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My dad has been told he has heart failure, kidney failure and liver failure and that there is nothing they can do for him apart from medication. He has had type 1 for 50 years. Has anybody else experienced anything like this? I feel like we are waiting for one or all the organs to pack up.

My dad has type 1 so do I. Dad been diabetic 53 years. He's been diagnosed with kidney disease has nerve damage and retinopathy. For the last five years he has suffered with what he describes as a head cold. He is often sick with catarrh and has no appetite. He has lost a lot of weight. Over the...

Hi I use the spirit combo pump and the last few times I've changed the cartridge and cannula I've had the warning "occlusion". I use the flex link cannulas. Anyone else experienced this?

Help! Started low carbing at the end of August Within a week blood sugars low all day every day so began to adjust via pump Also noticed really bad bloating gas and heartburn Have suffered this previously and was diagnosed with IBS After a lot of research gave apple cider vinegar a go for a...

Been low carbing nearly two weeks about 20g carbs a day The problem is no weight loss at all! My blood sugars have been low 3.9 average so adjusting insulin via pump to sort this out Could the low blood sugars be stopping weight loss?

Started low carbing after reading Dr Bernsteins book but finding the salad bit really hard to work out! He says a cup full (I assume American 250ml) is equivalent to 6g carbs that seems a very small amount of salad to me for 6g? Any advice anyone? Sent from the Diabetes Forum App