Does anyone understand my case?

I tell you as a relief.

I was admitted 4 years ago when I was 34 years old with very high sugar levels (200/300) and I was a rather neglected person, with aglycosylated hemoglobin12.4 and very overweight (130kg).I was diagnosed with type II diabetes and I learned my lesson from the 'scare' and decided that I had to do something with my life.

I currently weigh 70 kg, in these 4 years with a lot of effort and restrictions I lost a lot of weight with diet and daily exercise, I look like a different person physically. Every morning I currently wake up at 75/85 sugar and myglycosylated hemoglobincurrent from a few weeks ago is 5.1.Someday I can go out for a drink and eat something that I shouldn't (some cake, some hamburger...), obviously, and my sugar rises like everyone else, but the following days I return to my levels of 75/85 without much effort, simply by eating healthy and well.

The endocrinologist already took me off all the insulin from the beginning, the pills and anything that has to do with diabetes in March and now in September when I returned for a check-up and continued with everything the same, without medications, she gave me the discharge, I am 'clean and healthy', or so it is assumed, my case with her is over because I no longer have type 2 diabetes, and you will say, well, congratulations.Well no.

My foot is still knackered, clearly I still have enormous neuropathy, it is always numb and that prevents me from sleeping and resting well for more than 4 hours, I stay awake.No matter how much exercise you do, it doesn't go away.I get small wounds and spots all the time that then take weeks to go away.Recently my gums started to get sore as well as from having very high blood sugar.And with so much weight loss my veins are always swollen, as if they won't circulate well.Every day it is also more difficult to go to the bathroom, always constipated.

I don't know what to do anymore, honestly.I'm supposed to be fine, I've been to a thousand tests and everyone tells me that the results are fine, that I don't suffer from diabetes, but it's as if that damn disease had stayed in my body forever from when it was uncontrolled four years ago and day to day life is unbearable.It's maddening to continue like this after so much.I don't know if anyone knows of a similar case or if there is any way to continue because it makes me want to throw in the towel.(I have managed to get an appointment in January and they will look at my foot again after I have given the impression that it is not fine even though my tests say it is; the most I have achieved is that a doctor told me that I had a small anemia due to weight loss (since nobody knows anything, they blame everything on that in the end and that does not solve anything for me because all my symptoms are from having super uncontrolled diabetes even though the numbers say otherwise).

What a story, mate @albokid38… thanks for sharing it with so much honesty.What you have done is impressive: losing 60 kilos, normalizing your levels and maintaining that consistency is not within everyone's reach.You have shown enormous strength, and I completely understand how frustrating it must be to feel that your body still carries the consequences of those hard years, even though the analyzes say otherwise.

Unfortunately, sometimes the damage that diabetes causes before it is controlled can remain “marked” in nerves and tissues, especially in the feet.Although glucose is now perfect, neuropathies can continue to cause war for a long time, even years.But that doesn't mean there's nothing to do.

Some colleagues have commented on improvements with specific physiotherapy, supplements such as alpha-lipoic acid or B12 (always with medical supervision, of course), and even with nerve stimulation or laser therapies.And when it comes to constipation, sometimes small changes in fiber and water make a huge difference, especially after such a large weight loss.

I'm glad you insisted on having your foot checked in January.Don't give up on that.Just because the numbers come out right doesn't mean the symptoms are imaginary, and you know your body better than anyone.

There are many of us here who understand that mixture of achievement and desperation that you describe.💪

Cheer up, really.You have made an incredible journey, and although another battle now comes, you are not alone in this.

Congratulations on your recovery.Demonstrate perseverance and discipline.

The problem of diabetes side effects does not go away just like that.Neuropathies take years to reverse, and many times it is not possible.

Ask for a checkup with a specialist, they are very annoying.I have been advised to wear cold gloves to avoid them, but if you already have them, I don't think it will be of much use to you.

I think you are a little confused and your endocrine doctor has no fucking idea (badly speaking).The symptoms you have are those of a diabetic who is not taking medication and are clearly getting worse over time by not receiving medication.

The first time I hear that one can be cured of type 2 diabetes??As far as I know, once you enter you can't leave and the only thing you can do is improve your health, but your diabetes will still be there.

Yes, you can cure yourself of a possible diabetes, if you catch it in prediabetes, if you do the tests and it turns out that you are in prediabetes and immediately make a change in your life (improve health) you will never get diabetes.

