I had two close calls today.
When I woke up this morning, my right big toe starting hurting. It wasn’t too bad having just started the cycle so I took two regular Tylenol pills and tried to sleep it off. I was pretty successful and when I finally got out of bed a few hours later, the pain didn’t come back. Fast forward to this afternoon. I took another nap after a work call and woke up again with pain in my right foot. This time it was on the inside of the foot, right under the big toe joint. Unlike this morning, this one hurt a lot more than anything I’ve experienced before. After each pain attack, my entire foot would go numb for a few seconds. I took another two Tylenol pills (PM version this time), and tried to go back to sleep. It was difficult since I just woke up, but managed to doze off for a few hours until my parents woke me up for dinner. The pain attacks were subsiding but I still experienced a few within the next few hours. It’s now 10:30 pm and I think it has finally subsided.
Again, these attacks are likely the result of diabetic nerve damage. However, having controlled my blood sugar and diabetes fairly well over the past few years, I thought there would not be any further deterioration in my condition. I understand if the body can’t heal from the damage but the nerve pain seems to keep getting worse. Maybe there is a lag in the blood sugar levels and [body system] damage?
I’m just hoping nothing reappears tomorrow morning during dialysis. It will suck even worse if I have to deal with nerve pain while sitting there for four hour5s.
Life with chronic diseases 