be Neuropathy.  In bad cases it can be so painful that you can't sleep because the sheets on the bed weigh enough to cause enough pain to keep you awake.  There are special " pain killers" for this but they are actually drugs that block the nerves signal to the brain that you are in pain.  Definately need to see a Dr when you can afford it.  As for you sugars running in the 500s that is DEFINATELY bad.  I would be interested to know what Insulins you have tried because that should bring it down and I cant see why it wouldn't.  Change of body temp at night could be caused by the high glucose levels.  It sounds like you have several different things going on here at the same time.
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