Questions about high blood sugar/kidney levels possible relation to the diet

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I'm experiencing some rather weird goings on in my body and am curious as to whether any of this has happened to any of the rest of you.I saw my gastroenterologist two weeks ago and he naturally ordered blood work for me. That showed high kidney levels, meaning some reduced kidney function. Since then, I've greatly cut back on my supplements and am consciously drinking more water; I do often feel dehydrated even though I do normally drink quite a bit of water. And just for info: I've never taken the most serious Crohn's drugs that can destroy the kidneys -- except prednisone, and that not in the last two years and not more than 5 mg/day and not more than three or four months at a time. The only drug I now take is LDN; and Symbicort once a day for asthma; I had to take that twice a day before I went on LDN.  So due to the high kidney levels my regular physician sent me back for more blood work and extensive urinalysis.This morning his office called and wants me to go back to the lab a third time -- this time because the 2nd round of tests showed high blood sugar. That very much surprised me; if anything, I would have suspected low blood sugar, as I get shaky when I haven't eaten in a while and am often cold. So on Wednesday I go for a glucose tolerance test, which takes at least three hours and involves an initial blood draw, then several subsequent blood draws after drinking a glass of liquid glucose (yuck) at hour intervals.How does this relate to the diet? Well, that's what I'm wondering. Or if it does. Or to my excessive and fairly fast weight loss. I've had Crohn's for 30 years (and other digestive problems before that diagnosis) and have had two surgeries to remove part of my small intestine; but most of that time I was not under weight. I am between 5' 10'' - 5' 11" and weighed 170 when I started the diet at the beginning of last year. (At that weight I didn't look particularly fat due to my height. I am now well underweight, weighing less than 120. That weight all came off when I stopped eating complex carbs -- all the grains, rice and potatoes. The only results of that large weight loss and being on the diet (besides my gut feeling much better most of the time) is greatly increased sensitivity to cold and also feeling as if I need to eat something almost every hour, or at most every two hours. I get shaky if I don't eat frequently. (I've had that kind of shakiness when not eating for much of my life, but it's much more pronounced now.) So I'm constantly eating (but not gaining any weight back). LDN does cause some people to lose weight, so it could be playing a role in my not being able to gain back any weight. (I'd prefer to weigh a good 10 lbs more than I do.)The glucose intolerance test is most often used to determine whether one has Type II diabetes. If I do, I can't imagine where that would have come from "all of a sudden." The high blood sugar can relate to kidney function somehow but I'm not exactly clear on how. Not incidentally, even though I'm not wholly symptom-free re: the Crohn's, my inflammation markers are within normal range, the gastroenterologist told me. That's the good news.Needless to say, at this point I'm not sure what the heck is going on. Have any of you experienced anything similar since being on the diet?n-- Now available. A fine gift for cat lovers:Confessions of a Cataholic: My Life With the 10 Cats Who Caused My Addictionby n Van Tilwww.wordpowerpublishing.com ; signed copies; free shipping in U.S., reduced shipping elsewhere