Recent Content by BeckiDover

Hi! I actually had a very similar symptom but it seems to be a lot better since i was diagnosed and my blood sugars are under control. I have actually read that sustained high blood sugars can damage your hair follicles so, in my case, i have quite fine hair that gets tangled very easily, so as...

I’ve seen quite a few posts on Instagram with people saying you can get them in certain Asda stores (from the pharmacy obviously, don’t think they store it next to the bread). Not sure which Asda’s but may be worth calling your local store if you have one. :)

Your attendance meeting should hopefully be a time for you to air any problems with your employer too, not just a case of them telling you to improve your attendance and giving you a warning. You are also covered under the equality act; if you've disclosed to them you have a disability (which...

I admire your confidence with injections, I do mine at my desk but not so anyone can see. I have done injections in restaurants before but not with anyone near, I always feel a bit unhygienic to do it around where people eat food (weirdly). Personal feeling about it though obviously. I’m...

I actually had a very similar conversation with my mum and my endocrinologist at my last appointment. I've heard that 'real diabetes' phrase before and i think it's so unfair to type 2's. If anything, i feel type 2 would be more difficult to manage and there's so many more reasons why you...

Love this! Fair to say they now know I can eat cake, or whatever I like for that matter, whenever I like.

Atleast I take them as jokes as I presume they’re not, umm, “silly” enough to actually think my immune system attacked the insulin producing cells in my pancreas, all because I ate loads of cake one year :) I was actually eating cake once in the office for a colleagues bday and another colleague...

Very true, not many people would unless they had it or someone they knew did, very similar to diabetes. Imagine if people made jokes about any of those though, like they do for diabetes? there would be outrage. Diabetes doesn't get the same courtesy - although as i said before i like a good...

It actually scares me how often I get follow requests on Instagram from spam accounts like “reverse diabetes now” “Type2 Cure” - I just feel grateful that I’ve had good enough advice and education from my diabetes care team to know those things are a load of rubbish. But if it was a child who’d...

I’ll openly admit I’m a perfect example of this - I grew up with a gran who had type 1 and I was completely ignorant to the condition until I had it myself.

I really hope this week, or in future, they do interviews etc with people who work in diabetes healthcare - such as diabetes specialist nurses, endocrinologists. They would be great for the diabetes image. The people working and supporting us everyday deserve some publicity for their hard work...

But we’re assuming there that those people who see it, then read on and further into it. I hope this is the case but, from comments I’ve had from people about my diabetes, it’s not always the case which is a massive shame.

I would love to see more presence in main stream media. How many non-diabetics look at Diabetes UK social media? How are we spreading awareness if the only people looking at the content are Diabetics?

The example of the man climbing Everest is a great example of and for type 1's - diabetes doesn't and shouldn't stop us from doing anything. But it doesn't really cover the subject of type 1 does it? As a type 1 it would be useful to me to see more news about dealing with exercise (as a type 1)...

This is great but where's the same publicity for Type 1's and the importance of research and finding a cure? So much emphasis is put on Type 2 diabetes - no wonder there is a stigma and bad image for Diabetes when its all that's put out to non-diabetics in the news.