[AnnieBL]

I'm glad you posted, Annie. I, too, am prediabetic and suffer from water retention in my feet and ankles. Fortunately, I do not suffer from slow healing sores on my lower extremities yet, so healing hasn't been an issue for me. I currently have rather low blood pressure, a genetic pre-disposition, hovering around 105/65 in the morning. I took a diuretic recently to gauge its effect on my foot and ankle edema and didn't notice much of an improvement. If anything, it may have induced a further lowering of my BP, I'm not sure. Anyway, getting further off the topic of this thread, I'm thinking of trying the diuretic again to get a better handle on its effect. I know that Spironolactone is a diuretic sometimes used to treat visible water retention, and since it also works as an AA, it might be useful in that regard as well. But because it also is used to lower blood pressure, I suspect it would not be appropriate for me. I do plan to discuss this with my doctor, but I'm interested in any thoughts you might have.

Clara

Clara - I shall be getting back to you on this, but since much of it may be even more off your original topic and indeed has little to do with NBE, and I'm probably rather tied up today, I'll do so later by PM, although feel free to quote or reuse anything that is relevant - it's not actually private, at least as far as this place is concerned.