Hi, I saw a post somewhere in this forum that I can't find now but was talking about having some numbness in their big toe. I didn't want to post there and instead opened a new thread because I have complete numbness, not some, in most of my big toe and in half of the toe next to it. As well as between the two. I could probably stick a pin in it although I have'nt actually tried. However, it does have a strange, I guess you can say feeling, when I dig my finger nail into it like when your toes are frozen from snow or something. Like frostbite maybe. You know that stinging feeling you get in your toes when there frozen and yet there numb? It's a little like that. So, my question is, do you think this is part of my diabetes? I have type 2 diabetes and was just diagnosed like 2 years ago but my blood sugar has always been in control in the past two years. Except for the test that diagnosed me originally. And before that I got tested on a regular basis and was only pre-diabetic for a long time. So, I have,nt had like this uncontrolled diabetes for a long time to cause such problems. Or does that have nothing to do with it? I'm new to this so I don't know a whole lot about this kind of thing. In order to get neuropathy don't you have to have problems with uncontrolled diabetes?
Also, am I suppose to be getting my feet checked ever so often? I have never had them checked but I only have a regular M.D. at this point, my primary care physician. Am I suppose to be seeing a different kind of Dr.?
I don't do anything to damage them like running or exercise. I have Fibromyalgia so I am basically just walking around the house slowly or in bed. So I can't really see any thing else it could be when it comes to that. Any advise? Thank you!
Ellen
Also, am I suppose to be getting my feet checked ever so often? I have never had them checked but I only have a regular M.D. at this point, my primary care physician. Am I suppose to be seeing a different kind of Dr.?
I don't do anything to damage them like running or exercise. I have Fibromyalgia so I am basically just walking around the house slowly or in bed. So I can't really see any thing else it could be when it comes to that. Any advise? Thank you!
Ellen