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Hi I have been a diabetic for 51 years and i am a trained nurse SRN qualified in 1983. I can honestly say that i have never had any problems with my diabetes. I worked days and night shifts. My dad tried to put me off the job because of the nights but i was determined to do the nursing. Dont...

Hi I have been a diabetic T1 since 1968 when i was 6 years of age. I received my Alan Nabarro medal for 50 years of living with diabetes last October. I remember my mum weighing my food, sterilizing my syringe and needles. My blood testing machine was huge it was a bit bigger than a video box...

Hi Tanny35 I had laser which was unsuccessful so the only thing left for me was a vitrectomy. It was the best thing that I've ever had done. I had it done in 1990 and I've never had any trouble since. It's that old saying I should have had it done years ago. I had very slight pain after which is...

Hi I've been type 1 diabetic for 48 years. For the last 5 years I have suffered from absolute exhaustion and lethargy. Whenever I mentioned it to a doctor or diabetic nurse I was always told it was because I was a diabetic, but I knew that being a diabetic wasn't to blame. A new GP did a blood...

I was diagnosed T1 in 1968 when I was 6 I'm now 51 so I've had it for 45 years.

Hi Yes i totally agree with Giverny i'm female and we get the same symptoms (except the penis) ha! ha! I get from the doc canesten cream and depending how bad it is an antibiotic. The cream is brilliant for the itching. Hope that helps. Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Hi I've been a diabetic for 45 years and I started on an insulin pump 6 months ago it was the best thing I've done. My blood sugar are really good now and my habc1 has come right down. All I'd say is jump at the chance. I don't think you'll regret it. Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Hi Axlefoley I understand and emphasize what your boyfriend is going through. Please tell him not to give up and try to go for the pacemaker. With gastropareis if food stays in the stomach for too long and and cannot get out via the bowels it can sometimes get clogged up and then overflow into...

Hi I forgot to say that i am a type 1 diabetic as well. I've had it for 45 years. If you want to get in touch with me I'd be happy to help if I can. Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Hi I've had gastropareis for a while now and I had the stomach pacemaker fitted 3 years ago. It was the best thing I've had done. It is not a cure but it really helps the stomach pains and the nausea and vomiting. The pacemaker helps speed up the food passing from the stomach to the bowel which...

hi I'm new to the forum I was diagnosed in 1968 I was 6 I'm now 50. How times have changed my parents had to boil and reboil time after time needles and syringes and my blood machine was the size of a video tape. Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Hi I'm new to the forum. I've been a diabetic for 45 years im 50 now. Ive had painful neuropathy in my legs for 13 years and I've tried loads of medication and creams without any success the only thing that keeps the pain under control is MST twice a day, morning and night. Its great to be pain...

Hi I'm teddy2702 I am a new member. I've been type 1for 45 years (i am 50) I had many many blasts of laser when I was age 23 in both eyes. Doctors gave me to much laser and blinded me in left eye then I had a vitrectomy (removal of the jelly) in my right eye when I was 26 which saved my sight...