A couple of weeks ago, I posted a thread asking for help with my painful neuropathy.
i took on board everyones advice but one person posted that I get the book - 'The Antioxidant Miracle' by Lester Packer. (Thank you for this invaluable suggestion)
i bought the Kindle version for just over £5 from Amazon.
I started reading the book and could not put it down. I found it all so interesting especially as everything was backed up with a trial.
The next day, i went up to my local Holland & Barrett and bought Alpha Lipoic Acid, Vitamin C, Vitamin E, Evening Primrose, Co Q10, Vitamin B12, B Complex, n-acetyl l-carnitine, Omega 3&6 fish oil capsules and Niacin. (A good £100)
I been taking these now for a week and yesterday was the first day that I went to bed without any painful burning neuropathy.
I also followed advice in going low carb, high protein and fat - snacking on almonds, babybel cheese etc. I have dropped in my insulin intake and have been slowly reducing my long acting insulin. I used to take 20 units tressiba everynight. I am now on 17 units and woke up today with a 4.5. I stayed at 5 almost the entire night.
I walked around the west end all day yesterday shopping without any foot pain. Came home and slept right through the night without getting up once. (Usually Id wake up 2/3 times) I also never took any Amitryptiline for my neuropathy.
I went a bit low before dinner last night - had 1 jelly baby and some almonds which took me back up to 4 where I stayed until dinner.
I also started drinking Green tea this week.
I have taken a couple of weeks off excercising so will gradually start again after New Year.
I cannot describe how good I am feeling at the moment. I have never felt this good in the 14 years that I have been diabetic.
Even my eyesight - I see just as well without my glasses on.
I just downloaded my Freestyle Libre report for this past week. It usually gives you an HBA1C for the period. For the past 3 months, I dropped from 8.7% to 7.2% which was exactly my fasting HBA1C carried out in the lab a few weeks ago.
My HBA1C for the last week - Low carbing and taking the anti oxidants was 6.5%
If anyone has painfull neuropathy, I urge you to try this and report back. Id love to hear your positive stories.
Also, I urge everyone to read this book.
i took on board everyones advice but one person posted that I get the book - 'The Antioxidant Miracle' by Lester Packer. (Thank you for this invaluable suggestion)
i bought the Kindle version for just over £5 from Amazon.
I started reading the book and could not put it down. I found it all so interesting especially as everything was backed up with a trial.
The next day, i went up to my local Holland & Barrett and bought Alpha Lipoic Acid, Vitamin C, Vitamin E, Evening Primrose, Co Q10, Vitamin B12, B Complex, n-acetyl l-carnitine, Omega 3&6 fish oil capsules and Niacin. (A good £100)
I been taking these now for a week and yesterday was the first day that I went to bed without any painful burning neuropathy.
I also followed advice in going low carb, high protein and fat - snacking on almonds, babybel cheese etc. I have dropped in my insulin intake and have been slowly reducing my long acting insulin. I used to take 20 units tressiba everynight. I am now on 17 units and woke up today with a 4.5. I stayed at 5 almost the entire night.
I walked around the west end all day yesterday shopping without any foot pain. Came home and slept right through the night without getting up once. (Usually Id wake up 2/3 times) I also never took any Amitryptiline for my neuropathy.
I went a bit low before dinner last night - had 1 jelly baby and some almonds which took me back up to 4 where I stayed until dinner.
I also started drinking Green tea this week.
I have taken a couple of weeks off excercising so will gradually start again after New Year.
I cannot describe how good I am feeling at the moment. I have never felt this good in the 14 years that I have been diabetic.
Even my eyesight - I see just as well without my glasses on.
I just downloaded my Freestyle Libre report for this past week. It usually gives you an HBA1C for the period. For the past 3 months, I dropped from 8.7% to 7.2% which was exactly my fasting HBA1C carried out in the lab a few weeks ago.
My HBA1C for the last week - Low carbing and taking the anti oxidants was 6.5%
If anyone has painfull neuropathy, I urge you to try this and report back. Id love to hear your positive stories.
Also, I urge everyone to read this book.