Diane Re: TYPES OF DIABETIC NEUROPATHY

[Guest guest]

Hi Tommie

I get swelling and discoloration (red/purplish/blue) in my feet and

ankles when I'm on them alot. It doesn't happen too often as I'm

off of my feet with them elevated for most of the day. I haven't

had any swelling in my calf. I do have tremendous swelling in my

right knee which I just found out this morning is due to arthritis.

The Dr. thinks that it could be OS. My knee feels like it's the

size of a basketball. It's been that way since Thanksgiving.

Hugs

Diane - Minnesota

>

> Diane,

>

> Due to the slow blood flow in your feet, do you get swelling a lot

in your ankles, feet and calves that is only relieved by putting

feet above heart? I have Neuropathy in my feet due to a very bad car

wreck back in 2000. And I have this problem with my feet. Of course

the foot problem came before the Diabetes and I've been tested twice

for Diabetic Neuropathy and both times it was negative. So we assume

it is from this wreck. I broke one foot in 4 places and both ankles

were so severely sprained I didn't walk for 5 months and it was 7

months before I got out of the air casts. It was horrible. I'll

never forget it and my feet and ankles were swollen the entire time.

>

> ~Tommie

>

> Re: TYPES OF DIABETIC NEUROPATHY

>

>

> I have Autonomic Neuropathy. I believe the correct diagnosis for

> SSDI is " sensory autonomic small nerve neuropathy " due to an

> Autoimmune disorder. I don't have diabetes or PAD. My large

nerves

> are fine. It just that the small nerves in my feet are damaged

or

> dead according to a sweat test. I don't have any of the symptons

> that you have listed for Autonomic Neuropathy. My blood sugar is

in

> the normal range and my blood pressure is normal for me. 90/52 -

> 105/68. It's always been that way. They have done the doppler

> tests on my arteries which show that blood gets to my feet, but

the

> veins that carry it back up are on the slow side. The Drs at the

> Mayo Clinic don't have any explanation as to what has caused my

> neuropathy. The only autoimmune disorder that I have is the I

have

> hyperthyroid ( half of it was removed in '93) and they told me

that

> that shouldn't have caused this. I guess my illness is a mystery

to

> them.

> Hugs

> Diane - Minnesota

>

>