I have been diagnosed :...Diabetic Neuropathy ...great combo eh : - )

Any ideas from folks on the front lines ... would be welcome ...I am
searching all corners of
the Web. Certainly no lack of info out there...Thanks ...

On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 21:04:09 -0700, Newbie to the group wrote:

> Any ideas from folks on the front lines ... would be welcome ...I am
> searching all corners of
> the Web. Certainly no lack of info out there...Thanks ...

FWIW I have found Alpha Lipoic Acid and Folic Acid together with B12 to be
of some use.

Newbie to the group <fastpitstops@aol.com> wrote:

> Any ideas from folks on the front lines ... would be welcome ...I am
> searching all corners of
> the Web. Certainly no lack of info out there...Thanks ...

Some T2 folk here have found, like me, that there is a size of BG
spike above which our neuropathic symptoms get worse, often within
hours of the offending meal, whereas if we keep most of our spikes
below that level, and our general between meals levels well down, then
our neuropathy improves slowly over time.

In my case this neuropathy-critical level seems to be 140.

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Chris Malcolm cam@infirmatics.ed.ac.uk DoD #205
IPAB, Informatics, JCMB, King's Buildings, Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, UK
[http://www.dai.ed.ac.uk/homes/cam/]

Newbie to the group wrote:
> Any ideas from folks on the front lines ... would be welcome ...I am
> searching all corners of
> the Web. Certainly no lack of info out there...Thanks ...
>
http://www.diabetic-talk.org/dpn.htm

Jim

"Newbie to the group" <fastpitstops@aol.com> wrote in message
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> Any ideas from folks on the front lines ... would be welcome ...I am
> searching all corners of
> the Web. Certainly no lack of info out there...Thanks ...

for the last 2 years I have been having the worst pains I have ever had.
pins, needles and pain pain pain.
if i remember correctly the first time I felt pain was a day or 2 after
building a raised garden bed - 25 feet long, 8 feet wide, 1 foot high.
and for the last 2 years every time i tried to restart my work outs I would
end up in bed again. each time it happen i thought what can i be doing
during the day that would make this happen. when wanted to get up in a
hurry when laying down i would throw my legs out to help swing my upper body
up,
sitting at the computer for hours didnt help.
is pain in my future? I dont know. but I am doing what needs to be done.
your doctor examined you and probably has the best advice. if he or she
told you to exercise. i strongly suggest you do.
as much as i know what needs to be done for me. Sorry to say I wouldnt feel
right playing doctor.
pain free for a couple of months.



http://www.diabetes.org/for-media/20...neuropathy.jsp


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Tom


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Information on Specific Types of Fat.
http://www.diabetes.org/nutrition-an...cific-fats.jsp

On 22 Mar 2007 21:04:09 -0700, "Newbie to the group"
<fastpitstops@aol.com> wrote:

> Any ideas from folks on the front lines ... would be welcome ...I am
>searching all corners of
>the Web. Certainly no lack of info out there...Thanks ...

If you're lucky, and it's not too advanced, it may regress with strict
BG control. Mine has gone from numbness half-way up both shins at dx,
through a lot of nerve pain as they regenerated, to pretty well gone
altogether, by never allowing my bg to go above 140. Well, nearly
never, anyway, and not on purpose This link gives the dietary
advice, to find what your personal safe limits are; the other half of
the equation is daily exercise.
http://www.alt-support-diabetes.org/...0Diagnosed.htm

Nicky.
T2 dx 05/04 + underactive thyroid
D&E, 100ug thyroxine
Last A1c 5.5% BMI 25