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Hello, Josh. Are you near sighted? As Dark horse mentioned, floaters can be a sign of bleeding into the eye's jelly. It could also be a sign of a retinal detachment, but generally, you would have a decreased field of vision or severely reduced sight. Most commonly, a sudden increase in floaters...

Oh, thank you for your reply! Yes, I can see how that can be a very common question and we must do our best to inform them. It's a good testament to character and intellect that one is able to find such complicated information and digest it on one's own. Sadly; many of us are not lucky enough to...

I wasn't sure where to post this thread, but I'm talking to some newly diagnosed patients on monday and I've been mostly focusing on "how I did it" as per request of my nurse. But I also want to answer some of the questions the nurses and nutritionists and so on don't answer. Specifically I've...

I was only 25 when I was diagnosed with T2. Youngest I've heard of. Sucks. Should have taken the warning signs.

Sorry to hear about that, my friend. Hopefully it'll pass in a short time. How's your eye feeling? I know dry eyes can be a pain with Bell's. There are bandages you can use (called a moisture chamber) to reduce evaporation of tears. https://www.good-lite.com/Details.cfm?ProdID=809 Hope it...

People with RA and other rheumatoid disorders may sometimes experience symptoms from the eyes in the form of potentially serious inflammations, which could also cause macular oedema. The treatment is then different. I would love to hear what they conclude after the examination! Hope you're...

Well, it's a complex question. I don't suppose he gave you any pictures? The gray spot could be anything, sadly. When it comes to retinopathy, traditionally, the vision merely grows blurry. That's not to say you've got retinopathy. It could be as simple as needing different glasses or perhaps...

Hello, Emma and welcome to the forum! I worked with gastroenterology briefly and made some experiences along the way there and I would like to say that you've done a good job in seeing the symptoms and acting on them. So there's a link between UC and diabetes that's well known in theory, but...

Hello, fellow member! I wanted to take time to address your mood, as I feel this is oftentimes overlooked. Low mood and low energy can oftentimes be attributed to depression, be it situation or seasonal or maybe even medical. I have had recurrent depressions for years, which I have gone...

Thank you all for your kind comments! I have already written down a few words about diabetic retinopathy in the subsection if anyone would like to proofread it! :) I am not very proficient in English, so I would be glad to have anyone proofread it :)

Hello, everyone! It's been a long one and a half years with some major lifestyle changes... So to start things off, I discovered my diabetes after I passed out at work. I work as a nurse and the symptoms were kinda piling up, so I decided it was time to face facts and get that blood sugar taken...

I've just now come to the realization that blood sugars are quite a private thing to diabetics and comments from non-diabetics on my post-prandial blood sugar being around 7 is a very offensive thing. Never thought it would bother me, but it's within the normal range, so I am not sure why I am...

Going to attempt to make my house liveable again. I have two irish setters who have gone through potty-training on my wall-to-wall carpets. Sadly no vacation this year :(

Fire can spread incredibly fast. If one is ever unsure if one can put out a fire it is best to leave earlier rather than later. The gasses created by the burn are often more dangerous than the heat and attempting to put out a fire in a room full of smoke should be avoided. Do take care that if...

Def Fringe, Rick and American Horror Story. The good ol' geek in me would also recommende the Alien-films, the Quentin Tarrantino-movies, the classics... shawshank redemption for example. Doctor Who is a good series for people into sci-fi stuff. X-files to keep you entertained for weeks...

Right choice not to drive yourself. They say up to 2 hours, but the ones we use sometimes linger for up to 4 hours. Vision will be blurry and your pupils will be quite dilated. You'll still be able to see, but reading is quite impossible. Waiting for hours for the drops to pass can be very...

Is it dry or is it seeping fluid? And does it hurt or do you not feel it? How are your feet in general? Any neuropathy? Generally your foot looks well circulated. That is a good thing, although I would need to see it to be completely sure. It means that with the proper care it can recover well...

Steroids of the catabolic kind bind to cells and reduce the amount of inflammatory substances they release. Not to be confused with anabolic steroids that build up muscles, catabolic steroids like the one they inject to reduce inflammation actually breaks down muscle and other tissues to some...

I was bullied quite often in school! I would get pretty violent in response to the bullying and at one point I severely injured one of them. You would think it felt good, and when I was releasing all of that rage, seeing teeth break and pierce lips, it did. Later, I realized that I felt worse...

Take a deep breath before reading. I've had it about as long as you and I know exactly where you're coming from! I've seen a lot of diabetic complications through my work so I dreaded the worst, especially blindness and even made a few posts about it. With this illness, it seems, you can do so...