Feb 10 2009
Diabetic Neuropathy
Besides the regular problems a diabetic may have, nueropathy sometimes rears its ugly head and hits when you least expect it. After abnormally high sugar readings, I am finally getting it under control, or am I? For the past week, my numbers have been great. So why, am I having tingling and numbness in my fingers? After asking several people who are diabetics, I find it is common, but how long should it go on?
My doctor says it will come and go, if it continues, we will do more testing.
Along with diabetes are numerous problems, one being, depression. Yes, I am down in the dumps. I guess you can say, I feel old. Not that 47 is old mind you, I can run circles around the younger girls where I work (as a server). The doctor noticed, I don’t seem as “spunky” as usual. You wouldn’t either, if your fingers lost feeling in them and all you can feel in them are tingling that seems to hurt sometimes, not just one hand, but both. His solution? To put me on an anti-depressant, that’s fine, but what he never mentioned was what is in the fine print. You know, the reasons behind the prescription. Lo and behold, after depression, diabetic neuropathy. After calling him, I asked if he knew that it was also for this problem, he stated “no, I didn’t.” If it works, I will be one happy person, if not, how do you deal with it? Especially, if you blood sugar seems to be getting under control. Diabetes is nothing to be underestimated, I am just now finding this out. Perhaps, I thought it was something that didn’t have any reprocussions, but sadly, it does.
Diabetes is a disease that has to be controlled, if not, it controls you and it does not have to. Stress plays a very important part to a diabetic, the less stress, the better, another fact I am finding out. I thought I handled stress well, as a diabetic though, I don’t. Remember, if your sugars are high, see a doctor, talk to him about everything. Something that seems small, isn’t for the diabetic. No question is stupid, it just may save your life.
