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Old 05-09-2008, 07:23 AM
NewMomofType1 NewMomofType1 is offline
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Originally Posted by George83 View Post
I found that when I started on insulin treatment my feet swelled up, on further reading I found out that this was a normal thing when on insulin, give it 1 to 2 weeks it will go away, just make sure he wears his shoes loosely.

Funny at one stage my feet looked like puffa fish, I had tankles instead of ankles, my toes couldnt even touch the ground from how puffy my feet were.

Tankles. HA HA. Yep, that's about right. We were told that it could be a fluid retention from all the hospital IV's and an effect from the insulin. Kinda like a double whammy for him.

If I can get him to pop them up they do get better but this seems like it's gonna be a waiting it out thing.
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