Hi Everyone

[PaulG]

My toes were stinging so thought I'd get out of bed and come down for a cuppa, or two.
I've been looking up possible ointments and hey, found this forum and here I am, so hi all.

PaulG

 

[Ljc]

Hi @PaulG . Welcome to the forum. I hope your toes have stopped stinging now and you managed to get off to sleep again.
Do your feet play you up much.

 

[PaulG]

Hi Ljc,
Back to bed at 0400 and awoke at 0700. Freezing cold so that knocks back the tingles. Sitting with another cuppa now and trying to wear socks that will be just warm without overheating.

Thanks for asking.

PaulG

 

[Ralph-YK]

Welcome to the forum Paul from a fellow T2.

 

[Toucan]

Hi Paul.
Sorry but I don't know of any cures for tingling toes! Welcome to the forum though.
Have you been a Type 2 for very long, and how are you coping with it?

 

[trophywench]

If it's neuropathy causing it, and it's bad enough to wake you in the night, there are drugs you can get from the doc that might help.

 

[PaulG]

Thanks for the welcomes. My T2 had remained stable for two to three years but a year ago it started to go downhill, possibly due to my lack of cooking skills.
With the help of a lady down the road I'm learning the ropes, and to take it a step further I joined Slimming World three weeks ago. Two weigh weeks later
and I'm minus 9lb and the pre meal finger pricks that were av. high teens are down to between five and ten. Just this sore feet problem, unless thats just due to cold ?

PaulG

 

[TheClockworkDodo]

Hi Paul, and welcome to the forum 🙂

Sore/tingly feet in this weather could be chillblains? - in which case, they will clear up of their own accord after a while, but keeping your feet warm without overheating them is a good idea - eg with bedsocks rather than a hot water bottle. If you keep getting sore feet I'd see your doctor about them though.

 

[trophywench]

Daft as this may sound - it could still be diabetic neuropathy - thing is it creeps on slowly people don't always notice that differences are happening …… but although we're always told that a sort of pins and needles feeling is common once we've got it - what they don't tell us is that when nerve damage is healing - we also get a sort of pins and needles feeling!

Years ago following my hysterectomy, either side of the scar was numb for over a year. Then eventually the feeling started to return and guess what? Tingling! Same has happened to my knee that was operated on. It's annoying but good!

Our eldest great grandson when he was about 5 and had been sitting on the floor with his legs under him playing some computer game, told his Grandma his legs felt funny. Why? Cos they felt like they were fizzing!

Now we no longer get pins and needles - we all just fizz occasionally!

 

[PaulG]

Back downstairs for a cuppa again.

@Jenny
I know the scar nerve repair feeling. Twenty years ago I was bitten by a dog. It tore my bottom lip from my lower gum line. The surgeon made a wonderful job of the outside but inside my mouth is
not quite so neat. I still feel all the scar lines and every so often a new nerve joins up.

@juliet
I have to phone my diabetic unit at the local hospital this week as the nurse, Liz, wanted to know how I got on at Slimming World and its effect on blood sugar.
I will discuss my foot problem with her. 😱

PaulG

 

[Ljc]

TBH I found neuropathy pain as painful if not more so going than coming . I hope in your case that If it is neuropathic pain it’s because the nerves are healing.