that's where your problems lie, as diabetes progresses you may find you cant tolerate what you used to be able to at the beginning so you need to review and make further adjustments xxI still eat bread, oats, rice, pasta etc.....
Hi all,
Thanks all for advice.
Saw dietician via NHS, so got a few things straight about my diet. My HBA1C had gone from 43/46 to 55 and now down to 43 again after sorting things out.
However, new problem........I noticed when standing barefoot on flat floor it's like my left foot has something under it, near ball of foot. Almost like a sock stitch.
Sensation is still there but maybe very very slightly lower in sensitivity compared to right foot. The tickle sensation is very slightly subdued I'd say.
Sometimes I walk about it feels fine, next minute it's there.
Got doctor appointment 8th Jan about it.
What next! It's all rather depressing, diagnosed 3 years ago, I'm 55 and nervous as hell for the future.
Btw, I am also on the LENS medical trial......hopefully it will help all of us.
Ian.
However, new problem........I noticed when standing barefoot on flat floor it's like my left foot has something under it, near ball of foot. Almost like a sock stitch.
Sensation is still there but maybe very very slightly lower in sensitivity compared to right foot. The tickle sensation is very slightly subdued I'd say.
Sometimes I walk about it feels fine, next minute it's there.
I took R-ALA for about a year to try and reduce the numbness. It did appear to help. I don't take it now because the numbness is not that noticeable any more. It is certainly worth a shot. It doesn't mean that good BG control isn't important though. It is.Exactly the symptoms I had following chemotherapy, well before I had diabetes. It is a very common side effect of chemo because the poison affects the nerves causing peripheral neuropathy. It is the same condition that high blood sugars can cause. The oncologist said it may disappear with time as the nerve endings mend, or it may not. In my case, it did not. It was mild and didn't affect my daily life. It was just annoying. I have solved the problem by taking R-ALA supplements. Apparently on the continent, Germany I think, diabetics with severe peripheral neuropathy are given very high doses of this by infusion. The supplements I take are tablets, just one a day. A couple of years ago I stopped taking them for one reason or another, and the tingling came back. I started them again and the symptoms disappeared completely.
This is where I buy mine from
https://www.healthmonthly.co.uk/swanson_ultra_double_strength_r-fraction_alpha_lipoic_acid?search_string=Swanson Ultra Double Strength R-Fraction Alpha Lipoic Acid
You need to be careful to get the R-Fraction ones rather than the plain ALA as they are more effective. There are several others on this forum that take them. You could have a Google round as there is information about them readily available.
Interesting on the R-ALA......I have ordered a couple bottles to try.....on top of further refining diet and excersize.
I have always had (way before diabetes) tingling little fingers and toes. At it's worst a few years ago I would wake in the night and my two little fingers would be completely numb in one or both hands, but would disappear by the time I got up and walked about.....I got tested for carpal tunnel synd. but it wasn't diagonsed 100% as I got scared of an op to fix and told the doc to just leave it. Eventually it kinda went away for the most part.
Even right now my little fingers and toes tingle a tiny bit. I get it in my toes if I sit for too long. Circulation issue probably.
Thanks all for the help thus far.....it will be interesting to see what the doc says on the 8th.
Ian.
Rather a belated reply, but I see your A1c is still not as low as you would like, so perhaps this info. is still relevant. List of foods NOT to eat, from Dr Bernstein's classic book "Diabetes Solution":Is there a good resource of low carb foods.....a nice list for instance. It would help me and the wife when shopping (she does most of it). I find that I read one article that might say one thing but are the opposite.
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