Recent Content by kieraw

Hi Jeremy, How did you get into being a youth worker for diabetes? It’s something I’d like to explore and my nurse mentioned it to me in our last meeting. I’m in my final year of university and studying childhood and youth studies, as well as working part time in youth work. Where abouts are...

I've been struggling with digestive issues for about 6 months now.. finally saw a gastro specialist who is convinced I have gastroparesis, caused by nerve damage from diabetes. This is all well and good but I don't have a gastric emptying study for weeks yet so I haven't been officially...

Being sent for tests for Addison's disease as a low cortisol showed up on blood test.. fingers crossed this is what's up and can start to be treated...

After 4 weeks of being unwell and 2 months of uncontrollable hypos (degludec dropped from 50 to 13 units) I'm being tested for Addison's disease after a low cortisol blood test. Can anyone give me some info on what it's like living with both? I've only just got over having one lifelong...

I was diagnosed May 2010 age 14. I remember the doctor telling me, my mum crying and me having no idea what it was. I had good control for about 6 months after diagnosis... Food was a massive factor for me, I was a teenage girl being told I had to test and inject whenever I ate?! Not gonna...

I am 21 and type 1, for the past two months I have been struggling with complete loss of vision/hearing every time I stand up, whether it's getting out of bed or getting out of the car. I feel as though I'm on the brink of passing out and occasionally it takes up to 6 or 7 hours for my vision to...