Carrot Peeler on my feet!

Yes, I said "carrot peeler" on my feet. Why? Because that is part of Peripheral Neuropathy.

I have to admit, its been quite sometime since I had this horrible experience. My feet have been really good over the last few years that all really bad symptoms have stopped.

A few days out of the week I'll experience pain or I'll have severe "asleepness" that won't go away especially at night. Don't get me wrong that sucks! But this skin scraping pain is horrific!

Nothing I took or did helped this pain at all. I finally put an ice pack on top of my foot and wrapped it tight to try to freeze it. That seemed to work and I finally fell asleep at 2:45AM.

Now today that toe is highly sensitive and completely numb. I'm severely exhausted and am sick to my stomach. I do not do well on sleepless nights obviously. My body needs 8 hour sleep or else.

I hope the carrot peeler stays away tonight....until next time.

New Diagnosis, old problem

Back in 1995 I had severe pain and bloating in my intestines. My doctor at the time sent me to get an ultra-sound. They found a lot of gas and diagnosed me with having IBS.

Once again, I didn't know I had diabetes, so I accepted that diagnosis and lived with the pain and bloating. As time went on and I learned I was diabetic, I asked my doctor if I could have the Autonomic Neuropathy. He said, lets check and got blood work done and said "No" I don't have it.

Who am I to question these "specialists"? Well, as time went on my symptoms got worse, to the point of severe constipation. I had to eat Fiber continually, if I missed a day, I wouldn't go to the bathroom.

Last year I decided to give up eating meat because it seemed that after eating dinner the symptoms were more pronounced.

It worked, so I learned to live without red meats and chicken.

I told this to my "new" diabetic doctor. He said "we need to test you for Gastro-Presis". So, I complied and sure enough I had the Autonomic Neuropathy.

I had a really hard time with this "final diagnosis" even though I knew I had it. Its just so final, and knowing how bad my diabetes had gotten. If I weren't so pro-active forcing the doctors to do their jobs, I could have been dead today. This disease is vicious and if you don't rane it in, it will win.

Until next time.....

Having Diabetic Friends

Its so important to know other Diabetics in this life. As we go through pain and sufferings it is so hard to deal with alone. Granted, my husband is always there for me and always helps me out of my bad times. However, he doesn't understand what I'm going through.

I've found multiple Forums online that have Diabetics, but this one is really special. This one is Diabetes Daily (www.diabetesdaily.com/forum).

The owners and creators of this site have Diabetes, so they understand how important it is to bring others together.

I'd like to say thanks! For all you other Diabetics out there that don't have someone they can talk to that understands, you can find a close knit group here that WILL help you.