Hello, I am new so please forgive me if this is in the wrong topic place.
I went to my GP last summmer as my hands were cramping and there are tight stringy bits across my palms and up a couple of my fingers - I was sent away with the old 'well you are diabetic.... .Then later last year my hands were feeling odd and a bit tingly. During the Christmas break I was waking at night with pain in my hands and the tingling and cramps had got worse. I had to see a different GP and he said that I had Dupuytrens Contracture and referred me to the Musculo Skeletal Centre, who sent me for nerve tests (thinking it was Diabetic Neuropathy). The woman who did the tests said that I definately have Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (Particularly severe in one hand). My follow up appointment isn't for another 6 weeks - can anyone suggest anything which may help with managing the pain/weakness in my hands?
My bloodsugars are well controlled (and always are) so please don't advise me that better control will fix this - that is my other instant irritation phrase the 'well you are diabetic so.......' being my worst!
I went to my GP last summmer as my hands were cramping and there are tight stringy bits across my palms and up a couple of my fingers - I was sent away with the old 'well you are diabetic.... .Then later last year my hands were feeling odd and a bit tingly. During the Christmas break I was waking at night with pain in my hands and the tingling and cramps had got worse. I had to see a different GP and he said that I had Dupuytrens Contracture and referred me to the Musculo Skeletal Centre, who sent me for nerve tests (thinking it was Diabetic Neuropathy). The woman who did the tests said that I definately have Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (Particularly severe in one hand). My follow up appointment isn't for another 6 weeks - can anyone suggest anything which may help with managing the pain/weakness in my hands?
My bloodsugars are well controlled (and always are) so please don't advise me that better control will fix this - that is my other instant irritation phrase the 'well you are diabetic so.......' being my worst!
