Recent Content by Pauly21

Hi, I've been talking to a friend of mine who has been diabetic for 14 years. He has been on insulin for about 12 years and is type 1, and he has a BIG problem. He has never been told by anyone that he had to inform the DVLA about his diabetes and has only just found out that he should have. He...

Thanks for the support Catherine, i will try and seek some sort of help again from my GP & Diabetes Team. Perhaps things have changed and help will be forthcoming.

I tend to inject around about 5-10 minutes before eating. Never really experimented with injecting after eating as i was originally told this would be a bad idea

I always used to try and hide my injections when at work and out but now i don't bother. I'm still discrete but don't worry about people seeing me inject.

Depression is symptom that seems to be generally ignored I've suffered similar symptoms over the years with my diabetes, especaially when other 'ailments' have come along and knocked me down further. I' currently suffering from a variety of conditions, Diabeties, Asthma, Reflux, Vertigo...

Just a quick question for anyone that's had/has charot foot/Neuropathy. During the healing process, has anyone had increased pain in the foot? such as increased shooting pains, dull aches etc. I'm not on any painkillers for the charcot. I'm assuming this may be down to the foot healing, the...

Mines come down a lot (for me that is), after some intensive blood measuring and insulin adjustments. Was 12.7 (12 months ago). 2 months ago it was 9.7. Now being layed up with Charcot's foot my levels have increased due to inactivity so will need to have another go to bring it down

Re: Did any of you type 1s have a virus before you got diabe I have had a few viral infections prior to becoming type 1. One incident i do remember because i never had anything like it before was some sort of virus which i had uncontrolled shaking/cold sweats. Not like a hypo but it lasted...

Thanks for that Laura Mac. I now see that this is going to be a very long recovery process. Just been back to have my total contact cast changed for the third time and a little bit of good news that the temperature in the charcot foot has come down 1 degree. There is now only 3 degrees...

Just an update on this for future reference for anybody that has similar symptoms. After a few more courses of Anti-Biotics. I was advised to go back to work part-time as the 'infection' had gone down. After 2 days i had severe brusing underneath my foot and the 'infection' had come back and...

I completed the course of anti-biotics and the swelling had reduced quite considerably. That was 3 days ago. This morning the swelling has returned. Something has struck me though. I have changed my medication to treat neuropathy, from amatriptyline to Gabapentin (Neurontin) about 2 months...

Been back to my GP again today. The swelling has gone down a bit and the heat has reduced. Still a possible infection so i'm finishing the course of antibiotics i was given before being referred for an MRI. By the way, can anyone recommend a painkiller that i could take for this problem. ?

I've just had the results of the blood tests back and they show no infection or gout. My GP is now going down the road of possible Charcot Foot. Any advice concerning this stage would be helpful as i have a problem. I'm due to go on Holiday aborad in 2 weeks times and since i would assume that...

Yes it was suggested but only when the infection or gout have been eliminated. They also said that it may not show up on the MRI anyway.

Just in case anybody has something similar in the future. I've been to the Podiatry clinic and having been examined for nearly an hour by 2 specialists they more or less ruled out 'Charcot' and came up with 3 possibilities 1. Gout (currently awaiting blood test results to rule this out/in) 2...