What do you least like about diabetes?

[95FEB]

having to stop doing what i am doing to test my blood levels and inject insuline.
not being able to eat what i what and when i want.
high blood sugar levels= going to the loo alot/ thirtsy/ fever/ being sick
not being able to go to resturants and eating anything i have limited choice ceoliac disease n diabetic!

[CarbsRok]

having to stop doing what i am doing to test my blood levels and inject insuline.
not being able to eat what i what and when i want.
high blood sugar levels= going to the loo alot/ thirtsy/ fever/ being sick
not being able to go to resturants and eating anything i have limited choice ceoliac disease n diabetic!

That sounds a major failing on your so called care team.
Learn to carb count and adjust your insulin correctly and things will improve dramatically for you.
I also find it hard to believe you can not go to a restuarant for a meal. Not every food on the planet has gluten in it.

[SueR]

Eating out isn't too much of a problem and we opt for Toby/Crown carveries as they offer meat and loads of veggies, You can have a decent meal and cut out most of the carbs.

Yes we do slip and have chips plus fast foods - but when you are on holiday in a caravan and eating with a group of friends it's extremely hard to refuse. I think there should be periods when you should be able to relax slightly and take a holiday from it. Once home we stick strictly to the diet and make a huge effort to improve it even more.

We both take mixed insulin, so injecting twice a day with meals can be a pain and there are times when we have had to inject after the meal. The way round it, is to have a meal out at lunch time.

Yes I do hate my diabetes, especially at this time when all the appointment start to come through, but I am learning to live with it and accept it.

[Ashleigh]

Hi, What I hate most of all about having diabetes is not being to eat exactly what I fancy, I crave bread and potatoes and rice and pasta more than anything!!!!!

This is going to be the worst thing, with christmas coming.

But, i've previously done christmas without all the junk (when i first started atkins a few years ago), so I know it can be done. I'll just have to keep a good stock of pigs in blankets!

[sd29]

DKA, and the food police - yes, diabetics are allowed to eat! Even cake...

[nosqey]

Hi everyone,I was diagnosed July 2011 type 2 3x500mg metfartin sr,10mg simvastatin,20mg citralopam.
As well as having type 2 i also have depression anxiety and panic attacks,what i dislike about diabetes is the unpredictability of it.
I go to bed and my blood sugars are lower than what they are when i wake up.Having to go for regular checkups,feeling like crap sometimes but not all the time,how this is going to affect my health further down the road i'm a bit of a loner and don't want to be dependent on anyone.When i was first diagnosed i was prescribed medication given a load of leaflets and left alone to get on with it.After a few months of stress trying to cope with it (every time i had high blood sugars i'd have a panic attack) i decided screw it.
I will live my life how i want and not have my body dictate to me plus trying to eat healthy on a low budget is hard,i now try to be wiser about my diet stir frys with chicken or turkey, wholemeal bread and pasta and the odd pie and bag of crisps i have even cut back on lager baby steps i'll get there in the end.

[Squire Fulwood]

Blokes don't go to the doctor's voluntarily. Any doctor will tell you that. Mostly the reason is because it has some things in common with being in prison. Such as you get told what to do all the time and once you are in you are unlikely to be released.

My HCP's were delighted that they captured me by a ruse. I went in for a flu jab, they said that if I came back in a month I could have a jab which would help in preventing lung problems later. In I went, had the jab and a smiling nurse said, "Would you let me take a blood sample?". Not knowing why I agreed.

Since then I have had my eyes photographed three times, been on a seminar, seen a dietitian (what a joke), seen my nurse every few months, had a blood pressure monitor strapped to me and had three colonoscopies (camera on a stick), taken pills every day, had an anal examination and been cured of Helicobactor Pylori. Apart from that it's been quite boring.

Would be nice if I could see a happy ending where I get signed off. No chance of that I suppose.

[robertwt]

HI
There are many aspects of diabetes that can be a pain.

Pains
OK so I have an occasional jab in the finger when I test (OK, once in a blue moon! The pain I mean, not the 6 times a day that I test - I'm a bit obsessional)
Then there's the (slight if any) pain in the arm when I have a blood test (my usual phlebotomist is an angel - it doesn't hurt at all and I get to watch the cannular sliding into the vein - mad as a box of frogs! )
What about those crazy injections. They should hurt, in theory. Using a new needle each time limits a painful injection to once a month or longer.
The only 'pain' of injecting is the bonza of a bruise that looks like a love bite from a vacuum cleaner when the needle has hit a capiliary. That is only occasional too.

