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From: NJ Vike on 10 Oct 2005 05:39 Thank you so much for answering my questions in the previous thread "Newbie" I do have another question if you don't mind. Yesterday, while driving back from an event I attended (70 miles round trip) I noticed a "stiffening" just above my ankle and had to get out of the car for a while and walk it off. It felt sort of like a Charlie-Horse. When I finally made it home, the same thing happened but this time it was the other leg just above the ankle that stated to stiffen again but wouldn't go away no matter what I did. There was no redness in the area but it did look a little swollen. Not knowing if this is a condition of the disease or the medication, I contacted the doctor and he told me there is no emergency but doesn't think this is related to diabetes. Hmm! I have never had this before. He did ask me if I was walking for an extended period of time and I told him "a little" but nothing that I felt would be over doing it. Are these symptoms of either the medication or disease? The medication is Metformin/Glybur 500/5 MG Of course I will be asking my doctor but I wanted to hear from you helpful folks. Thanks in advance. Ken
From: NJ Vike on 10 Oct 2005 06:54 In addition to the other symptoms I mentioned in this thread, I also notice in the morning that my pillow cases are wet. Another symptom of diabetes? I also confirmed with a friend yesterday that I had diabetes only after he acknowledged he had it as well. I'm not sure why I feel embarrassed about telling friends or relatives but I don't. Anyway, he told me that soda was the worst thing I could drink, which I knew all along but he had mentioned that I should not go barefoot as the feet sometimes may not receive enough circulation to detect stepping on glass, nails, etc. He had said this once happened to his father many years ago.Any truth to this? I always go barefoot in the house and sometimes outside during the summer months. Thanks again. -- "Now Phoebe Snow direct can go from thirty-third to Buffalo. From Broadway bright the tubes run right Into the Road of Anthracite" Erie - Lackawanna "NJ Vike" <ErieLackawanna(a)Scranton.com> wrote in message news:_Eq2f.12431$QE1.11293(a)newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net... > Thank you so much for answering my questions in the previous thread > "Newbie" > > I do have another question if you don't mind. > > Yesterday, while driving back from an event I attended (70 miles round > trip) I noticed a "stiffening" just above my ankle and had to get out of > the car for a while and walk it off. It felt sort of like a Charlie-Horse. > > When I finally made it home, the same thing happened but this time it was > the other leg just above the ankle that stated to stiffen again but > wouldn't go away no matter what I did. There was no redness in the area > but it did look a little swollen. Not knowing if this is a condition of > the disease or the medication, I contacted the doctor and he told me there > is no emergency but doesn't think this is related to diabetes. Hmm! I have > never had this before. He did ask me if I was walking for an extended > period of time and I told him "a little" but nothing that I felt would be > over doing it. > > Are these symptoms of either the medication or disease? The medication is > Metformin/Glybur 500/5 MG > Of course I will be asking my doctor but I wanted to hear from you helpful > folks. > > Thanks in advance. > > Ken > >
From: oldal4865 on 10 Oct 2005 15:41 NJ Vike wrote in message ... >In addition to the other symptoms I mentioned in this thread, I also notice >in the morning that my pillow cases are wet. Another symptom of diabetes? > >I also confirmed with a friend yesterday that I had diabetes only after he >acknowledged he had it as well. I'm not sure why I feel embarrassed about >telling friends or relatives but I don't. > >Anyway, he told me that soda was the worst thing I could drink, which I knew >all along but he had mentioned that I should not go barefoot as the feet >sometimes may not receive enough circulation to detect stepping on glass, >nails, etc. He had said this once happened to his father many years ago.Any >truth to this? > >I always go barefoot in the house and sometimes outside during the summer >months. > >Thanks again. > >-- >"Now Phoebe Snow direct can go >from thirty-third to Buffalo. >From Broadway bright the tubes run right >Into the Road of Anthracite" >Erie - Lackawanna > > A few comments: Alas, the barefoot days are coming to an end. Diabetes causes high blood sugars. High blood sugars cause peripheral neuropathy and damage to capillaries and