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Severe leg & skin pain all over

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Hi -
I just wanted to reach out to some fellow type I-ers. I noticed a couple of years ago I have this uncomfortable/pain skin sensation going on that gets worse at night. It is burning and prickly feeling. My skin feels like it is bruised all over even when I touch very lightly. It has also started to spread all over and has gotten worse. I was tested for neuropathy, but it is not that. I was also tested for Rheumatoid Arthritis, UCTD, MCTD...you name it and the docs finally told me I have Fibromyalgia. For some reason, I am skeptical about their diagnosis and feel that they diagnosed me with this just b/c they had nothing else to pin me with. Does anybody have these symptoms or heard of anyone who does? I am wondering if it is related to Type I? Thanks for your help!
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I have type 2 and have this also. I have had this for years. About 5 years after being diagnosed in 85. The inside of my lower legs hurt the most to touch. They burn and sting and feel bruised. Now the ankles on the inside and I have a red blotchiness on the fronts of my shins. They have said this is due to diabetes and poor cirulation. Do you swell in your feet and lower legs? I do. In fact I have to see someone again this week, it has been very painful lately. I know this isn't that helpful, but no one has said it is anything other than my diabetes and the poorer circulation that comes with it. :(
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Nerve damage is nerve damage. I have noticed similarities to my neuropathy and those of a friend with MS.

The only thing that works for me is to take a bath. The drying off is the worst. But somehow the higher the temperature...The longer the relief.
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Have you taken your blood sugars when you get these sensations, QuinnM? Was there anything unusual about them?
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No...my blood sugars have been ok..my last A1c was at 6.4. I know something isn't right and I've gone to tons of doctors and they all tell me different things...connective tissue disease, viral arthritis and now it is fibromyalgia. So, I'm not sure who to believe.
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well, i have a diagnosis of type 1 and fibro. i used to get burning in my heels and i'm very sensitive to pain. i have that brusing sensation all over my body if its touched. it very well could be fibro- and yeah i understand that its a hard diagnosis to get but it is real. even tho they dont have like a universal test for it yet, apparently theres a type of chemical in our spinal fluid thats in all people with fibro. let me know if you want to know more about fibro, i'd be more than happy to tell u about symptoms i have and such. i hope all is well!
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I am a diabetic and I am just finding out some things about my diet and the pain, I have started eating onions at the evening meal At least 1/2 or one cut up and cooked. I eat any food that causes circulation Onions do that. I have not had a lot of pain lately in about a week and Haven't have to take any thing to sleep. The onions are a natural anitinflamatory. Hope this helps. I also have started cooking with coconut oil. Not a lot is needed and it have been helping with my diabetics. Take care and If you would like to ask me any thing I just joined and I think this is great for sharing with other. mary
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