Recent Content by carolm

I'm a bit confused, what do you understand by stabilisation please? Thanks

re salt, I've had hyponatraemia, hypo=low natraemia = sodium chloride related, which is 99 % or so table salt. Sodium is one of a range of electrolytes, the things we need to keep the body working. Potassium and magnesium also act as electrolytes. They are needed to make the heart and...

I tried to respond and the computer lost the message! I've sorted it I hope so here goes. Has the doctor done a thyroid check, may not be the reason but its one thing that could cause problems. Especially as you already have a family member with thyroid issues. It might be a genetic link. Age...

See my previous post. Spoke to gp. Told him I wanted to speak to a diabetes nurse. They don't have one now but one gp is a specialist. Had to make an appointment with him at the end of the week. Gp would not discuss the results. I asked about the note re analysis, he just kept repeating I had...

I've tried to rewrite my original message but I couldn't send it. Can I send the edited version please?

Hi Ian0Foster I've got diabetes uk.co.uk down with password, which is what I log into. Had forgotten the 2nd website, which is different. This forum has been very useful so sorry about the mistake. Thank you for your help I don't have a reference. I thought the autoimmune bit came up possibly at...

Hi Bunny, I'm type 2 on a diet, no medicine yet. Yes, they blamed your lifestyle, save the NHS money as they don't have to do anything. They just don't want to do the job they are paid to do as its more work and they are probably overloaded. They blame me as well! I think I was given diabetes...

Hello Medvejonok+50 Welcome to the DUK forum, I replied once and forgot to log in, so second try! I think diabetes Type 2 can be genetic, and is an autoimmune problem. Psoriasis is also an autoimmune problem and is linked to an arthritic condition, psoriatic arthritis, a form of rheumatoid...

I tried to reply earlier, forgot to log in, so here I go again!! Please don't worry too much Margarett. The diagnosis is a shock, even when like me you have many relatives with type 2. Autoimmune diseases all round. The eye test, 2 types. I had the split lamp one, look at the thin light for...

Replying to myself as I forgot, underactive thyroid also causes exhaustion. So try and get that checked as well. Don't be fobbed off. The gp who tried to keep me on antidepressants also said I had slightly underactive thyroid so to wait and see. I'd had enough by then. I demanded an...

Over 20 years ago my husband and I were both 'diagnosed' by gps as having ME, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, I my case over 40 years ago. I was put on antidepressants, because I was exhausted. They were useless, so I stopped them. If you've been on them for long they have to be reduced slowly, so...

Not all medical staff seem to want us to be educated, keep fighting, but we should not have to. I do wonder how much the nurses who are allowed to prescribe actually know about all the conditions they treat. In my own case, I am type 2 but also have rheumatoid arthritis. So during covid told to...

I'm a fulltime carer for my husband. I don't have much time to cook. Also type 2 so have a bit more leeway. Tins of fish and cold meats from any supermarket, then tins of vegetables with them. I like Lidl but are stuck with online shopping, ocado do marks and Spencer. Waitrose , Co-op, tesco...

I was very short sighted with astigmatism. Also type 2 on diet (steroid induced but family history so genetic as well) When my cataracts were done I had 1 lens to give me slight short sight, the other for distance. There is only about 1.5 dioptre difference but I can see to read if needed...

It's not just hospitals. Food delivered (the old meals on wheels) is done by private conract. My elderly aunt was tucking in to syrup pudding when the diabetes nurse arrived. My cousin's care home fed her on 4 lots of tea and biscuits, fruit was not allowed as it 'contained sugar'. (Both insulin...