Newly diagnosed and complications already

Hi everyone!

I'm new here and hoping to seek advice / support. I was just diagnosed this week with Type 2. I was not surprised to hear this as my levels had been high since Oct 2017 and a strong family history. I am not on medication yet as we are going to see if diet will help first. I am 28 and have always been relatively healthy and active until mid 2017 when I had to finish my degree which came with high stress, no sleep, no time to eat healthy or exercise. Safe to say my body suffered terribly.
The diagnosis doesn't scare me however in the lead up to the diagnosis I have been suffering a number of other problems. I'm concerned because is it common to suffer such bad complications this early on?

My issues in the lead up to diagnosis over the past 3 months are:
muscle twitching (mainly my thumbs), loss of thumb range of motion on my dominant hand, nerve pain in my outer forearm and tricep of the same arm coupled with extreme muscle tightness in those muscles. My left calf in particular is extremely tight even at rest, nothing relieves it, there is also what appears to be some kind of dent if you will, in that stiff spot. The tightness is travelling up into my quads and hamstrings now as well.

So I was wondering if anyone can share if these other issues are related or experienced anything similar?! - my doctors aren't really helping me and it's impacting my everyday life. 3 months of these nerve and muscle issues that just seem to get worse each day.

Thanks guys!

alphabeta said:

I think the muscle tightness thing and twitching is due to low potassium

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Hi! I should probably mention all of my bloodwork came back as normal so there are no deficiencies!

alphabeta said:

Hello! What about vitamin B12? And magnesium? Those 2 specifically

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Both came back in good ranges! So i am totally stumped as to what it is!

alphabeta said:

I am certainly no expert specially in type 2 but I think that this pain is not actually related to diabetes.. if hba1c is in range as well. Did you have high BG before diagnosis and got them back to normal? If so, your body reacts to this change but not sure of in this way

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I had high BG for the last 5 months. I am yet to get them back to normal

alphabeta said:

There is little to suspect but again I am no expert. In this case I'd seek advice from a neurologist

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Thank you for your help!

Mike D said:

What was and is your HbA1c? Meds? That info helps, but the thumb twitching (in my case at least) was totally due to statins

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Hey Mike,

I have only had one Hb1c and it was 5%. I am not on any meds aside from Nexium for my GERD

Mike D said:

Hi Danni

If it was 5, we wouldn't be chatting as I'd be throwing flowers on your grave. Was the "5" a finger reading as it can't be a full bloods result

Mike

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Hi Mike,
Sorry I misunderstood. It was 60

Mike D said:

Dani ... none necessary at all

60 is too high (as you'd know) so next questions are diet, weight and exercise. Good news is they can be brought down and with effort, pretty soon. Low 40s should be the aim. Tell us that stuff, and you'll get the right advice

BTW, I started with 89 and cut it half in 3 months

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Hi Mike,

weight is 70Kg. My exercise right now is not great as the above issues are limiting my ability to exercise (My arm and leg). My diet started today and is low carb.