cold feet-nerve damage?

[rudini]

I was diagnosed with T2 beginning of September. Unfortunately, it took me getting sick enough to go into the hospital as an emergency to find out I have diabetes. it's T2 but my bg was so high 36.6 ( 660 in American measurements) that I had to be put on insulin right away. I'm on Lantus at night and Byetta 2x before meals. My eyesight was the worst symptom at first, it deteriorated really badly. Now I've changed my diet and on meds my vision has improved in the 2 months. But I've noticed, now it's getting cold that one of my toes hurts if my feet aren't kept warm. It's painful and then it's numb. i'm scared it could be peripheral neuropathy. The only thing I can think of to do is to keep my feet warm, which is easy when i'm at home. But what if i go out? i went out and my feet got cold and the toe was really painful. I can't pile on layers of socks because none of my shoes will fit. Anyone else experience this? What do I do?? Help!

[notme]

It could be neuropathy that your feeling, but it could also be circulation. I would suggest talking to your doctor. I had a ultrasound done of my legs before I had foot surgery. With an ultrasound, you will know if the circulation in your legs is adequate.

Exercise is key in diabetes. It will help lower your blood sugar and increase the circulation of blood.

Before you try anything, get in to see your doctor. Keep us updated!

[slipperyelm]

My feet were painfully sensitive to the cold for a couple years before I was diagnosed. (That and several other problems tell me I was probably diabetic long before I got diagnosed.)Felt like I was approaching frostbite when I just stayed outside long enough to sweep the porch or to walk from a parking lot into a store. Wearing dress shoes was especially bad as the soles are thin. Wearing thicker soled shoes helped hold in the warmth, so helped a little bit. Getting those blood glucose readings down, down, down is what really made the difference. My feet still get cold easier than other people's, but they do not feel painful every time they are cold. I do think the pain upon cold is likely evidence of neuropathy. Neuropathy can get better with better A1Cs, especially if it is not too bad to start with. I also understand r-alpha lipoic acid helps.

[davef]

Rudini,

I know that since diagnosis that I feel the cold in my fingers and toes, something I never experienced before as I generally a very warm person. Your sensitivity could be circulation but as has been suggested, talk to your Doctor.

[cyberus]

I was diagnosed with T2 beginning of September. Unfortunately, it took me getting sick enough to go into the hospital as an emergency to find out I have diabetes. it's T2 but my bg was so high 36.6 ( 660 in American measurements) that I had to be put on insulin right away. I'm on Lantus at night and Byetta 2x before meals. My eyesight was the worst symptom at first, it deteriorated really badly. Now I've changed my diet and on meds my vision has improved in the 2 months. But I've noticed, now it's getting cold that one of my toes hurts if my feet aren't kept warm. It's painful and then it's numb. i'm scared it could be peripheral neuropathy. The only thing I can think of to do is to keep my feet warm, which is easy when i'm at home. But what if i go out? i went out and my feet got cold and the toe was really painful. I can't pile on layers of socks because none of my shoes will fit. Anyone else experience this? What do I do?? Help!

See you doctor ... I'm currently on Neurontin for just what you are experiencing in your feet.

[yannah]

you know I am having a very similar problem, my toe goes numb if it is cold, comes and goes, doesn't happen always. No pain.

at diagnosis I was having tingling in the other foot but that hasn't happened since I got the numbers under control.

mmmm???? this makes me sad.

[mazea]

Yes cold feet, pain and swelling was a problem I had when I first was diagnosed and started insulin (Lantus and Novorapid) in May. I couldn't walk longer than 5 minutes or without crutches for 3 months after starting the insulin. Then I changed from Lantus to Levemir and had an appointment with a neurologist. The neurologist said I had inflammatory neuropathy. Inflammatory neuropathy is a temporary condition that happens in the first few months of taking insulin. A special xray showed poor circulation in the cold foot. I got a sunbeam heated throw rug and kept my feet under it.

Now I am back to normal which means that whatever was wrong was temporary. Except for occasional tingle I have no pain in my feet at all now and walk a lot. I believe it was the Lantus that caused the inflammatory neuropathy, because the condition started straight away after taking the Lantus, and stopping it made the pain go away immediately. Even now I can't take the Lantus or the condition comes back.

[Kanga]

Hmmm, looks like I need to take a trip to the dr as I have one foot where 2 toes can feel quiet numb and when they are not they are tingling. :confused:

Thanks for the post as I thought it was just a normal part of getting my Bg levels down and once down the toes would return to normal, just like my eyesight has :confused:

[MaireC]

Cold feet and cold fingers, boy do I know that pain. I'm just back from a weeks holidays in the Canary islands, and even though I got sunburned, my hands never got warm.

I did ask my doctor about it, and the only answer I got was 'wear thicker socks and gloves'. If you do get a decent reply from your doctor, please let us know!

[jeann841]

my feet feels like i have a band around them and my feet and toes stays numb and painful. and of the nite they are so cold i can not get them warm so i can go to sleep. i just wondered if i was the only one having this problem or if it was related to some thing else i have wrong with me.