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    Thrush and type 2 diabetic

    For guys ... I get thrush every now and then and it's awful. Part of it is about hygiene where some pee stays on the penis after peeing. With diabetics (we handle infections less well than non diabetics) this pee can also be quite sugary and this opens the floodgates for Thrush as the fungus...
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    type 2 and bulimia

    HI, I used to be bulimic and probably was the same as you. I could eat my fridge and then throw it all up again to the point where I didn't need to "make" myself sick, I just was. Bulimia is mainly a symptom - I had Borderline Personality Disorder although it has calmed massively due to lots...
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    Is this all because of diabetes?

    Hi, This reads as a stupid question but I need to ask it all the same. I have been diagnosed Type 2 since 1998 and went onto insulin in 2001. I'm now 47 years old and very overweight (BMI of around 39/40) and am not managing my BG very well. I had some mental health problems and struggle with...
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    Don't involve yourself in the blame game.

    I am definitely obese with a BMI of about 40. I was talking to my consultant about the effects of losing weight and insulin use and he did confirm that weight is a massive part of me being a T2 diabetic. However he did say that my resistance to insulin was way beyond just the weight issue. He...
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    HI.. New member but old type 2

    Hello... My name is Martin and I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes way back in 1998. I supposed it was down to being very overweight and having the typical male barrel shape with most of my fat around my abdomen. I started on metformin which seemed to be pretty good for the first couple of...