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I apologise in advance, I know I’m whinging but I’ve hit my limit and just need to vent. I am T1, have stage 4 CKD, osteoporosis, gastroparesis, neuropathy, retinopathy and neurogenic bladder because I had severe anorexia and refused to manage my diabetes for years. I’m 36. My gastroparesis is...

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Apologies in advance for moaning, I know I'm a lot better off than a lot of people. I have t1 diabetes, severe anorexia nervous, reflux disease, and have recently been told I have stage 4 kidney disease. Apparently they are thinking I may need dialysis in the near future. Neuropathy has damaged...

I'm going to see the family and as the only T1, I'm going to face the barrage of 'Can you eat that?' (Adult diagnosis) And 'I don't know how you do it' and 'so and so is now T1 and needs jabs when she was T2'. No. No, they aren't T1 now. They are T2 on Insulin. I have a different condition with...

Firstly, apologies for moaning. At 29, I feel very old. I was diagnosed as t1 in May last year and since then, my GP, consultant and DN feel I have been in complete denial. I am trying hard, but live alone, no family, have a very stressful and demanding job (often clocking up 60+ hours per...

Today I climbed Snowdon (3 weeks after diagnosis, and 2 weeks after being put on insulin) in the freezing rain, raising £185 for Headway, and am very proud of myself! :D But I was wondering if anyone else has experienced rapid blood sugar changes (I went from 18.1 to 3.1 within a few hours)...

Hello, I have had a bit of a strange week having gone to the doctors just feeling unwell, and being called in to be told after several repeat tests, all in rapid succesion, that I have type 1.5 diabetes (I didn't even know there was a 1.5 type), probably LADA. They called me in for results...