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- Type of diabetes
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- I do not have diabetes
Good point about our retired members - Added in those options! People are also welcome to post what they do for a living if they do work.Sid Bonkers said:May I ask what it is you are looking for in this poll?
It just seems a very odd poll as you are not asking if members are retired or unable to work through diabetic complications, I do not work but neither do I have any diabetic complications so I would hate to vote and find am part of a statistic that is incorrectly arrived at.
Hope you see what I mean and dont mind my asking
I am retired i.e. do not work. I am very busy regardless and often wondered how I managed to work as well :lol: I have become a diabetic Typ 1 through the loss of my pancreas 18 mths ago when I had 2 tumors at the head and tail of the organ! My symptoms were so severe that I saw myself to the GP IN TIME to be operated on the following week. 7 wks hospital and here I am after 18 mths feeling rather well and almost back to normal re energies etc. Unfortunately, I did suffer a post op hernia which I wont have seen to since I have had my stint in hospital for some time to come. I manage my diabetes quite well with insulin injections a.m. and p.m. and not eating cake all day. I feel that I can eat almost anything as long as it is around the same times during the day and not 1 lb of chocs as an after................InkhaAdministrator said:This poll is totally anonymous - even administrators can't see who's voted!
Failure said:I have type 2 diabetes, and i was taking 1 metformin twice a day, Then that was changed to 2 metformin twice a day, And now i am taking 3 metformin a day. And if my sugar levels are still the same in 3/4 weeks i will have to inject my self with insulin.
I am not looking forward to injecting my self as i have a fear of needles.
I am not working and have not been able to work for some time due to a lower back problem i have spine curvature disorder.
Its kind of funny because i had not been to see my doctor for over ten years due to problems leaving the house, Suffering with social phobia & agoraphobia, etc. So i went to the doctors a few months ago with my back problem and through having several blood tests it turns out i am diabetic.
I have type1 and I work full time, I'm 28 and was diagnosed 2 months ago I'm finding it really hard to adjust I suffer from server depression and this diabetes does not help! My sugar levels are always around. 20,s. I had 1 leaflet tell me what to do and that was it. I had lost my vision was dehydrated all the time and my GP told me I had a cold I collapsed and went unconscious for 2 days while in A&E. I having these my tummy is severely bruised and pain full evertytime I inject ;( ;( ;(Administrator said:This poll is totally anonymous - even administrators can't see who's voted!