# Diabetic neuropathy in a day

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**Category:** General CIDP Discussion\
**Created:** [July 11, 2014, 4:55pm UTC](https://forum.livingwithpolyneuropathy.org/t/diabetic-neuropathy-in-a-day/673 "2014-07-11T16:55:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![estaban](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.livingwithpolyneuropathy.org/estaban/32/2611_2.png) [@estaban](https://forum.livingwithpolyneuropathy.org/u/estaban)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2014, 4:55pm UTC](https://forum.livingwithpolyneuropathy.org/t/diabetic-neuropathy-in-a-day/673/1 "2014-07-11T16:55:10Z")

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Diabetic neuropathy over night!. But it is CIDP!

Last Monday I swam 2 miles, got out of the pool, pounded on my chest and did Tarzan yells... Then the next day, Tuesday, I had instant advanced diabetic neuropthies and all the other advanced symptoms of DM disabilities of weakness, unsteady gait and now I have to walk with a cane . Or, until this new dose of IvIG takes effect and I am remyelinated.This defines CIDP.

I now think of remyelinization as internal wound care of mutilated nerve fibers, on the nano scale, and this repair isvery rapid... if T cells or autoimmune functions are inhibited or suppressed.

This was an overnight relapse from being without IvIG for four weeks (at 240 grams'/month). The demylination of my myelin; a vicious and rapid attack of my T cells on myelin within hours. I could not believe how fast it happened and how incapacitated I became.

I think this is what is so confusing to neurologists, sudden DM like incapacitating neuropathies, which confirm CIDP if they happen within the 8-12 week timeframe for CIDP. However, not all persons with CIDP realize the onset parameters, knowing very little about DM or CIDP.

A rapid onset or rapid relapse confirms a diagnoses of CIDP, not DM

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**Author:** ![Madere\_dancermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a5b964/32.png) [@Madere\_dancermom](https://forum.livingwithpolyneuropathy.org/u/Madere_dancermom)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2014, 9:40pm UTC](https://forum.livingwithpolyneuropathy.org/t/diabetic-neuropathy-in-a-day/673/2 "2014-07-12T21:40:50Z")

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Sorry about the relapse, estaban.. I hope your recovery is equally rapid. Thank you for the informative post.

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**Author:** ![estaban](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.livingwithpolyneuropathy.org/estaban/32/2611_2.png) [@estaban](https://forum.livingwithpolyneuropathy.org/u/estaban)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2014, 9:17pm UTC](https://forum.livingwithpolyneuropathy.org/t/diabetic-neuropathy-in-a-day/673/3 "2014-07-13T21:17:39Z")

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My Dr. Estaban explanation is incorrect. The de/de myelinzation process takes many hours or days, and when complete the axon is in full capacitance with functional myelin sheaths then allows the action-potentials.

This explains it very well:

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=\_Lj\_F9GADa4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Lj_F9GADa4)  
   
 dancermom said:

> Sorry about the relapse, estaban.. I hope your recovery is equally rapid. Thank you for the informative post.