Recent Content by Steveh1970

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I had my adrenal glands removed which caused the Addisons, you are right these glands sit on the kidneys, I have something known as Von Hippel Lindau (VHL) syndrome which caused adrenal tumours. This condition can also blind you as retinal tumours can cause retina detachment, I've recently had...

Without them I would die, I was 15 when I first started taking them.

I don't eat many carbs as they are my least favourite food stuffs.

I'm possibly LADA diabetic as I have Addisons disease, I've been on certain steroids for over 35 years and because of that I have steroid induced hyperglycaemia, I have to take Metformin when I take the steroids to counter the BM spike.

Why do I find it so hard to take my diabetes seriously? I have 2 other chronic conditions which were instrumental in me developing diabetes, I'm insulin dependent mainly because of hyperglycaemia, I've been diagnosed over 3 years and I don't think of taking my insulin or checking my BM, I'm well...