Pegrod39
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Hello Everyone, I am new to this forum but have been surfing for a few weeks now. I am currently concerned about my symptoms. Here is some of my health background. I am a type2 diabetic with excellent A1C tests since diagnosed, have been able to control it with metformin and diet for the past 5 years. I have also had a complete thyroidectomy about 10 years ago. After being on Synthroid for 6 years, 5 years ago I began having symptoms of passing out asleep while driving, feeling dizzy, extreme dry mouth at night and my thryoid levels went out off the charts high. The figured out at the Endo Clinic that I had developed type 2 diabetes when my body began rejecting my thryoid medicine suddenly. They switched brand of thyroid meds and put me on metformin and told me that came with the territory of not having a thyroid. I have had many years of feeling off and having strange symptoms since 21 years old. This past years I had been feeling really strange, had chest pains, feelings of dizziness ( i am deaf in right ear since early childhood and ringing constanctly), the ringing had greatly increased as did my balance being even more off recently. I'd alway had a small balance issue which i always attributed to my ringing and inner ear problems, alot of times a couple weeks on meclizine would help with the nausea and dizziness that went with that. This past year I have had many tests done to check on the reason for the dizziness and nausea. All heart tests came out normal.
So in late May of this year I began experiencing a new symptom, my stomache began rolling as if I had a full grown baby in there with constipation/diarrhea at any given sitting. The rolling cramps didnt hurt but they persisted and persisted. I was in and out of the hospital the entire month of June, I was also having a stranged cramping in the side of neck that still continues to come and go, very stange. They concluded that I probably had a bout with irritable bowel. Soon after that in July when those rolling stomache cramps finally stopped, I began noticing a feeling of being jittery or shakey all over my body, especially arms, legs etc along with a feeling of buzzing or electric in my feet and legs, sometimes arms. I was with my mom one day when we had just eaten and about an hour later I asked her to take me home because I suddenly became so exhausted i needed to lay down. Ever since that day those strange feelings have continued on with the addition of body wide twitching, even in face and feeling like I can barely walk without my legs giving out on me they feel very wobbly to me, like Jello. Some days are worse than others. But I wake up feeling shaky and twiching and go to bed the same way. I did go to my doctor and told him my symptoms. He gave me brief exam, including checking my reflexes, he said those appeared normal to him. He said he wanted bloodwork to check enzymes and levels, a couple days later he said that my bloodwork was really good, a1c normal, thyroid 1.3, and the only thing that was slightly abnormal was he said I was very slightly anemic and the muscle enzymes showed some inflammation, he said if the twiching and shaky feeling didnt stop he wanted me to come back because I could be developing some myopathy. That didn't sound good. Well these symptoms have continued, I was looking at my legs today and noticed that my left calf is a bit smaller than my right, I haven't had any muscle cramps in my legs at all and only slight soreness in my feet, hands and arms, kind of like hot spots of soreness or achiness. I want to go back to the doc but at the same i don't.
I am having the buzzing in my legs as i speak, sometimes it seems as if my body feels like I have electric running all through me. Here is a pic of my calves. Anyone have any thoughts?
So in late May of this year I began experiencing a new symptom, my stomache began rolling as if I had a full grown baby in there with constipation/diarrhea at any given sitting. The rolling cramps didnt hurt but they persisted and persisted. I was in and out of the hospital the entire month of June, I was also having a stranged cramping in the side of neck that still continues to come and go, very stange. They concluded that I probably had a bout with irritable bowel. Soon after that in July when those rolling stomache cramps finally stopped, I began noticing a feeling of being jittery or shakey all over my body, especially arms, legs etc along with a feeling of buzzing or electric in my feet and legs, sometimes arms. I was with my mom one day when we had just eaten and about an hour later I asked her to take me home because I suddenly became so exhausted i needed to lay down. Ever since that day those strange feelings have continued on with the addition of body wide twitching, even in face and feeling like I can barely walk without my legs giving out on me they feel very wobbly to me, like Jello. Some days are worse than others. But I wake up feeling shaky and twiching and go to bed the same way. I did go to my doctor and told him my symptoms. He gave me brief exam, including checking my reflexes, he said those appeared normal to him. He said he wanted bloodwork to check enzymes and levels, a couple days later he said that my bloodwork was really good, a1c normal, thyroid 1.3, and the only thing that was slightly abnormal was he said I was very slightly anemic and the muscle enzymes showed some inflammation, he said if the twiching and shaky feeling didnt stop he wanted me to come back because I could be developing some myopathy. That didn't sound good. Well these symptoms have continued, I was looking at my legs today and noticed that my left calf is a bit smaller than my right, I haven't had any muscle cramps in my legs at all and only slight soreness in my feet, hands and arms, kind of like hot spots of soreness or achiness. I want to go back to the doc but at the same i don't.
I am having the buzzing in my legs as i speak, sometimes it seems as if my body feels like I have electric running all through me. Here is a pic of my calves. Anyone have any thoughts?