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    Low mood, feeling like a failure and wanting to self harm again

    I am sorry for what you are going through but it is a story all to common, i myself have been there on more than one or two times. You think that life is not worth living and that if you were not there the people you love would be better off but you have made the first step to getting better...
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    Can anyone explain this?

    Our bodies all react differently to the food that we eat, so there are different levels for all of us. The studies that are done are on a very small scale when you look at the amount of people who suffer from any type of diabetes. I got diabetes in 1979 aged 3 where you had to carb count. Then...
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    Help after having a pancreas and kidney transplant

    Hi Grant i know there are not many of us who have had a SPK as it is a rare operation to have. The problem i have is in the run up to a transplant everything is explained up to when you go home, I know in the Freeman hospital an average of 5 SPK are done a year. So in 10 years 50 people and you...
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    Help after having a pancreas and kidney transplant

    It is nearly 4 years since my double transplant which is working fine, anyone who has read some of my posts will know that it has not been easy with the damage the diabetes had already done. A brief recap after the transplant we found out that all my nerves were damaged, issues with bladder and...
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    Alcohol and Diabetes

    There is some good advice such as vodka and wine( not together) but you find out yourself over time, take Gluko Tablets out the time and also something that says you are a diabetic and the meds you are on. There have been times when people have thought that they passed a drunk but it was a...
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    Type 1 Diabetic, 22 years old

    Mossy121 I am 43 but have not had diabetes for 4 years after a pancreas and kidney transplant, now do not start jumping about thinking this is a cure it is not. You do not need insulin as long as the pancreas is working then it is back to diabetes and you can get fake hypo's even though you are...
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    Pip appeal

    I have recently had my PIP claim checked a year early, they said it was so in a years time it will make things easier. The assessor who came out was very rude, he would ask a question and you would start to reply and he would say i need to know about today not any other time. How are you to...
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    Burning Out After 20 Years T1d

    HI Emj Diabetes is always there so there is a good chance of burnout, people can look at you in the street and think there is nothing wrong with her but would they like to walk in your shoes for a day? I got diabetes when i was 3 and began to suffer from burnout at 18 as 15 years testing, card...
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    oh my god. I'm really struggling to keep it together

    You said something in a post the word normal, six letters but if you have all these problems nothing is normal. I got diabetes and do not know what normal is but i know what i diabetic is insulin, needles, bg checks, carb counting, watching what you eat and drink, other risks of diabetes and...
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    Loss of Hypo Awareness and PIP

    Do you have any other illnesses? How many times do you have hypos and who helps you? I am not going to lie to you if that is all you have on your form they will likely turn you down but then you appeal against it, now this is what you have to do even though you should not have to. When you have...
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    teen refusing to do insulin

    I was a diabetic for 35 years until i had a kidney and pancreas transplant so i am having a holiday from insulin, before this and now i have or had every diabetic problem. It is great to hear she is trying to talk to someone, I think we need some help for teenagers up to people in their mid 20's...
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    Does anyone else think that there is a gap for diabetics aged 14-26

    It is not me i was thinking of it is the diabetics now, why is there no service for this age group in a time where the choices they make now can have long lasting effect. I only thought of this as i had a kidney and pancreas transplant but once you leave the hospital there are no help groups...
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    Does anyone else think that there is a gap for diabetics aged 14-26

    I am just in my 40's and found my most difficult time of being a diabetic was through these years. At 14 your body is changing, school exams, people who do not know about diabetes can leave you feeling isolated and peer pressure, this goes on as your life changes i.e getting a job, uni, alcohol...
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    Lost Control

    Have you not got a partner to help out with the children or maybe a family member who could watch the children for a couple of hours so you could do swimming? Did you tell the people at work that you wanted the time off to go on a diabetic course as by law not letting you go they are stopping...
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    Once A Diabetic, Always A Diabetic?

    Well i was a diabetic from the age of 3 till just before i was 39, then i had a kidney and pancreas transplant so at the minute i am a insulin free holiday. How long it will last i don't no but with my BG returning to a normal level the damage that the diabetes had done has shown it's face. The...
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    Tiredness

    The heat can play a part in feeling tired but with your other health problems i would ask the GP if they can take a blood test just to be on the safe side. Before i had a transplant i used to get tired all the time and it has not gone away, some days are better than others. As a rule insulin...
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    New Type 1 Diabetics Getting Little Help

    I have been on this forum and am angry with the way that people who get type 1 seem to be getting very little help from hospitals and GP's. I have read that people are in hospital for 24 hours given their insulin dose and sent home with a leaflet. then they are waiting weeks to see different...
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    Really Depressed Today!

    I have tried the alcohol route and it does not work but i have had mental health issues for 24 years with some good times and some bad. It was about 10 years ago when i was thinking of taking my own life as the hospital i was at was giving me no hope and it was a constant battle to get through...
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    Newbie, Please Help!

    Hi LornaFarrell this is nothing new with people who get diabetes, they are sent home with set doses of insulin and then given some information and told to come back in a couple of weeks. Most of this is down to not having enough nurses and consultants to keep up with the rising number of...
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    Poor Support From Diabetic Specialists

    Josh there are a lot of diabetics who are just like you, with diabetes rising and not enough nurses and doctors to cope with the demand. I went to the same diabetes center for nearly 30 years but the last 5 were not good, i was rushed in to see a doctor 5 mins of him saying do this and do that...