I wish I had that willpower that you have!!I have it for some things, but for my health nothing at all and the truth is that I have type 2 diabetes like hell, but I have learned from many mistakes and I also had a period of constipation that I managed to overcome.....

I think you should continue taking your diabetes medication (at least metformin pills) and for neuropathy take "alpha lipoic acid" (it works for me).

Your body needs that extra help that the medication gives and by not receiving it you have all those symptoms because your body is not capable of dealing with so much glucose on its own.It seems that you are controlling yourself but in reality it is not like that and you are saying it yourself that there are days that you pay tributes, but on those days you are screwing up your body, that's why the extra help of medication...

And I tell you this because I am the complete opposite of you and my type 2 diabetes is very bad, but thanks to Metformin and alpha lipoic acid I am almost keeping all the symptoms of my diabetes at bay and the neuropathy I have in my feet has not progressed since the first symptoms I have had for years.

What I have noticed differently for 2 months and I feel identified with you is that my right leg is swelling and blisters or wounds have started to appear that take a long time to heal, even when I go to the nurse to cure me there is no one to cure and if this happens to me, I already told you that I am having terrible diabetes and I think it is because of that, I understand that you have diabetes yes or yes.

For constipation, take magnesium supplements per day, you can adjust:

4 capsules (3000 mg) of Magnesium Bisglycinate

If you get diarrhea when taking it, you need to reduce the dose.

For peripheral neuropathy I take vitamin B12 and magnesium (bicyclinate) and with that I keep it at bay and it doesn't cause diarrhea

Congratulations on having controlled your diabetes!You must continue like this!

I think it is reasonable that you no longer have to take diabetes medication because with diet and exercise you have it under control.Discharging you seems exaggerated to me, although if the family doctor continues to do tests to check that the values ​​are correct and if not, send you back to the endocrinologist, you will save those unnecessary visits.

Another thing different is the rest of the damage that diabetes has caused you.These things continue and you will have to continue to be attended to by specialists who help you control and improve them.To give you an example, if you had had to amputate your foot due to diabetes, no matter how much you had controlled your sugar now, no one would have been able to give it back to you.Your case is not so extreme and it is possible that you can recover from the rest of the ailments caused by diabetes.

In short, it is great that you have been able to control your sugar levels and it is very important that you continue to do so well (Imagine how you would be if your levels were still uncontrolled).Regarding the rest of the ailments, do not leave them and try to be treated by specialists to be able to control them and make sure they remain things of the past.

Pyrri said:
@Pyrri said:

I think you are a little confused and your endocrine doctor has no fucking idea (badly speaking).The symptoms you have are those of a diabetic who is not taking medication and are clearly getting worse over time by not receiving medication.

The first time I hear that one can be cured of type 2 diabetes??As far as I know, once you enter you can't leave and the only thing you can do is improve your health, but your diabetes will still be there.

Yes, you can cure yourself of a possible diabetes, if you catch it in prediabetes, if you do the tests and it turns out that you are in prediabetes and immediately make a change in your life (improve health) you will never get diabetes.

I wish I had that willpower that you have!!I have it for some things, but for my health nothing at all and the truth is that I have type 2 diabetes like hell, but I have learned from many mistakes and I also had a period of constipation that I managed to overcome.....

I think you should continue taking your diabetes medication (at least metformin pills) and for neuropathy take "alpha lipoic acid" (it works for me).

Your body needs that extra help that the medication gives and by not receiving it you have all those symptoms because your body is not capable of dealing with so much glucose on its own.It seems that you are controlling yourself but in reality it is not like that and you are saying it yourself that there are days that you pay tributes, but on those days you are screwing up your body, that's why the extra help of medication...

And I tell you this because I am the complete opposite of you and my type 2 diabetes is very bad, but thanks to Metformin and alpha lipoic acid I am almost keeping all the symptoms of my diabetes at bay and the neuropathy I have in my feet has not progressed since the first symptoms I have had for years.

What I have noticed differently for 2 months and I feel identified with you is that my right leg is swelling and blisters or wounds have started to appear that take a long time to heal, even when I go to the nurse to cure me there is no one to cure and if this happens to me, I already told you that I am having terrible diabetes and I think it is because of that, I understand that you have diabetes yes or yes.

For constipation, take magnesium supplements per day, you can adjust:

4 capsules (3000 mg) of Magnesium Bisglycinate

If you get diarrhea when taking it, you need to reduce the dose.