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<blockquote data-quote="Brunneria" data-source="post: 1371674" data-attributes="member: 41816"><p>Hi and welcome.</p><p></p><p>It is difficult for any of us to give definitive answers on your questions, unfortunately. The problem is that we all have different rates at which neuropathy develops.</p><p></p><p>I have seen posts on here from people who have developed it while pre-diabetic, and others who were diabetic for years before diagnosis, so they were untreated - and got the complications. Then there are others who have been diabetic for years, yet who don't yet have any sign of complications.</p><p></p><p>A lot seems to depend on how high the blood glucose has been going, and for how long. (my own experience is that I get the odd stabbing pain in my instep when my blood glucose has been rising and falling too fast for several days - holidays, or xmas eating - but the pain disappears when I keep my blood glucose steady. But that is very mild compared with what many other people experience, so I can't really give you much advice from a personal perspective)</p><p></p><p>Your description sounds like what people describe as neuropathy pain, but the same symptoms do crop up with other conditions (including Vitamin B12 deficiency) so without tests no one can be definitive, not even your doctor.</p><p></p><p>I am sorry to be so vague, but I can point you in a few directions that may help:</p><p>- there is a website called <a href="http://www.bloodsugar101.com" target="_blank">www.bloodsugar101.com</a> that has some excellent information for type 2s. it explains why and how the complications like neuropathy develop, and how to prevent them getting worse (basically by keeping blood glucose under damaging levels)</p><p>- there is a book by Dr Bernstein called <em>The Diabetes Solution</em>. In it he describes his lifelong journey as a type 1 diabetic, and how managed to halt and then reverse a number of diabetic complications using dietary control and medication. The same things can be used by type 2s, to achieve the same result.</p><p>- have a forum search for alph-lipoic acid (ALA) because some people are using it as a supplement and finding that it helps with neuropathy pain.</p><p>- have a google for 'pernicious anaemia' and Vitamin B12 deficiency. Some posters have been diagnosed with neuropathy, only to discover later that the problem was B12 all along. We don't have to be diabetic to get low on B12.</p><p></p><p>Hope that helps.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brunneria, post: 1371674, member: 41816"] Hi and welcome. It is difficult for any of us to give definitive answers on your questions, unfortunately. The problem is that we all have different rates at which neuropathy develops. I have seen posts on here from people who have developed it while pre-diabetic, and others who were diabetic for years before diagnosis, so they were untreated - and got the complications. Then there are others who have been diabetic for years, yet who don't yet have any sign of complications. A lot seems to depend on how high the blood glucose has been going, and for how long. (my own experience is that I get the odd stabbing pain in my instep when my blood glucose has been rising and falling too fast for several days - holidays, or xmas eating - but the pain disappears when I keep my blood glucose steady. But that is very mild compared with what many other people experience, so I can't really give you much advice from a personal perspective) Your description sounds like what people describe as neuropathy pain, but the same symptoms do crop up with other conditions (including Vitamin B12 deficiency) so without tests no one can be definitive, not even your doctor. I am sorry to be so vague, but I can point you in a few directions that may help: - there is a website called [URL="http://www.bloodsugar101.com"]www.bloodsugar101.com[/URL] that has some excellent information for type 2s. it explains why and how the complications like neuropathy develop, and how to prevent them getting worse (basically by keeping blood glucose under damaging levels) - there is a book by Dr Bernstein called [I]The Diabetes Solution[/I]. In it he describes his lifelong journey as a type 1 diabetic, and how managed to halt and then reverse a number of diabetic complications using dietary control and medication. The same things can be used by type 2s, to achieve the same result. - have a forum search for alph-lipoic acid (ALA) because some people are using it as a supplement and finding that it helps with neuropathy pain. - have a google for 'pernicious anaemia' and Vitamin B12 deficiency. Some posters have been diagnosed with neuropathy, only to discover later that the problem was B12 all along. We don't have to be diabetic to get low on B12. Hope that helps. [/QUOTE]
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