I just realized it was about this time last year that I started going into DKA and it is almost one month to my diagnosis day. I can hardly believe it. I continue to have symptoms in my legs, my left one with the confirmed dvt being worse. I had two more incidents of pain in my leg- ultrasounds show no new clot but more tests show venal insufficiency in the popliteal and saphenous vein in my left leg. The arteries are fine in both legs. I went for a second opinion to a doc in nyc since I'm worried about possibly losing my leg at some point and he said everything looks really good with my circulation and don't do a laser ablation on the saphenous vein as the p vein needs it to help stop back flow.
So I went home feeling relatively happy, although he said I am in no danger of losing my leg, he did say he can't predict the future due to D. But most people have problems in blood flow in arteries who have limb loss in D. Anyway, I stopped wearing the compression leg wear after seeing this new doc, thinking it has been almost a year and maybe I should see how I do without it. Then Saturday I woke up with another spasm, this time is was very severe and sudden. I lay there and eventually put some heat on and fell asleep again. Later I took anti inflammatories, a painkiller and supplemented more b12, potassium, calcium, & sodium the next day it had improved more, but it still doesn't feel right- yesterday I felt another spasm coming on but it never materialized. I have been drinking diet tonic water and smart water also... I'm just wondering what is going on... I'm so sick of all of this. My last blood work showed normal electrolytes. And everything else was pretty normal although my a1c went up to 5.7 and my cholesterol went up a bit. I have noticed for a while I get muscle spasm and tingling when I go hypo.
I'm going to go to a sports doc soon to see if there are more tests that can be done to figure out what is going on and what if anything can be done. Exercise seems to make this spasm worse, such as stair stepping and even walking, which is my main exercise.
Overall, I feel very exhausted with D and with all of this leg stuff, I find myself sleeping a lot now, just like I was last year when all of this started. I hate D, I just want my old life back the way it was, where I had the freedom to eat what I wanted to when I wanted to without the worries of hypos and hypers etc. D is really like being in a prison for me for the most part, where I am constantly worrying about or managing something to do with it and where I have no freedom to just eat normally anymore... I hate it...! I have also started supplmenting magnesium/calcium/zinc since I'm wondering if my low carb diet is causing these leg cramps/spasms?