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I too have background retinopathy, and reading this report worried me - bad enough being told you have cancer, diabetes and then might go blind only to discover you will loose ya marbles too. Pffft! :roll: Give me a break!

My diagnosis was as a result of me badgering medical professionals to stop treating symptoms, and get to the bottom of why I didn't heal and ended up with chronic Cellulitis and Lympheodema in my right arm, chest and back, and a bout of septicaemia, being hospitalised, and spending months on end...

I use a Freestyle Freedom Lite as provided by my GP - find it very simple to use.

I had been diagnosed with Breast Cancer in August 2009, I had the surgery on 2nd September 2009, and started treatment. I quickly ended up with Cellulitis and Septicemia, because of an infection I had acquired during surgery. I was admitted, blasted with every antibiotic known to man and...

Trinkwasser, ermm nope, I didn't know I could pick and chose what drug treatment I had for the diabetes. Hanadr, Royal Berks is about 10 miles north of me, but I have never been there. Most my treatment for the breast cancer has been at either Basingstoke or Southampton. For the diabetes, my...

Well this is getting serious now :( I saw my Surgeon for a check up on Tuesday to review my progress with the infection in my arm and chest ( Lymphoedema and acute Cellulitis caused by surgery to breast and axillary lymph nodes and 25 fractions of Radiotherapy). I dont seem to be able to...

Hello again, Thank you both very much for the welcome and the advice. Much appreciated. I shall get busy reading!

Hello My name is Zoë, I am 50, married with two kids at Uni, and live in Hampshire. I was diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes in March after a long running post surgical infection, following treatment for Breast Cancer which was diagnosed last August. During that time I have been on antibiotics...