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<blockquote data-quote="Tim55" data-source="post: 915720" data-attributes="member: 186079"><p>Hi winnie53</p><p></p><p>I had seen Clives comment on pain as the nerves regrow and despite my slightly negative moan yesterday I would rather feel pain than feel nothing, which was the case before.</p><p></p><p>As far as progression goes it probably took between 18 months and 2 years before I realised I had a problem.</p><p></p><p>First problem was feeling the cold too much and for to long in the uk winter.</p><p></p><p>And the progression was so slow I didn't realise I had a problem until I happened to comment to a colleague that I had no feeling in my toes.</p><p></p><p>He reacted much more strongly than I expected and told me in no uncertain times I "needed to get that looked at"</p><p></p><p>It turns out he himself has been diabetic for years but keeps quiet about it. Had he not been aware of the possible cause I could have just carried on thinking it was just part of getting older.</p><p></p><p>It annoys me somewhat that in the uk at least there is a lot of hype about obesity and diabetes but no information about the possible symptoms which would lead to that diagnosis.</p><p></p><p>Reading some of your links has been an eye opener in several ways but I am beginning to think type 2 diabetes is not a disease as such, but rather a collection of symptoms which are themselves the result of other problems and the root cause( s) of them could be many and varied.</p><p></p><p>In other words my root problem could be a reduced capacity to metabolise vitamin B12, which leads to insulin resistance; which leads to high blood sugar, a tendancy to obesity, potential depression and a greater susceptibility to alzheimers, but all the NHS see is the blood sugar, and despite telling me it is unlikely to be type 2 because I am not obese, immediately prescribe metformin.</p><p></p><p>Which suppresses the metabolism of vitamin B12 ...<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite9" alt=":eek:" title="Eek! :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" /></p><p></p><p>Reminds me a bit about an old song about the gas man. ..</p><p></p><p>Carrying On for now though, still away on holiday in Spain,so the heat is an issue for me too. </p><p></p><p>Thanks for all your help and advice.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tim55, post: 915720, member: 186079"] Hi winnie53 I had seen Clives comment on pain as the nerves regrow and despite my slightly negative moan yesterday I would rather feel pain than feel nothing, which was the case before. As far as progression goes it probably took between 18 months and 2 years before I realised I had a problem. First problem was feeling the cold too much and for to long in the uk winter. And the progression was so slow I didn't realise I had a problem until I happened to comment to a colleague that I had no feeling in my toes. He reacted much more strongly than I expected and told me in no uncertain times I "needed to get that looked at" It turns out he himself has been diabetic for years but keeps quiet about it. Had he not been aware of the possible cause I could have just carried on thinking it was just part of getting older. It annoys me somewhat that in the uk at least there is a lot of hype about obesity and diabetes but no information about the possible symptoms which would lead to that diagnosis. Reading some of your links has been an eye opener in several ways but I am beginning to think type 2 diabetes is not a disease as such, but rather a collection of symptoms which are themselves the result of other problems and the root cause( s) of them could be many and varied. In other words my root problem could be a reduced capacity to metabolise vitamin B12, which leads to insulin resistance; which leads to high blood sugar, a tendancy to obesity, potential depression and a greater susceptibility to alzheimers, but all the NHS see is the blood sugar, and despite telling me it is unlikely to be type 2 because I am not obese, immediately prescribe metformin. Which suppresses the metabolism of vitamin B12 ...:eek: Reminds me a bit about an old song about the gas man. .. Carrying On for now though, still away on holiday in Spain,so the heat is an issue for me too. Thanks for all your help and advice. [/QUOTE]
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