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You say you came back have you been doing sports in England or somewhere else? You find times when you BS are all over and you do not know why. This happens to me every time we change seasons and has done since i got diabetes. i will have a week of sugars up and down. There has been no...

Having laser treatment and then 5 ops on eyes before the age of 21, 4 ops on hands, the constant battle with diabetes leading to depression and having a kidney and pancreas transplant. The thing i hate most is what my children have had to see being in hospital, seeing my son breakdown in tears...

I am under the care of the diabetic team at Newcastle but am not under the care of Prof Taylor but did discuss the diet with my consultant. As he said it was a break through but it would not suit all diabetics but that they are doing more research into it but as people have said that they have...

Is your blood pressure o.k as if it is on the low side this can effect on energy and feeling tired, the hot weather could also be making you feel tired as if you are going to the gym. You may not be taking enough fluid on board to cope with the weather and the gym but a call to a diabetic nurse...

Hello briony i have had diabetes from the age of 3 till i was 39 then i got a double transplant and am having a little holiday for now. From the age of 17 till present day i suffer depression, anxiety and low mood, so i am still under a mental health team. Some people think that getting diabetes...

Sherry 124 sometimes we need to put ourselves first, i think from your early teens to mid twenties are a more complicated time in life diabetic or not. You will find and see things different to what you did, as we get to 18 you seem to get more stress in life which can cause higher BG and from...

Johnbfc i have had most of the things that can go wrong with diabetes but still have all my limbs, i admit that i have good and bad days but everyone does. You are at a age where things change in life such as drinking, jobs. girlfriends and peer pressure and the stress of this will not help your...

Jshep07 no matter how long you have had diabetes people will always make remarks about what you are doing and that you should not be doing because you are a diabetic. The thing is that someone who smokes would not like it if you said you should not do that you might get cancer, or someone who...

There are more medications that you can try like lisinopril and others, it is a matter that your GP or consultant should be looking into. It is hard to do but losing weight will also help and certain foods they tell you to try and cut out of your diet, sometimes renal function can stagnate for a...

Natalie1974 i understand where you are at and it is a really dark place where you can see know light. I will give you a brief overview of my life. Got diabetes 1979 got through junior school fine went to comp hypos everyday, at 18 eyes needed laser treatment but then had to have 5 ops hand...

When you go in as a day case i think it might be protocol to have a drink and something to eat before you can leave and you must remember the nurses are not diabetic nurses either. It happened to me when i went in a cup of tea and 2 biscuits so i took the biscuits out snapped a bit off and put...

Hi i know its hard to get perfect control of BS when you first get the pump and once you do get it right you do take your eye of it. The thing is no matter way you get your insulin we all at some point take a break, you could have a change in lifestyle or could find that your mood is low and it...

Hello Kelly can i ask what is your BP like because if it is low your legs will feel like lead so you have to drink lots of water, are you taking gabapentin or pre gabilin because these are sometimes given to stop the pain but a side effect is you can put weight on as i found out. If you went of...

I think it is about time the government passed a bill that would allow people from different job fields to have a diabetic nurse to go into the workplace and teach the basics of diabetes. It would help schools, playgroups and anyone who is involved with children to have a idea of what was...

If you use the same place to get your medication after the first time you show it they never bother after that and you should get a reminder of your card is to expire. I had a double transplant 3 years ago and all medication was got when i went shopping but the government changed it that now i...

I have had a very strange week, yesterday the 17th of April it was my sons 13th birthday but also it was 3 years since my kidney and pancreas transplant. On the surface i have to act happy with it being his birthday and i missed his 10th but it takes me back to the 16/04/15 when at 6:40 am my...

IT was torture as i was suffering from mental health problems at the time and also it would have been 5 days of sitting there not taking any of it in. If i would like to rant this would not make my top 10 of topics and now i have had a kidney and pancreas transplant, the damage that the diabetes...

You have a choice of who you see and where, i changed my care from Durham to Newcastle because i was getting worse in my overall health and i new that i would need a transplant. I looked at the diabetic doctors who deals with transplants as well because this is where i would end up. From the...

It is funny when i go to spain i need less insulin than normal and if they got to the semi-final they have done better than England will do

If the cannula keeps coming out of your leg you could try and put some medical tape over the site, i used to have this problem every time it was hot all day and night as you sweat which makes the patch come away from the body but after i started using the tape it would be fine.