Re: Support...of what????

 Some examples of answers I had to send through PM to people since the only people allowed to post on Ask Curezone are people who continuously violate TOS by attacking me and even starting threads with the sole purpose of attacking and lying about me but are friends of the moderator. Just too bad that others cannot be helped by  reading the information due to the politics here on CZ. I am really surprised that the moderators are not screened better!!!

If her blood sugar levels were checked and they are normal then she should have her antidiuretic hormone (ADH) levels checked to rule out diabetes insipidus.

The term diabetes itself literally means excessive urination. Therefore not all forms of diabetes involve abnormalities in blood sugar. Diabetes insipidus involves a lack of ADH, also known as vasopressin. ADH helps prevent excessive water loss through urination.

i am a little scared right now and hope someone will reply...
i am 28 but, sadly i am - not by my choice and i intend to improve it as soon as i'm able - obese, and... i suffer a number of problems, one being severe edema in my legs. (and also, i'm not sure if this has anything to do with the pain i'm about to tell u about, but, two months ago i also suffered a knee injury, possibly a combination of water on the knee, patellar bursitis, and ligatment tears at the BACK of my knee, that i don't know if could be connected to this pain) ...in the past week or so, i have started having, if i sit in my computer chair for any more than maybe 30mins, a localized pressure/pulling pain at the FRONT/inside of my ankle (without swelling) once i get up, and it hurts for a good long while and i have to be lying down as much as possible.
i am scared that this is a sign of peripheral arterial disease or worse, a blood clot or clogged vein/artery at this area.

maybe someone out there has experienced a similar pain - whether or not it was vascular related ...i'm just hoping someone can let me know...

as of this week i've started chelation therapy (i think my dosage is too small, though - two caps 500mg edta 1x/day ...also i take 2 hrs later 1 cap fulvic acid & cilantro different chelation product called metalshield - and was wondering if i could take the two together for convenience? ...and at other times i am also 2caps malic acid, 1 cap Celery ceed, and 2serrapeptase when on an empty stomach) and am trying to eat as healthy of a diet as i can ...but i am unable to buy my own food and what i have access to is not good...

i also have sski in my home which i read, over time can help clear out blockages in the arteries and if anyone could offer any guidance with that i will try it...

well i really hope someone sees this who might be able to identify with this pain i'm having...

If there is a small blood clot then there would likely be no real symptoms. If there was a large blood clot then there would likely be cellulitis and the area would look very inflamed and the skin will often peel. Or the leg could become darker, with a purplish-black color.

The one thing that makes it sound less like a blood clot is the fact that the pain occurs after sitting 30 minutes or so. A blood clot would be cutting off part of the circulation 24 hours a day, not just when you sit.

With all the damage you mentioned there is a likelihood that the problem is stemming from a damaged nerve that you are pinching when you sit. Nerves control the blood vessels as well. Normally they are kept somewhat constricted by neural impulses. When these impulses are cut off the blood vessels over dilate. When they do this they become more permeable leading to a leakage of fluid in to the surrounding tissues leading to the edema and pain.

One thing you can try is adjusting your sitting position. Many office chairs are adjustable. If you have such a chair try adjusting the front of the chair downward so it is not compressing the back of the leg.

You did not mention if you were diabetic either, but if you are this can also lead to compromised circulation. Type 2 diabetes is the most common form of sugar diabetes. In the earlier stage of type 2 diabetes the pancreas actually secretes too much insulin. This is because insulin receptors on the cells are closed preventing the insulin from carrying the glucose out of the blood. Since the pancreas responds to elevated glucose it is tricked in to thinking that there is insufficient insulin so it kicks more insulin out.

This creates a problem though. Low levels of insulin actually dilate blood vessels. As the levels climb though the insulin starts constricting blood vessels, which is why high blood pressure is so common in diabetics. It is these elevated levels of insulin that also rupture micro blood vessels leading to the side effects seen in diabetes of retinopathy, kidney failure and gangrene.