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Hi @abigailsheree I am sorry to hear of your plight but fully understand. I think the most important thing to realise that diabetes is not your fault. Even mismanagement, if any, is not your fault. You are dealing with a condition which has no holiday. Obviously I have no idea what sort of blood...

I hope you have the best possible outcome @LittleGreyCat

You need to be at least 24 before applying for a full motorbike licence. At 16 you can ride mopeds with a maximum speed of 45mph

I comletely agree with @jaywak . I had laser treatment between 1979 and 1983. Maintaining tight control meant that no further treatment has happened since. I am retired and have very good visual acuity.

I only had gout once I had reached Stage 4 CKD (Chronic Kidney Disease) directly caused by Type 1 diabetes, so they were related in my case. But there can be other causes of kidney disease. This is a very informative link...

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@Mark Rawlinson you might find this site helpful: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grapefruit%E2%80%93drug_interactions

Although I was kept informed about deteriorating function for over 30 years, I was not aware of any symptoms until I started getting gout and cellulitis. I also appeared jaundiced towards the end. Do you attend a clinic on a regular basis? As your gout should be in your notes, I would guess your...

Sorry @Diawara I somehow missed this thread. As my kidney function deteriorated to very bad levels I had many attacks of gout, including chin, sternum, elbow, knee, arches and toes. With a replacement kidney it went away. I just wondered how your kidney function is? For me it was like a red hot...

Hi Hana, There's a lot here to think about. First of all I understand your anxiety. If you are doing your best to control BP and and BG readings you stand a better chance than I did. Bearing in mind I was diagnosed Type1 as a baby in 1959, the treatment then amounted to "We were grateful to...

Hi @Jen j and welcome to the forum. It might help to let us all know what your diet is like, and whether you test your blood glucose to give experienced and successful members such as @JoKalsbeek @Rachox and @KennyA some idea of what action you might take.There are many other Type 2s who have...

But you have answered questions from the discussion which relate to living to the age of 80.

If my life is anything to go by, I have been my own boss since 2020 and "retired" last year. I am crazily busy, but most of what I do is enjoyable. "Work" is often a set frame in our minds which doesn't help when thinking about the future.

In my lifetime life expectancy has increased by about 20 years. By the time you reach 80, with the rapid progress of medicine, you could still be very fit. Who knows?

I think we should haunt such prophets!

I suppose I could say that for 30 years my control, according to King's College Hospital, was exemplary. But that included times such as when my BS zoomed up to 32.0 one morning at work. I had nothing but water and basal for the rest of the day ending at 16.4 It transpired that a stomach bug was...

@Zhnyaka @RobertJ In my early twenties I similarly worried about what my physical condition would be like in later life. But now I'm here, many of my fears proved to be unwarranted. If people say to me "How are you?" I usually say "I could be worse."

I was amazed to find it, but when I saw the photo I remembered the post.

I have just found this from February 2023 @lovinglife https://www.diabetes.co.uk/news/2023/feb/living-with-type-1-diabetes-since-1942-have-a-balance.html She really is an inspiration!

As others have said, you are definitely not a failure. When I first owned a glucometer in 1979 it taught me a huge amount about how our bodies react chemically in seconds. Insulin is central to all our actions, including thought. But if it's compromised in any way, such as Type2 insulin...