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Offline Pooh21

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« Reply #15 on: January 15, 2004, 04:05:56 PM »
If you drink too much it burns, go to your doc.


Or come over to my howse Ill open ya up and see whats what, and have you back together good as new, or close to it, maybe some parts'll be left over, but hey you probably dont need em
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« Reply #16 on: January 15, 2004, 04:09:43 PM »
Sometimes I feel very sleepy after eating something with lots of sugar.  This is often accompanied by a sick feeling.

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« Reply #17 on: January 15, 2004, 04:42:34 PM »
Just go to the Doc.

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« Reply #18 on: January 15, 2004, 06:44:51 PM »
The two symptons that you will experience if you are getting diabetic is a very unquenchable thirst and the need to go to the bathroom all the time.

Also you pee will smell funny and you may get blurred vision occasionally.

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« Reply #19 on: January 15, 2004, 10:12:16 PM »
Nah, you're fine.  Ive had type 1 Diabetes for quite a few years now.  Being sick when drinking a coke never happened to me, but you may want to have that checked out.

The symptoms I had were:

Excessive urination
Unquenchable thirst
hungry all the time
headache/nausea (very little)

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« Reply #20 on: January 15, 2004, 10:15:06 PM »
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Sometimes I feel very sleepy after eating something with lots of sugar.  This is often accompanied by a sick feeling.


Could be a problem.  I notice that when my blood sugar is high I get drowsy, also accompanied by the sick feeling.  You may want to have that checked out.  Just in case, the sooner you catch it the better.  (You should be OK though :D )  Probably just hyperglycemia, but still get checked out.

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« Reply #21 on: January 16, 2004, 12:44:01 AM »
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Saw a whole show on MythBusters on this one, they proved plain old water works just as well as coke for cleaning an engine or battery terminals.

As far as coke and your teeth they disproved the myth of it rotting teeth away quickly. Granted sugar isn't to great for your teeth anyway but you get the point.


Sorry! I used to work in the school holidays at a Cash Security Company. We REGULARLY used coke to clean old coins. One weekend we put the coins and coke in a tin coffee can (we'd run out of plastic ones), we came back in Monday morning to find the bottom of the can had been eaten clean through and there was coke and **** everywhere.

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« Reply #22 on: January 16, 2004, 06:53:14 AM »
It doesn't sound like Diabetis Mellitus, either Type I or Type II.

Type I (It used to be called Juvenile Onset) is the one where your body stops making insulin all together.  These are the kids that have to give themselves insulin shots every day since their body (for some reason) decided to destroy the cells that create insulin for their body.  

Type II (formerly Adult Onset-it changed because fat kids get it these days) is generally the result of either an insufficient release of insulin or because the body doesn't respond to the insulin as well as it used to.  Most folks that are type II are that way because of poor eating habits, are overweight, and sedentary.  

Some of the signs of DM (Diabetis) include excessive urination and thirst (someone mentioned this) although that is usually only seen with Type I Diabetics.  Type IIs can have this but usually the blood sugar levels on TypeIIs don't get above 250 (normal is 75-110ish).   Normally your blood sugar has to get above 300 for it to start overloading the system.  What happens then is the kidneys try to strain out the extra sugar.  Since Sugar draws water it takes water with it out into the urine (polyuria).  You dry out and then are thirsty all the time (polydypsia).  It is possible for a Type II diabetic to have these symptoms-I have seen Type IIs with blood sugars over 600 but in general it is rare.  

Diabetis is called a silent killer for a reason.  Most people won't have a single symptom for years.  Meanwhile that excess sugar causes vascular damage that generally effects their eyes, kidneys and heart.  

It sounds like it could (I mean could) be a hypoglycemic reaction although you should get more than just feeling some pain in your stomach.  Hypoglycemia can result from the body over reacting to a sugar load (like a soda) by kicking out a bunch of insulin.  The insulin does it's job (it's job is to transport sugar into the cells).  You end up with a bunch of insulin but no sugar eventually.  Your body is supposed to regulate this with another hormone called glucagon but sometimes the reaction is delayed.

If you are worried about it talk to your physician.  He (or She) can arrange for some tests, ranging from a simple finger stick blood sugar to a 3 or 5 hour glucose tolerence test where they have you drink something with about 8 billion grams of sugar and they check your blood sugar's rise and fall.  

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« Reply #23 on: January 16, 2004, 07:07:07 AM »
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For the last 6 months or so, whenever I drink a coke, I start to feel sick to my stomach.  This only happens with regular cokes, not diet ones.

Am I becoming diabetic?


Sounds like reflux osophoghitis (sp?)  basically the valve at the top of your stomach is too relaxed and when you over eat or eat very rich food or very fizzy soda's then it sort of leaks up the gullet.....causes nausea and in some cases extreme pain - very nasty.

Low fat diet and reduced alcohol, more roughage, losing weight if overweight fixes it.