josh1994
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- Type of diabetes
- Type 1
- Treatment type
- Insulin
Hi, im 20 years old and weigh around 10.5 Stone.
2 months ago i got diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and started off on 24 hour insulin injections which i take at 10pm. My sugar levels were insanely high. i couldnt manage to get them below 25!! i had to go onto meal insulin (apedra) however since i was new to all of this my body didnt adapt to the low doses of insulin so i had to up my 24 hour one.
2 months later my blood sugar levels are all in control and i am slowly bringing down the meal insulin doses because i have completely transformed my diet. I used to have a really sweet tooth but now i am only having a chocolate bar around every 2-3 weeks.
I feel so much better in my self and look alot better. i have had many people say that i am looking os much better. so the insulin is quite clearly working!
However, about a month a go i had really bad pain in my knees and shins that i could hardly walk. my doctor said it was due to the sugar levels dramatically decreasing and that the pain would go away soon. for the time being they gave my ibuprofen and paracetamol so ease the pain. After about 1-2 weeks the pain eventually went away. Then i started getting pain in the arch of my foot due to doing very long hours at work on my feet, sometimes up to 16 hours! it got to the point where i could hardly stand because of the pain. I refused the long hours and told my boss about my condition and how serious it was. I went to the doctors and they said it is more than likely plantar faciitis and i was given gabapentin to take, 100mg once 3 times a day and the up to dosage by 1 each week. However, as well as taking the paracetamol and ibuprofen the pain is not getting any better and not showing any sign of going! i am currently on my week off work but return on this sunday. I think i am going to have to self certify myself for a further week as i am struggling to even stand up for more than 10 minutes. I have been going to the gym and doing swimming to help exercise my feet which has helped. But once im out the water and walking again the pain just comes straight back, in the pool its fine. I started to get to the point where i broke down infront of my dad because i couldnt handle the pain anymore, it was making me sad and preventing me from socialising with people. It got so bad that my dad actually gave me some of his sevredol to take. I had been having around 1-2 hours sleep a day because of the pain, but after i had taken these tablets i have my first best night sleep in ages! the pain had gone away. However the pain would only go away for a couple of hours and then it would be back. I have been doing my foot exercises given to me by my physio each day but i feel these are not doing anything. I bought a foot spa and whilst my feet on in it i feel no pain but, same again, once they are out of it i feel pain again. i just want it to go away! I have come to the conclusion that it is diabetic neuropathy so when i see my physio again tomorrow i will address this and hopefully try and find the problem.
If anyone else has experienced this or knows how to prevent the pain i would love to here from you!
thankyou
2 months ago i got diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and started off on 24 hour insulin injections which i take at 10pm. My sugar levels were insanely high. i couldnt manage to get them below 25!! i had to go onto meal insulin (apedra) however since i was new to all of this my body didnt adapt to the low doses of insulin so i had to up my 24 hour one.
2 months later my blood sugar levels are all in control and i am slowly bringing down the meal insulin doses because i have completely transformed my diet. I used to have a really sweet tooth but now i am only having a chocolate bar around every 2-3 weeks.
I feel so much better in my self and look alot better. i have had many people say that i am looking os much better. so the insulin is quite clearly working!
However, about a month a go i had really bad pain in my knees and shins that i could hardly walk. my doctor said it was due to the sugar levels dramatically decreasing and that the pain would go away soon. for the time being they gave my ibuprofen and paracetamol so ease the pain. After about 1-2 weeks the pain eventually went away. Then i started getting pain in the arch of my foot due to doing very long hours at work on my feet, sometimes up to 16 hours! it got to the point where i could hardly stand because of the pain. I refused the long hours and told my boss about my condition and how serious it was. I went to the doctors and they said it is more than likely plantar faciitis and i was given gabapentin to take, 100mg once 3 times a day and the up to dosage by 1 each week. However, as well as taking the paracetamol and ibuprofen the pain is not getting any better and not showing any sign of going! i am currently on my week off work but return on this sunday. I think i am going to have to self certify myself for a further week as i am struggling to even stand up for more than 10 minutes. I have been going to the gym and doing swimming to help exercise my feet which has helped. But once im out the water and walking again the pain just comes straight back, in the pool its fine. I started to get to the point where i broke down infront of my dad because i couldnt handle the pain anymore, it was making me sad and preventing me from socialising with people. It got so bad that my dad actually gave me some of his sevredol to take. I had been having around 1-2 hours sleep a day because of the pain, but after i had taken these tablets i have my first best night sleep in ages! the pain had gone away. However the pain would only go away for a couple of hours and then it would be back. I have been doing my foot exercises given to me by my physio each day but i feel these are not doing anything. I bought a foot spa and whilst my feet on in it i feel no pain but, same again, once they are out of it i feel pain again. i just want it to go away! I have come to the conclusion that it is diabetic neuropathy so when i see my physio again tomorrow i will address this and hopefully try and find the problem.
If anyone else has experienced this or knows how to prevent the pain i would love to here from you!
thankyou
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