Recent Content by HeatherMacKenzie

Thank you for this and congratulations on your new baby girl!!

Hi everyone. This may seem a little odd because I’m not planning on getting pregnant right now, however it is something I desperately want in the future! My partner and I have discussed having children in the next few years but after reading up on all the possible risks I am terrified to the...

@Crocodile @Eliseanne I am now on 20mg of amitriptyline each night which is now helping me sleep however it has not helped with the pain whatsoever, I have a few days left of taking this dose and if it has not improved I am to move on to 30 mg. My doctor also gave me double strength vitamin d...

Thank you! I didn’t realise that it could be nerves healing, I really hope that’s what it is! I’m not surprised about the pain because my glucose levels dropping has been a huge change, I went years without being diagnosed so my BM was extremely high and I had developed DKA so my body is...

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Thank you! I’ll look into it

I was diagnosed with Type 1 about a month ago after going undiagnosed for a very long time (my healthcare team reckon 3 years) and in the last couple of weeks I’ve developed diabetic neuropathy which has been extremely painful. Does anyone have any tips for managing the pain? The doctor I spoke...