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Gall Stone Pancreatitis
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I was Diagnosed with Type 2 in 2011. I never received any medical advice. In 2012 I had severe pancreatitis from a Gall stone blockage. I was in the hospital for 2 weeks on water and ice until they took my Gall bladderout. While in the hospital I had high blood sugar and received insulin. After a few months I developed psydeucysts on my pancreas. One was as large as a grape fruit. I had surgery to drain it and was in the hospital for 5 days. I developed Gerd and had that for close to two years… read more

posted February 23, 2021
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I believe yes,your diabetes was/has been affected.Stress,injury( operation,)food restrictions,medication can all affect your glucose levels.Hopefully once your pancreatitis sorts out and you relax,your diabetes numbers will improve. It's problems with your pancreas that results in diabetes,so further problems in its working would seem extremely likely to affect diabetes.

posted February 24, 2021 (edited)
A DiabetesTeam Member

I've never had a HYPO or HYPER in the 22yrs I've been type2. I know from listening to the signs from my body ie. when my sight goes a bit out of focus, when I'm thirsty it means my sugars are a bit too high so I counteract my food intake immediately cos I listen to my body and I know what works for me. I am going to start having fried chips/fries again but NOT DEEP FRIED cos I've bought myself an AIR FRYER that uses 1tsp of oil so it's an excellent compromise. I make ALL my own bread and cakes cos I can control what goes into them (AGAVE NECTAR great sugar substitute). Often it's about the way u cook foods and not always about the foods u eat. Low carb, high fibre, low-medium G.I. , loads of fresh cold filtered water, the downside is lots of water makes u pee more but the upside is u get clean filtered healthy kidneys and clear pee. The right diet will give u energy u must LISTEN TO UR BODY and HEED THE SIGNS!!!

posted February 23, 2021 (edited)
A DiabetesTeam Member

Not sure but I would think it has you have to remember that diabetes is all to do with your blood so anything that has blood running through it can be a problem so all l can say is everyone has to try to get your sugars under control hopefully this will help you out

posted February 23, 2021
A DiabetesTeam Member

I have had GERD since my teens, as since birth I have GI issues and diseases. I go on medications for a while then off as per my doctor's advice. I had my gallbladder removed when I was 39 yrs old back in 2004. In my case those medications for GERD caused me to develop stomach polyps (very rare to have in the stomach, people usually get them in intestines) and extremely low blood magnesium levels (a side effect of Nexium), after the G scope the doctor took me off the Nexium. So for 2 years I had to endure GERD with once in a while taking Zantac or Tums, mind you from age 43 till age 51, I was on a medication which required me to take Tums 2000 mg per day split in 2 doses, so that helped with the GERD, I was also put on Vit D because of that medication putting me high risk osteoporosis at the time, it was stopped at 51 yrs old. I was put back on Nexium a few years ago when I developed severe esophagitis from a newly formed Hiatal Hernia (following shear pressure of coughing from a pneumonia in Aug 2018). So now a part of my stomach is sitting over my diaphragm muscle so acid reflux is always going to be an issue, and I am back on Nexium and prescribed magnesium supplements to compensate for the low magnesium that Nexium causes for me, treat one problem create another, the story of my life LOL. Now during all those events I was not diabetic. I just became diabetic in summer 2019.

Diabetes is an issue with our pancreas as it produces insulin. So any time you have pancreatitis it is normal your sugar levels as a diabetic will be all over the place. Also when having GERD depending on the medication you are put on to control it, many of them cause low blood magnesium levels (blood tests can confirm this and prescribed supplements help also)..

posted February 23, 2021

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