Hello I am 54 and have just been diagnosed as having type 2. This was discovered as I have tarsel tunnel. Has anyone had this combination and had reversal of symptoms through diet and exercise. Exercise at this point is limited due to sore ankle. Thank you for reading.
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Welcome to the forum.
I think that reversal of your tarsal tunnel will depend on the amount of damage, I assume it is similar to carpel tunnel but in the feet.
Certainly getting your blood glucose level in a better place will be beneficial. Exercise does help but dietary changes are more important and many find a low carbohydrate approach successful in reducing blood glucose and losing weight if needed. The regime described in this link https://lowcarbfreshwell.com/ is one you might like to look at, whether this is suitable may depend on any medication you have been prescribed. Hopefully none if your HbA1C is not too high, knowing what that is is useful in knowing how much work you need to do.
Are you having any treatment for your tarsal tunnel condition?
Thank you for your reply, I am having physio but also been given some short term medication. I am hopeful that putting everything in place will help with the tarsal tunnel. Thank you for the web site too, the recipes look very manageable.
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What medication have you been given as some meds can affect blood glucose but also pain.
Hello - A few months after I got diagnosed with type 2 I had cervical radiculopathy which resulted in left shoulder blade pain and tingling, etc. So not tunnel tarsel but it did affect nerves and tendons so somewhat similar. In my case it was a sports injury and entirely independent of my T2 diabetes. It took my doing physio, etc. and six months of doing the prescribed exercises to resolve the cervical radiculopathy. In parallel, to address my high BG I had changed my diet and developed a routine of more exercise and my HBA1c fell back to normal levels and has remained there for over 2 years. I don't particularly consider my T2 "reversed" because as soon as I have anything with enough carbs my BG will raise, but it is controlled.
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Welcome to the forum @MrsM
Sorry to hear about your diagnosis, while you were already busy with tarsal tunnel. Double whammy!
Were you told the result of your HbA1c that gave you your diagnosis? That can be helpful in understanding how modest or significant that changes are which you might want to consider in order to steer things back towards a healthier blood glucose range.
Elevated blood glucose can impair or delay the healing process, so trying to get things gently back on track with your diabetes should help with recovery from your tarsal tunnel too.
There are two main approaches to diabetes management that are popular on the forum (with many variants among them). One is to focus on weight loss, particularly weight around the abdomen which can indicate visceral fat built up around organs like the liver and pancreas, stopping them working properly. Many members using this approach find that glucose levels improve naturally as their weight reduces - particularly if using a short term intervention such as the Newcastle Diet.
The other approach is to focus on blood glucose management with a lower carbohydrate way of eating (typically less than 130g of carbohydrates a day). Reducing portions of all carbohydrates, not just the obvious sweet and sugary things, but bread, pasta, potatoes, grains, rice, and many fruits. Many members using this approach find that weight reduces naturally as their glucose levels improve.
Of course there are some that use a combination approach too!
One of the things about diabetes is that it can be very individual. And the same approach may not appeal, or work as successfully for two different people - so it’s really a question of experimentation, and developing a ‘diabetes toolkit’ of strategies and approaches that work for you, and which you can sustain long-term 🙂
Good luck, and let us know how things go 🙂
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