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<blockquote data-quote="donnellysdogs" data-source="post: 817300" data-attributes="member: 17713"><p>Hi Rob</p><p></p><p>You have had many responses, so I'll just respond that I too think your pins and needles and aches are down to longterm damage from having diabetes.</p><p></p><p>You need to speak to your GP. You may not have much confidence in them but you need to find out for sure what is going on. Book up a double appointment with them.</p><p></p><p>Retinopathry checks should be done annually by the NHS. Your GP should arrange this.</p><p></p><p>Your feet should be checked annually too and this is important to get done now. Your GP Practice should do this as part of your check ups.</p><p></p><p>Your pens should be replaced. If they aren't the disposable ones. Then you should have a minimuum of 2 of each type incase of loss or breakage.</p><p>I don't know what size needle you are using but this may also have an impact on your getting the right dosage in the right layer of your skin and avoiding bruises and rare leakages.</p><p></p><p>Glad you going to specsavers but do also get your NHS check done as well.</p><p></p><p>Even being a long term diabetic we aren't all perfect all the time. You need now to aim for tightening up the results of your blood readings. I know this can be over whelming initially... However neuropsthy from diabetes ccan improve if you get all your readings under 7.7 and with less swings in readings. The smaller the swings the better and they need really to go no higher than a change of 2.8 2hours after eating.</p><p>This is possible but requires decent help from others around you. Whether its NHS or from others here that have achieved it.</p><p></p><p>Glad you posted as you will get huge support from people here.</p><p></p><p>Get appointments set up...</p><p></p><p>Post your units of insulin and a days worth of readings here.. You'll get enormous amount of help from other T1's.</p><p></p><p>If you have tried everything to improve levels and you are under a consultant then it may be that on a long term basis that you may wish to look at having an insulin pump. However, you really have to be sure that you have done everything on injections, DAFNE course etc to be really considered for one. It is going to be a time now of you looking at your life and what you are willing to commit to on a long term basis...</p><p></p><p>Hoping you can start to feel positive that you can improve levels and stop further damage from occuring.</p><p></p><p>We're all behind you...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donnellysdogs, post: 817300, member: 17713"] Hi Rob You have had many responses, so I'll just respond that I too think your pins and needles and aches are down to longterm damage from having diabetes. You need to speak to your GP. You may not have much confidence in them but you need to find out for sure what is going on. Book up a double appointment with them. Retinopathry checks should be done annually by the NHS. Your GP should arrange this. Your feet should be checked annually too and this is important to get done now. Your GP Practice should do this as part of your check ups. Your pens should be replaced. If they aren't the disposable ones. Then you should have a minimuum of 2 of each type incase of loss or breakage. I don't know what size needle you are using but this may also have an impact on your getting the right dosage in the right layer of your skin and avoiding bruises and rare leakages. Glad you going to specsavers but do also get your NHS check done as well. Even being a long term diabetic we aren't all perfect all the time. You need now to aim for tightening up the results of your blood readings. I know this can be over whelming initially... However neuropsthy from diabetes ccan improve if you get all your readings under 7.7 and with less swings in readings. The smaller the swings the better and they need really to go no higher than a change of 2.8 2hours after eating. This is possible but requires decent help from others around you. Whether its NHS or from others here that have achieved it. Glad you posted as you will get huge support from people here. Get appointments set up... Post your units of insulin and a days worth of readings here.. You'll get enormous amount of help from other T1's. If you have tried everything to improve levels and you are under a consultant then it may be that on a long term basis that you may wish to look at having an insulin pump. However, you really have to be sure that you have done everything on injections, DAFNE course etc to be really considered for one. It is going to be a time now of you looking at your life and what you are willing to commit to on a long term basis... Hoping you can start to feel positive that you can improve levels and stop further damage from occuring. We're all behind you... [/QUOTE]
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