Tablets.
Two a day (plus 12 others from cancer, and some on-going medical problems.) Only down-side is that Metformin 1000mg tabs are a bit like a hockey puck.

Food
I refuse to give in to a pidgeon hole. I have several (many) others and diabetes is simply more of the same. I eat what I want (vegetarian, though I eat fish - I think the pidgeon hole is Piscatorian & teetotal but I like my grub.) When out, I don't overdo it, sometimes have a pudding. That's it, puddings. That's the worst thing about puddings. Wait a mo, last night didn't I have a portion of xmas pud and (sugar free) custard - thank you Mr Sainsbury? BG 8.7 before bed and 5.5 this morning. Hasn't my dear wife cooked a cake for my birthday? Will it stop me? You bet you know the answer.

Paraphenalia
I carry a spare BG tester with me, as I do a glucose kit (about six quid from the DUK shop) and another one in the car. Just to be on the safe side. Remembering to take an insulin pen is a bit of a pain, but if you're organised, (I have a 'leaving the house' list by the door) it needn't be very difficult.

People's attitudes
Mostly sympatico, mostly understanding.
Then there's the a*** hole who objects to one having your fix in a restaurant - or who suggests that you do it in the toilet.

THAT's IT. That's the worst thing about diabetes: The unthinking minority who inject (pun intended) our condition with bad vibes and make it something which it isn't, a tragedy.

All the rest we can control or minimise.

Phew.

Load off

Robert WT

[Paul J]

So what do I dislike the most,other than being Diabetic,
Proboably feeling so hungry ALL the time . and even worse if I can smell something sweet, (cinema is out due to popcorn)
Bonus's,
Im male, and forced to get lots of check ups, something I was less likely to do before, and likely to take more care of myself, (Ive just joined the local SKI Club, (that is Spending Kids Inheritance, )) so now I need to stay fit and healthy to benift,
Free Viagra,
Free eye tests,
Free flu jabs

[Geri]

What I dislike about having diabetes! well, I think what annoys me the most is when people who dont know me or dont understand diabetes make judgmental comments as if they fully understand the condition!!! Grrr,
I think also because on some days I look well, people assume that Im fine to run up a mountain, which I could have done until a few years ago. Also, by contrast, peoples comments, and this includes nurses, dentists and other professionals, always like to tell me about people who have died of the condition! Whats worse is that these people have had diabetes for a less number of years than me. Gulp!

I have learnt to live with this condition, as its been with me for most of my life, and I just want to carry on doing the best that i can, no matter how rough or great Im feeling day by day and no matter how judgmental others comments are.

[Momblegoose]

having to stop doing what i am doing to test my blood levels and inject insuline.
not being able to eat what i what and when i want.
high blood sugar levels= going to the loo alot/ thirtsy/ fever/ being sick
not being able to go to resturants and eating anything i have limited choice ceoliac disease n diabetic!

That sounds a major failing on your so called care team.
Learn to carb count and adjust your insulin correctly and things will improve dramatically for you.
I also find it hard to believe you can not go to a restuarant for a meal. Not every food on the planet has gluten in it.

Actually .. it is not just a question of the food being gluten free when you are a Ceoliac, you have to be able to guarantee that there is no cross-contamination, which is NOT easy when eating in a restaurant!

[Signs]

What do you least like about diabetes?
Despite all the real serious issues what irritates me most is cold feet!

[algonfishin]

Watching people in restaurants, or watching cooking programs and knowing I can't eat when I want and what I want, sucks!!

[Robinredbreast]

Young children getting Type 1, it breaks my heart, it's so b****y unfair. Me? probably the constant injections of 4 to 5 a day for 23 years, just wanting to crawl up to bed but cant because of the blood testing, then the injection, writing everything down in a book and just feeling fed up with the constant diabetes and knowing you have to do this for the rest of your life. I never used to feel like this, I still just get on with it, but, I am starting to dislike it and have negative thoughts. To be honest, it is starting to get me down a bit, but then I think there are worse things in life RRB

[Virgo123]

Everything!!!!