If you follow a strict meal plan, how likely is it that you will develop diabetic complications? If you don't follow a meal plan closely, how likely is it that you will you develop diabetic complications? Why is it ten years after being diagnosed with diabetes that some people develop so many complications?
I have been experiencing numbness in my feet and toes. I have Type 2 diabetes and am currently taking Glucophage 850mg, 2 times a day. Is this condition reversible?
My hands have so much pain in them. I thought it might be arthritis. My doctor said it was a result of my diabetes. Is that possible? Why would that happen?
I was recently told that diabetes can cause damage to the heart. Is this true? My brother is diabetic and has just undergone quadruple by-pass surgery for some major blockages. His surgeon said most of the damage was caused by his diabetes. I had never heard this before.
What lab tests can tell me if my kidneys are ok? I am worried about kidney damage.
My husband is diabetic. He has ulcers on his lower right leg that don’t seem to be healing. Is there anything he can do to help it heal faster? I am very concerned because he had a staph infection in the left leg and had to have it removed in 1998. Is there a need to be concerned about staph now? Please send me information on this subject and staph infection also. Thank you very much.
Is there a connection between ear ringing and diabetes? I have had type 1 diabetes for 27 years. And I recently started getting terrible ringing in the ears, about the time that I switched to Lantus®. Initially, I thought that it was just Tinnitus. But, when I saw accounts of similar experiences from type 1 forum posts, I started suspecting that Lantus might have something to do with it. I read somewhere that hyperinsulinemia can cause ringing in the ears. But we are all normal-weight type...
I understand that my type 2 diabetes may be the cause of my impotence. I am a 70-year-old male, and even though I have my diabetes under control, my impotence persists. Is this going to be a way of life for me the rest of my life?
