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Hi, after many years of slightly high blood sugar I am suddenly pre diabetic. My a1c was normal but my glucose high for many years. I was told my neuropathy could only be caused by full blown diabetes. I went to a new neurologist this week who told me that neuropathy starts before you actually get diabetes. That makes a lot more sense to me as it seemed a big mystery to my doctors as to why I have neuropathy with a normal a1c.
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Hi, Martame (@martame)
One of my closest friends has the combo of PN and diabetes. I'm not sure in his instance which came first, or, for that matter, if even he knows. Several years before I was diagnosed with PN, I was told my labs indicated that I was pre-diabetic but not to be concerned ("many people are pre-diabetic"). Subsequent labs showed that I had a low red blood cell count. My PCP sent me to see a hematologist. After yet more blood work, the hematologist seconded what my PCP had said a few years earlier, that I was "officially" pre-diabetic, but just barely, and I shouldn't be concerned. To this date, no link to my PN has ever been suggested.
Ray (@ray666)