Joshman
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Hi Guys
A week ago I started experiencing pins and needles in my fingers on both hands, intermittent at first and then more constant. By the third day I went to see my GP who said it was a sign of Neuropathy. She explained it's usually caused as a result of poor diabetes control. Then she looked back at my last few hb1ac blood tests and said my overall control was good. My last test was in Dec 2012 with a result of 5.8 which was slightly up from the previous 5.5.
As she thought my blood sugars were fairly well controlled she put it down to my blood pressure being higher than usual, although I felt it was higher due to the stress of the constant pins & needles in my fingers. She advised me to book myself in for another blood pressure test and if it was still high then they'd look at throwing some more tablets at me. I'm due to see the nurse this coming Wednesday.
I'm currently on 500mg x 3 Metformin tablets and one 100mg Losartan Potassium tablet, and also a statin for my cholesterol.
The pins and needles have almost completely eased off now but instead I'm getting little random burning pains in my hands, fingers and feet. Is this a sign that things are getting worse? I'm worried that it's doing permanent damage. At the time the doctor didn't seem too concerned as I hadn't lost any strength in my hands or loss of movement, which is still the case.
Admittedly last few months I haven't controlled my diet as tightly as before. I had started eating bread and potatoes again but not all the time. I'm back to low carbing again. Last night a couple of hours after my evening meal, my blood sugar was 6.5. First thing this morning it was 5.2. That doesn't seem too bad to me so why am I getting these pains? I was thinking of getting myself back to the gym to help with the blood pressure but worried I might make things worse in my feet.
I've been diabetic about 3 years now. I thought neuropathy was something that happened to people with poor control of their diabetes and even if it was going to happen to me, it'd happen 10-20 years in the future.
Has anyone here had anything similar themselves? How was it treated? Did the pains eventually stop?
Thanks
Josh
A week ago I started experiencing pins and needles in my fingers on both hands, intermittent at first and then more constant. By the third day I went to see my GP who said it was a sign of Neuropathy. She explained it's usually caused as a result of poor diabetes control. Then she looked back at my last few hb1ac blood tests and said my overall control was good. My last test was in Dec 2012 with a result of 5.8 which was slightly up from the previous 5.5.
As she thought my blood sugars were fairly well controlled she put it down to my blood pressure being higher than usual, although I felt it was higher due to the stress of the constant pins & needles in my fingers. She advised me to book myself in for another blood pressure test and if it was still high then they'd look at throwing some more tablets at me. I'm due to see the nurse this coming Wednesday.
I'm currently on 500mg x 3 Metformin tablets and one 100mg Losartan Potassium tablet, and also a statin for my cholesterol.
The pins and needles have almost completely eased off now but instead I'm getting little random burning pains in my hands, fingers and feet. Is this a sign that things are getting worse? I'm worried that it's doing permanent damage. At the time the doctor didn't seem too concerned as I hadn't lost any strength in my hands or loss of movement, which is still the case.
Admittedly last few months I haven't controlled my diet as tightly as before. I had started eating bread and potatoes again but not all the time. I'm back to low carbing again. Last night a couple of hours after my evening meal, my blood sugar was 6.5. First thing this morning it was 5.2. That doesn't seem too bad to me so why am I getting these pains? I was thinking of getting myself back to the gym to help with the blood pressure but worried I might make things worse in my feet.
I've been diabetic about 3 years now. I thought neuropathy was something that happened to people with poor control of their diabetes and even if it was going to happen to me, it'd happen 10-20 years in the future.
Has anyone here had anything similar themselves? How was it treated? Did the pains eventually stop?
Thanks
Josh