wheeler641
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Hi, my name is margaret and I have been lurking around the forums for about a week now reading posts and trying to figure out what is the matter with me. I am female, 59 years old with type 2 diabetes which right now is not controlled very well. About a year ago I started to get muscle cramps at night in my shins, calves and feet and than it went away for a year, now it is back with a vengeance, I have them almost every night, did have labs done and my potassium, magnesium and vitamin D was low, since that was diagnosed I rake all 3 supplements, they do not seem to be doing any good. Lately I also have been getting twitching in my abdominal muscles, not a lot and mostly at night, during the day I might be having them but I don't notice them as I am very active. I am on a slew of medications, I take glipizide for my diabetes 10mg twice a day, diovan for high blood pressure, various supplements and prednisone 10mg a day, I also take vicodin as needed. I was in a major car accident 6 years ago and my right hip was crushed, I have numerous nuts and bolts in that and my range of motion is somewhat limited in that leg. I do not have any weekness, I can move furniture around and lift just about anything, The only time I feel that I might fall flat on my face is when I get these muscle cramps in both my legs, it only happens at night. I can swallow ok and my speech seems fine. I came upon these site like so many others when I googled twitching.I laso have some nueropathy in my toes due to undiagnosed diabetes for a long period of time. I mentioned my concerns to my doctor but he did not seemed too concerned and kind of just blew me off. You guys seem like a great group of people from reading your posts I hope someone could give me some reasurrence as what this coould be or should I ask my doc for an emg or are my symptoms so far off it would be a waste of time and money