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    Just Wondering (Induced Hypos)

    Sometimes when I ponder my life and remember my Type 1 diagnosis at 12 years of age. I vividly remember the doctor giving me a small overdose of Actrapid so that I would know the signs of a hypo. I'm just interested to know do they still do this with newly diagnosed diabetics?
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    Frozen from the waist down (Night Cramps)

    I suffer from diabetic neuropathy and have recently been hit with agonising night cramps.They start at the waist and go right down to my feet. I sometimes wake screaming , it feels as if I have been sitting in an ice bath for hours. My legs become very cold to the touch and I cant feel my feet...
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    Pain and Addiction

    I have for a long time 14 years endured abscesses and neuropathy in my legs feet and hip.The pain is getting worse by the day. Some eight years ago after a long and loving affair with Dihydrocodeine I was additionally put onto Durogesic 100mg fentanyl transdermal patches. To cut a long story...