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[Busman67]

Hi,

I am very newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, in fact I had my first appointment with the practice nurse today. Obviously, I need to do a bit of research on this site and get to understand things better, but I think I understand the basics.

I was just wondering if anyone else has the same combination of conditions as me as I also have sleep apnoea and am on lifelong Warfarin as I have Factor V Lieden and have had two pulmonary embolisms. I also have an underactive thyroid. In fact it might be easier to list what is right with me 🙂

Is this a common set of conditions and if so is there anything I need to know about how each of them might interact with each other? My GP and practice nurse have both said that this is a reasonably common set of conditions and that they shouldn't really interact with each other, but it is aways good to hear other people's experiences.

Anyway, just thought I would pop on and say hi.

Busman67

 

[Martin Canty]

Hi Busman, welcome to the forum

 

[Owen]

Hi,

I am very newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, in fact I had my first appointment with the practice nurse today. Obviously, I need to do a bit of research on this site and get to understand things better, but I think I understand the basics.

I was just wondering if anyone else has the same combination of conditions as me as I also have sleep apnoea and am on lifelong Warfarin as I have Factor V Lieden and have had two pulmonary embolisms. I also have an underactive thyroid. In fact it might be easier to list what is right with me 🙂

Is this a common set of conditions and if so is there anything I need to know about how each of them might interact with each other? My GP and practice nurse have both said that this is a reasonably common set of conditions and that they shouldn't really interact with each other, but it is aways good to hear other people's experiences.

Anyway, just thought I would pop on and say hi.

Busman67

I have a different set, Crohn's PDA, OA, Carpal and Tunnel Syndrome, GERD and Bipolar. So we do tend to collect them. There are quite a few collectors on the forum

 

[Groovychick]

Welcome i

 

[grovesy]

Welcome!

 

[Greyhound Gal]

Welcome to the gang Busman. I too have a little collection, but none of yours I'm afraid, so I can't really comment on them. I know there are people on the forum on Warfarin, and I'm fairly sure I've seen other threads where people have said they suffer from sleep apnoea and thyroid problems. Hopefully one of them may be able to help you.🙂

 

[trophywench]

I've not heard anyone with Hypothyroid saying there's interaction, including me - except of course when you're tired you have to think and test because you wonder whether your BG's high or it's the thyroid. My main thing with the thyroid is to feel freezing cold in eg an outside temperature of 30 - then I scoot off back to the docs to find out whether the levothyroxine needs increasing. I spose the same applies with sleep apnoea, since obviously until you get on the 'breathing machine' (c-pap is it) every night, the main side effect of that is tiredness too. I don't have it as far as I and my husband are aware, but again I've never heard of interactions. My MIL was T2 and on Warfarin for life - and it seemed to have no effect whatever, even bodging her fingers to test at least every morning and at other times whenever required.

 

[Radders]

Hi, I found that my insulin requirements dropped when I eventually got up to the right dose of thyroxine for me, which might indicate that hypothyroidism is linked to insulin resistance perhaps.