More good news

Comrades

Sixteen months since diagnosis, with consistent good control and all HbA1c results less than 46 mmol/mol. So why, I wonder, have I just been diagnosed with peripheral neuropathy affecting my toes. It’s a mystery to my consultant and DNS and it’s getting more severe with each passing week. My internet searching suggested that the treatment options are limited both in number and efficacy. Any top tips?

Regards

John

It says a great deal for this site and it's contributors that I rapidly received two sensible, practical and potentially very useful top tips. This new development is massively significant for me, but unfortunately no one in my Team of healthcare professionals has suggested anything. Don't you just love diabetes - the disease that keeps on giving.

Now here's a rare thing - some positive type 1 news. I read Azure's advice (which questioned whether post-prandial BG spikes were the cause of my peripheral neuropathy) with interest. Following this I mooched around the interweb and came across a claim that probably applies to me, which was that “really tight BG control can reverse the neuropathy if the onset of both the neuropathy and diabetes are recent”. So, I redoubled my efforts to tighten control, purchased armfuls of low glycaemic index foods (principally granola and brown rice) and appropriately modified my diet. I’m only a few days into regime change, but already the neuropathy is much improved, which is bloody wonderful.

A week into my new cardboard diet and it's improvement all the way. Life is good and Spring is judt around the corner.