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<blockquote data-quote="Showe1986" data-source="post: 2674019" data-attributes="member: 584477"><p><strong><u>A little about me</u></strong></p><p>My name is Stephen and I am a 37 year old man with Type 1 Diabetes. I was diagnosed when I was 18 months old and am incredibly grateful and respectful to my mum for everything she did for me as a growing diabetic child, it must have been a nightmare at times with 5 other kids running riot.</p><p></p><p>I was born in Rochford, Essex and raised in Basildon but moved to Spalding, Lincolnshire when I was 15 with my mum and younger sister.</p><p></p><p>When I finished school I trained as a carpenter and joiner which I absolutely loved. It was my dream job since I was about 9 and could always be found chipping away at some old chunk of timber. I became incredibly ill in 2006 and was admitted to hospital as I was in excruciating abdominal pain and unable to eat or drink which caused me to lose half of my body weight. I was in hospital for 4 months before being diagnosed with peripheral and autonomic neuropathy which had spread to my legs after a matter of months. Thie lack of sleep and strong pain relief meant I reluctantly had to give up my dream job.</p><p></p><p>I felt things were turning around for me when I met my first love in 2010 and quickly moved to Peterborough to live with her. We married in 2013 and our daughter was born in March 2014. Apparently it wasn't to be and we separated in 2016. I still have regular contact with our daughter and she is my world. Regardless of the tales her mother spins I would do absolutely anything for our daughter.</p><p></p><p>In 2018 I met my second love and after a year we she moved in with me.We hit engaged in 2019 and married in 2021. We are now expecting a baby girl in February 2024 which is amazing as my wife was told in no uncertain terms that she will never be able to conceive a child.</p><p> </p><p><strong><u>The bad stuff related to my diabetes</u></strong></p><p>I was put on an insulin pump by my diabetic team after taking the appropriate courses and remained on a pump for several years and have never had better control. After the breakdown of my first marriage I had to move several miles away to a small village but after a couple of years the bus service that enabled me to attend the diabetic clinic was axed and as I was unable to get to my appointment the diabetic team stopped supplying the canulas and infusion sets which left me unable to use the pump which I then had to return.</p><p>Since then my diabetes control has been terrible. My blood sugars can jump drastically up or down with the difference of a single unit of insulin.</p><p></p><p>I begged and begged to be kept on the pump but the diabetic team refused as I was "not attending clinic appointments" as if it was by choice.</p><p>.</p><p>I feel this is a disgusting way to treat someone especially when all other treatments have failed to improve my quality of life.</p><p></p><p>A diabetic nurse attends a clinic in the next village to me which is easy enough to get to but they saw me there once and told me I have to attend the clinic in the city centre approximately 11 miles away.</p><p>My other health problems mean that I am unable to work for a living so paying for taxis etc is way out of the question.</p><p></p><p>My wife and I are even reluctantly looking for somewhere else closer to the clinic to move to but we love our home and where it is, we should not have to uproot our lives for treatment that somebody a few miles away would get without argument.</p><p></p><p>I feel that I am being issued a prolonged death sentence just because of where I now live which has brought me here.</p><p></p><p><strong>This is definitely the most I have ever shared about myself online</strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Showe1986, post: 2674019, member: 584477"] [B][U]A little about me[/U][/B] My name is Stephen and I am a 37 year old man with Type 1 Diabetes. I was diagnosed when I was 18 months old and am incredibly grateful and respectful to my mum for everything she did for me as a growing diabetic child, it must have been a nightmare at times with 5 other kids running riot. I was born in Rochford, Essex and raised in Basildon but moved to Spalding, Lincolnshire when I was 15 with my mum and younger sister. When I finished school I trained as a carpenter and joiner which I absolutely loved. It was my dream job since I was about 9 and could always be found chipping away at some old chunk of timber. I became incredibly ill in 2006 and was admitted to hospital as I was in excruciating abdominal pain and unable to eat or drink which caused me to lose half of my body weight. I was in hospital for 4 months before being diagnosed with peripheral and autonomic neuropathy which had spread to my legs after a matter of months. Thie lack of sleep and strong pain relief meant I reluctantly had to give up my dream job. I felt things were turning around for me when I met my first love in 2010 and quickly moved to Peterborough to live with her. We married in 2013 and our daughter was born in March 2014. Apparently it wasn't to be and we separated in 2016. I still have regular contact with our daughter and she is my world. Regardless of the tales her mother spins I would do absolutely anything for our daughter. In 2018 I met my second love and after a year we she moved in with me.We hit engaged in 2019 and married in 2021. We are now expecting a baby girl in February 2024 which is amazing as my wife was told in no uncertain terms that she will never be able to conceive a child. [B][U]The bad stuff related to my diabetes[/U][/B] I was put on an insulin pump by my diabetic team after taking the appropriate courses and remained on a pump for several years and have never had better control. After the breakdown of my first marriage I had to move several miles away to a small village but after a couple of years the bus service that enabled me to attend the diabetic clinic was axed and as I was unable to get to my appointment the diabetic team stopped supplying the canulas and infusion sets which left me unable to use the pump which I then had to return. Since then my diabetes control has been terrible. My blood sugars can jump drastically up or down with the difference of a single unit of insulin. I begged and begged to be kept on the pump but the diabetic team refused as I was "not attending clinic appointments" as if it was by choice. . I feel this is a disgusting way to treat someone especially when all other treatments have failed to improve my quality of life. A diabetic nurse attends a clinic in the next village to me which is easy enough to get to but they saw me there once and told me I have to attend the clinic in the city centre approximately 11 miles away. My other health problems mean that I am unable to work for a living so paying for taxis etc is way out of the question. My wife and I are even reluctantly looking for somewhere else closer to the clinic to move to but we love our home and where it is, we should not have to uproot our lives for treatment that somebody a few miles away would get without argument. I feel that I am being issued a prolonged death sentence just because of where I now live which has brought me here. [B]This is definitely the most I have ever shared about myself online[/B] [/QUOTE]
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