I've been looking into some of the research (I'm a type 2 too). More uniform blood sugar through out the day (and night) seems to mitigate the tingling and numbness. Too high AND too low seems to provoke more tingling and numbness at least for me. With the prescription stuff, my doctor had me shift to a faster acting insulin. Based on reputable "real science" studies (many of which my agency ARS has done), I've added the following supplements to my diet: 3X 1,000 cinnamon; 1X 1,000 turmeric capsules and drinking 3-5 cups of green tea (mostly Bigalow peach green tea with caffeine replacing my coffee intake). But the one that actually showed a tracked blood sugar drop of about 30 points with no other changes was adding 6,000 units of D3, taken 2000 units at a time in three doses during the day. I have been discussing all of the vitamin D research with our national program leader for human nutrition. I can tell you that our data about vitamin D requirements is all over the place. Some will tell you that 6,000 units per day is in the toxic range. But the only data about toxic ranges is anecdotal; no one really has repeatable data. My doctor ordered a vitamin D blood test last month for me (60 days after I started taking this dose) and I still came up low normal (35). The next time you do a A1C test, ask your doctor to add a Vitamin D test. You may be surprised at how low you are, even if you drink a lot of milk because tests show that although milk is supposed to be enhanced with vitamin D, actually levels really vary. By the way, it has to be D3, not D2. I'm not a doctor or a nutritionist, but I have looked at a lot of the primary research and talked to some of the leading scientists in this field. But do your own research to see if you want to try some of this. One of the real frontiers in vitamins and minerals is that they are beginning to look at some small difference in genetic make up (like 2 or 3 genes) making a huge difference in the amount of a vitamin or mineral requirement. But FDA policy is one number for a requirement, so they are really unhappy with the growth of research saying you have gene a & b, you need 5X the amount of something than other people need. As DNA testing becomes cheaper, expect a lot more research inthis area of individual nutrition requirements. The other aspect of diabetes that may be contributing to more tingly and pain is inflammation levels. I even read a couple of references that some doctors want to consider reclassifying diabetes as an inflammation based disease rather than primarily endocrine--that the endocrine issues are a result of inflammation. Get your doctor to do a C reactive protein test to see if that is a problem in your case. KimKa

Hi purplesky i too have joint pain mostly in my legs like awful restlessness growing pains and i get pins and needles in my feet and hands and my shoulders ache , i have had blood tests done but they do not show up anything different with my hormones yet but my doc says im definatly peri , i have days when i feel totally weird and i feel like ive got some horrible disease even tho i probably havent its amazing what havoc hormones wreak on us ist it, i think its much more confusing to gauge where your at with the monthly cycle thing and symptoms when youve had a full hysterectomy like i have because of the absence of periods you know what im mean , the doctor reckons its difficult to get anything from the blood in peri that indicates a positive result because bloods nearly always show up normal LH and FSH even though most of the time its actually altered , the symtoms dont seem to have any fixed pattern really and are quite changable do you find that

My dear friend. I feel I know you even though I mostly lurk. I am also the mother of an addict. I hear the roller coaster you are on and lift you up in prayer... It is possible the rehab will not be able to help your DD because of the medical problem she has - at least they took her to be looked at... I pray tht they will let her back in rehab when she is healed from the infection to her leg. I joined a group of parent/friends of addicts almost a year ago so I could help my DD and found out that God and my daughter will take are of her and help her - that I needed to take care of myself! The program is Nar-Anon and it has saved my life! It is a group (just like the KTers) who care about you and know what you are going thru. I pray for you and your daughter. She is in a good place riht now - I pray that you get help for youself too - after all, she'll need you when she makes it back to you...

Hello Everybody! ND is cloudy, damp, and cool today. I just made 1/2 gallon of hummimgbird nectar. It can cool while I shower and dress (not getting around much today) and then I'll go out to replace the old feeders with clean, freshly filled ones. I have one feeder in the north neighbor's yard; one in the east neighbor's yard; two in my bird feeding tree; and one on a hook by my sewing room window. Now that the migration has started, I'll set another hook in the tomato garden just outside the kitchen sink window. I've learned the more feeders I can spread around, especially if the birds can't see all of them at once, the less fighting I get and we all get to enjoy many more hummers. Thus time of year I normally make 1/2 gallon of nectar twice a week.