My wife has Type 2 Diabetes, she is on Metformin and insulin, but now Neuropathy is becoming a problem, the soles of her feet and the back of the leg just above the heel tickles, and needs me to massage her. Can you help in this case?
Gentle massage can improve circulation.
Peripheral neuropathy is the result of diminished circulation from cumulative vascular damage from glucose spikes over time. Eventually the nerves are damaged and begin to die.
She can do herself a favor and stop adding to that vascular damage and nerve damage today. She can control both her before meal numbers and 2 hour numbers to 4.0(72) to 7.8(140). These are normal nondiabetic numbers.
Cut out all added sugars in food and drink.
Slowly reduce net carbs.
Control your numbers and control your diabetes journey.
Do it.
Don't just try.
As the nerves die, pain, then numbness results. Then slow healing, then no feeling. When the nerves die, then the real danger begins. You can injure your feet and not know it, sores get infected, gangrene can set in. Then amputations of toes, feet, legs.
So stop the vascular damage and nerve damage now. Over time with super control of my numbers, my peripheral neuropathy actually reversed a bit.
It took about 15 months. I now have full circulation in my feet and toes, as my podiatrist confims, with the filament test.
There are drugs like Lyrica that can help, but they just mask the damage.
Choose and do.
It's your choice.
Live your best life with diabetes.
Or don't.
Your choice.