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<blockquote data-quote="DCUKMod" data-source="post: 1828796" data-attributes="member: 345386"><p>Hi [USER=473650]@gemma_T1[/USER] - Claudication can indeed by very painful indeed, as well as the obvious impairment to circulation.</p><p></p><p>If you are a smoker, one of the most important things would be to give that up straight away. My non-diabetic, but lifelong smoker mother had lower limb claudication which eventually got her into trouble. Her consultant was very direct about the smoking and she gave up that instant (fair play Mother!). </p><p></p><p>Her overall condition improved greatly after that, although the Consultant was mystified by the extent it did improve. (It later became clear she got lucky that a blood clot spontaneously dispersed.)</p><p></p><p>There's a lot that can be done these days to protect and preserve the circulation, so I'm sure your Consultant will be able to guide you, but as in most things, there's a lot to learn.</p><p></p><p>Good luck with it all.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DCUKMod, post: 1828796, member: 345386"] Hi [USER=473650]@gemma_T1[/USER] - Claudication can indeed by very painful indeed, as well as the obvious impairment to circulation. If you are a smoker, one of the most important things would be to give that up straight away. My non-diabetic, but lifelong smoker mother had lower limb claudication which eventually got her into trouble. Her consultant was very direct about the smoking and she gave up that instant (fair play Mother!). Her overall condition improved greatly after that, although the Consultant was mystified by the extent it did improve. (It later became clear she got lucky that a blood clot spontaneously dispersed.) There's a lot that can be done these days to protect and preserve the circulation, so I'm sure your Consultant will be able to guide you, but as in most things, there's a lot to learn. Good luck with it all. [/QUOTE]
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