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Aches and pains stay whilst control improves

David Bird

David Bird

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Location
Manchester
Type of diabetes
Type 2
Treatment type
Tablets (oral)
Nearly a month in now on my better control of dibetes - Had multiple aches and pains in many areas for years . Thought that maybe after a month getting good control that some symptoms may have receded ,If anything symptoms have got worse . Is my body crying out for carbs and should i be seeing some improvement in symptoms after a month or is it a long drawn out process.
 
Hi david bird, as you probably know many of our aches and pains are to do with nerve damage,they hurt when being damaged and they hurt again as they return to life as we gain better bs's, hope this makes sense, my own case,my feet were very painfull like walking on barbed wire but as i gained control of my bs's thought things were getting worse but in fact they were repairing , until now,....just the odd twinge , but so much better, this was over about 4 months, so,hope you get better soon::))
 
Clivethedrive said:
No!
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Sorry, I meant David.

I continually experience aches and pains from head to foot and blood tests have shown a build up of lactic acid, not normally something associated with someone who doesn't over exercise, I do exercise but not what I consider a lot. I've recently found this article which I'm still trying to get my head round. http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-does-lactic-acid-buil/

In my case it helps explain why I can't lose weight on a thousand calories a day (BMR of 2,000). I have been told that there is a problem with my "metabolic pathway", basically the way food is converted to energy for the muscles to use, or not use in my case. I'm not going to pretend that I fully understand, it's too complex for my stupid brain. I'm getting there.

I'm pretty sure the aches and pains are not the body crying out for carbs, where there is some superfluous adipose tissue (polite way of saying fat) that should be used when carb intake (calorie intake) drops.
 
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