veins. That means wounds that you can't feel so they get really bad, and slow healing which can lead to amputation. That sequence is responsible for more foot amputations than any other single cause. (See below for stuff about diabetics and their feet that you don't want to hear about but you really ought to) http://www.aafp.org/afp/980315ap/armstron.html You check for the neuropathy by having some doc (DPM are very good at it) poke the bottom of your foot with a calibrated nylon filament to see if you notice. November is National Diabetes Awareness Month. That means hospitals all over the country will be running Diabetes Expos. Most of these are free; offer free lab tests; a chance to look at the latest in diabetes supplies (shoes, meters, socks, etc, etc) and free lectures. If any hospital near you is running one, you ought to attend. If a DPM is giving one of the lectures, don't miss it. March is National Diabetes "something or other" month too. The hospitals which aren't running something next month might be running an Expo in March. Wet pillow cases could be a result of a low blood sugar in the middle of the night, usually somewhere around 3 a.m. Folks taking insulin-augmentation meds (like glyburide for instance) should check their sugars now and then at 3 a.m. to see if anything odd is happening. Regards Old Al
From: Julie Bove on 10 Oct 2005 11:34 "NJ Vike" <ErieLackawanna(a)Scranton.com> wrote in message news:_Eq2f.12431$QE1.11293(a)newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net... > Thank you so much for answering my questions in the previous thread "Newbie" > > I do have another question if you don't mind. > > Yesterday, while driving back from an event I attended (70 miles round trip) > I noticed a "stiffening" just above my ankle and had to get out of the car > for a while and walk it off. It felt sort of like a Charlie-Horse. > > When I finally made it home, the same thing happened but this time it was > the other leg just above the ankle that stated to stiffen again but wouldn't > go away no matter what I did. There was no redness in the area but it did > look a little swollen. Not knowing if this is a condition of the disease or > the medication, I contacted the doctor and he told me there is no emergency > but doesn't think this is related to diabetes. Hmm! I have never had this > before. He did ask me if I was walking for an extended period of time and I > told him "a little" but nothing that I felt would be over doing it. > > Are these symptoms of either the medication or disease? The medication is > Metformin/Glybur 500/5 MG > Of course I will be asking my doctor but I wanted to hear from you helpful > folks. > > Thanks in advance. Don't know the cause, but this sort of stuff happens to me all the time. I've also got neuropathy caused by diabetes, fibromyalgia and a vein problem. I always just assumed it was caused by one of my medical problems. I have a hard time getting out of bed. At times my entire body will be stiff. I have to stretch all my muscles, but I have to do so very slowly and carefully. If I try to do too much at once, it only makes the cramping worse. -- See my webpage: http://mysite.verizon.net/juliebove/index.htm
From: W. Baker on 10 Oct 2005 22:25
NJ Vike <ErieLackawanna(a)scranton.com> wrote: : Thank you so much for answering my questions in the previous thread "Newbie" : I do have another question if you don't mind. : Yesterday, while driving back from an event I attended (70 miles round trip) : I noticed a "stiffening" just above my ankle and had to get out of the car : for a while and walk it off. It felt sort of like a Charlie-Horse. : When I finally made it home, the same thing happened but this time it was : the other leg just above the ankle that stated to stiffen again but wouldn't : go away no matter what I did. There was no redness in the area but it did : look a little swollen. Not knowing if this is a condition of the disease or : the medication, I contacted the doctor and he told me there is no emergency : but doesn't think this is related to diabetes. Hmm! I have never had this : before. He did ask me if I was walking for an extended period of time and I : told him "a little" but nothing that I felt would be over doing it. : Are these symptoms of either the medication or disease? The medication is : Metformin/Glybur 500/5 MG : Of course I will be asking my doctor but I wanted to hear from you helpful : folks. : Thanks in advance. : Ken Are you on Lipitor or one of the other chloresterol lowering drugs? They can have tht kind of effect. Metformin can cause gastric problems, but not muscle cramps, as far as I know, but I wouldn' swear to it. Wendy |