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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Diabetes / January 2004Ouch me Leg!
Ohh the joy's of becoming old and decrepit;o( I've got a (for want of a better explanation) patch on me shin. It's gone sort of shiny and the hair has gone from there. It feels like a blister does and is stinging all the time. Now I know I've got a bit of PN down there and in me tootsies but that feels different to this and its been getting worse over the last month. Maybe the buggers going to drop off, me leg that is! I'll be seeing the doc next week, after the nice lady has re-shaped me toe nails, but in the mean time, has anyone else had anything like this. Any clues as to what's gone wrong this time? Philip Martin. > Ohh the joy's of becoming old and decrepit;o( I got those joys too. My Ma used to say when you are young and energetic, you are not experienced enough to use the energy correctly, but when you are old enough to have the necessary experience, the energy has gone. C'est la vie! (That French bit is just so you know I'm edificated). > I've got a (for want of a better explanation) patch on me shin. It's > gone sort of shiny and the hair has gone from there. It feels like a > blister does and is stinging all the time. Now I know I've got a bit > of PN down there and in me tootsies but that feels different to this > and its been getting worse over the last month. Maybe the buggers > going to drop off, me leg that is! You give a reasonably accurate explanation of the beginning of Scleredema Diabeticorum. If you stick that in Google I expect you would find summat useful. > I'll be seeing the doc next week, after the nice lady has re-shaped > me toe nails, but in the mean time, has anyone else had anything like > this. Any clues as to what's gone wrong this time? > > Philip Martin. Got a similar problem but not caused by the beast, but by the impolite person who drove the car that hit Al that got hurled into a brick wall that damaged Al's leg and head. Sounds like the house Jack built, don't it? -- Now some people are cute and sweet and soft and kind and gentle. But I'm someone who's round the bend And marvellously mental. >> Ohh the joy's of becoming old and decrepit;o( >> [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > wall that damaged Al's leg and head. Sounds like the house Jack > built, don't it? In addition, Phil, you might look here http://tinyurl.com/2y5vy Al. -- Now some people are cute and sweet and soft and kind and gentle. But I'm someone who's round the bend And marvellously mental. > > Ohh the joy's of becoming old and decrepit;o( > > [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > damaged Al's leg and head. Sounds like the house Jack built, don't it? > -- Thanks for that Al! However, seeing as it only seems to effect the upper half of the torso I don't think it will be that. Unless of course I'm breaking new medical ground and knowing my luck that might just be the case. Still at least its only 'rarely' fatal;o) Philip Martin. > > > Ohh the joy's of becoming old and decrepit;o( > > > [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > ground and knowing my luck that might just be the case. Still at least its > only 'rarely' fatal;o) Phil, if it turns out to be fatal in your case, be sure to let us know so we can avoid it will you? :-) Sorry I can't offer any suggestions, but it's a new one on moi. Beav >> > only 'rarely' fatal;o) > > Phil, if it turns out to be fatal in your case, be sure to let us know so we > can avoid it will you? :-) > > Sorry I can't offer any suggestions, but it's a new one on moi. Ahh the vultures are circling! me laptop, me heli's, me pension fund!! I'm off to the chiropodist this afternoon (part of the DM clinic), so hopefully she will get me in to see the doc. Then, hopefully, he will have some idea of what the hells gone wrong this time. Place your bet now for the fags getting the blame though:o( Philip Martin. > >> > only 'rarely' fatal;o) > > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > some idea of what the hells gone wrong this time. Place your bet now for the > fags getting the blame though:o( No bet, the odds are too short. It WILL be blamed. A pal of mine (not a DM-er) went to the quacks YEARS ago wth "restless legs" and she told him it was the fags. "Stop smoking or lose a leg" she told him. HE shot right back "Can I choose WHICH leg, becasue I fnd my right leg much more useful":-)) Years later, he's still in full posession of all his legs and he still smokes 60 a day. Beav > > >> > only 'rarely' fatal;o) > > > [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > Years later, he's still in full posession of all his legs and he still > smokes 60 a day. Well, not a mention of the old fags! Round one and the doc recons its neuropathy:o( Has given me this aesthetic cream Axsian to rub into it (me leg that is before the comments come flying forth). So we will see how it goes:o) Philip Martin. Mind you, aesthetic cream, hmmmmmm. Nahh, it stings too much when you first put it on! > > > >> > only 'rarely' fatal;o) > > > > [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > > > Well, not a mention of the old fags! Is your doc a complete divvi? > Round one and the doc recons its neuropathy:o( Not the best news Phil, but at least it's "sort of" a dx. > Has given me this aesthetic cream Axsian to rub into it (me leg that is > before the comments come flying forth). Should make it LOOK good, but will it help with the pain? (I know, I'm a twat:-) So we will see how it goes:o) Lerrus no too!! Beav Has the skin gone brown or yellow? If so, check out Necrobiosis Lipoidica Diabeticorum. Fairly harmless apart from the slight risk of getting it knocked and ulcers developing and then infection. I have 4 holes in my leg for this reason at the moment. Most common is ocurrence on the shin. Only occurs in 1% of people with DM apparently http://www.diabetes.org.uk/infocentre/inform/necro.htm -------------------- VBH Dx(17-Oct-03) : A1c 10.2 : 102Kg Latest : A1c: 7.7 : 92Kg : Met 3x500 --------------------- > Ohh the joy's of becoming old and decrepit;o( > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.558 / Virus Database: 350 - Release Date: 02/01/2004 > Has the skin gone brown or yellow? If so, check out Necrobiosis Lipoidica > Diabeticorum. Fairly harmless apart from the slight risk of getting it > knocked and ulcers developing and then infection. I have 4 holes in my leg > for this reason at the moment. Most common is ocurrence on the shin. > > Only occurs in 1% of people with DM apparently No, its gone white, on an otherwise flesh coloured, muscle toned leg:o) I know, the only bit of me bod that is still muscle toned these days! Philip Martin. >> Has the skin gone brown or yellow? If so, check out Necrobiosis >> Lipoidica Diabeticorum. Fairly harmless apart from the slight risk [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Philip Martin. Hi Phil, Although 1% of DMers get necrobiosis, 50% of necrobiosis sufferers are diabetic. http://www.gpnotebook.co.uk/cache/382730251.htm That there gpnotebook is a very useful resource. Maggie B (my DSN) says the brown/yellow discolouration is when it is advancing, but when it is starting it might be white. But of course it might be summat else. Ask your doc, or ask for a referral to a skin specialist (dermatologist??) I think. Please let us know how you go on with it. -- Now some people are cute and sweet and soft and kind and gentle. 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