http://www.diabetes.org/type-1-diabetes/diabetic-neuropathy.jsp this is a good link. On the right hand side of the page is a link to a diabetic neuropathy checklist. You can do a self assessment...
you know there is a great deal of benefit to be had from belonging to a forum, I do beleive education is central to living a long and healthy life. After all much of the education on diet and...
Sorry, hit a wrong button and posted reply before finishing it. Nowadays maternity and endocrine specialists work together and the chance of a successful pregnancy is as high as in the general...
Hi April, nice to hear from you. First things first - a numb spot on 1 toe does not necessarily mean neuropathy, numb spots occur in people due to knocks, shoes pinching, even a bad back etc etc. I...
http://www.diabetes-and-diabetics.com/diabetic-diet/index.php This site has the food pyramid which helps plan eating. Just put your cursor on the words diabetic diet at the top of the page. A list of...
Are you on insulin or not? Have you been advised to lose weight? All these things make a difference to the dietary advice you should receive. Give us some more info about yourself then maybe we can...
Only you know if you feel stressed due to dealing with the many aspects of diabetes, it can be overwhelming at times. I like everybody else get stressed sometimes even after 46 years of being on...
Hi, my name is Lizanne and I am 55 years old. I live in the UK in a town called Shrewsbury, one of those beautiful old towns with lots of history dating back to before the Romans. I have been an...
Just a thought. How long ago were you newly diagnosed? Are you on insulin. When I ran the courses for diabetes nurse specialists they noted that this happened in some new diabetics, especially (but...
Agree about the stretching exercises, if I don't do them for a couple of days I lose a wide range of motion. Because I spent 5 years without it being diagnosed and exercises given, I am unable to...
I too use pillows for support as it hurts if my shoulders are not supported forwards from the normal position. Unfortunately I have bilateral frozen shoulders so I cannot lie on either side and...
What is in the herbal pain patch? Would be interested to know to see if I can find it here in the UK. I have recently started trying melatonin tablets at night to aid sleep and muscle relaxation....
Bigack How do you deal with the pain when it becomes severe. I use heat pads and celebrex tablets, I react badly to most pain tablets. I have had steroid injections but they don't seem to work for...
In the early 90's my physio blamed it on my being a nurse, but my rheumatologist says no, due to being a diabetic. See http://www.iddtinternational.org/healthissues/muscle.htm...
I was diagnosed with frozen shoulder in 1995 after going through 5 years of pain. Little did I or the doctors know then about this condition. There have been a lot of articles since the mid nineties...