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It is great that you have joined the out gay people on the forum. It is humbling that you have chosen to do it here. You'll have all the support we can give you from our experience of our own sexuality journeys and our management of our diabetes. Well done you. Doug

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You might want to consider a different medication to your beta-blocker rather than reducing/stopping it. Your physician may prescribe an ACE inhibitor, a calcium channel blocker or an ARB as an alternative. Regards Doug

Hi @Steven_49 Are you getting specialist help with your Charcots? Here is some info and a source for more: "Charcot neuroarthropathy of the foot Charcot foot is a complication of diabetes that people who su er from nerve damage (peripheral neuropathy) can develop. If nerves are damaged...

The usual route to a specialist is by referral by your GP. That would be a free consult. If you are willing to pay, you can see a specialist privately. This might be helpful: http://www.diabetes.co.uk/private-healthcare/cost-of-private-healthcare-with-diabetes.html Regards Doug

And what makes you think that it counts? Do you think comments like that, which will confirm the worst, are appropriate?

The forum is all about community and enablement. D

Hi They sound like super projects. I hope this link helps: http://allcrafts.net/crochet/crochettoys.htm Doug

Hi all Welcome to our new space. While this is in the general chat area, I would hope that it can be both general chat and also about any difficulties we have as community members when managing our diabetes. Feel free to PM me if I can help in any way as we establish our presence or if you have...

I have not worked on these NICE Guidelines. My involvement has been on dentistry nationally and healthcare in London. I do know that NHS England has a team of lay people whose job it is to make sure that lay input into its various committees is valued and taken into account

As one who is a public patient voice for the Dept of Health and NHS England, I can assure you that the input of myself and others carries greater weight than you imply.

I hope that all is OK with you @MH2010 Let us know if we can be of any more help. As a chaplain for the Met, I can only echo the advice of others to use the police. They will help you to be safe. Take care. Doug

The latest NICE guidance can be found here: https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng28 Regards Doug

Has your diet changed since being diagnosed with diabetes?

I gave up sugary foods at diagnosis so have not had puds, sweets or any food with glucose, sucrose, fructose etc. since then. I tend to eat bread, pasta, rice and below the ground veg only very occasionally. I enjoy meats, fish, eggs, salad and above the ground veg. I have some days when I...

I was diagnosed with an FBG of 12.00 19 years ago and have been on metformin ever since. This link may be helpful in understanding what metformin does: http://www.diabetes.co.uk/insulin/diabetes-and-metformin.html There is research evidence of a cardiac benefit in taking metformin and of...

Metformin would not work if you were not producing insulin or would work less well if you had a reduced insulin production. Your GP can prescribe various medications such as liraglutide, exenatide and dapagliflosin. Hope all goes well for you. Regards Doug

I have been on metformin for 19 years with no side effects. Given its reported cardiac and cancer benefits, I have every intention of remaining on it. Regards Doug

Sorry for my late update. I had UTIs and balanitis and my endo advised me to stop using dapa.

Thanks @Jaylee Regards Doug