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    eating sugary foods

    Iv always wondered do any diabetics eat sugary snacks and fancy puddings when they go out for meals I assumed if your sugars were under.control eating sugary snacks wouldn't be a problem or am I just talking rubbish obviously everyone.knows a.whole bar of chocolate Is bad for a diabetic but...
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    really lost

    So.as.you lot know I am having lots.of.problems with my legs and muscle jerks and weakness and have now started having severe all over body pain and shortness of breathe also this metal smell.in my nose when my sugar goes to 10.0 normally my readings are normal with the occasional high but no...
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    PARALYSIS ?????

    im 23 year old diabetic type 1 for 5 years and dont understand what is happening to me :( i would like to know if anyone knows if paralysis can happen from any kind of diabetic problem as im experiencing alot of jekry movments in my legs and deep pains and stiffness in my legs and lower back i...
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    diabetic amyotrophy

    does anyone know anything about amyotrophy i am becoming increasingly worried about this and no doctors seem to have a answer for any of my aielments i am 23 years old and my control is good with my diabites but i am becoming increasingly stiffer and stiffer so if anyone has any light on this...
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    Diabetic stiffness

    Can diabetic neuropathy cause stiffness in muscles in legs and lower back also could it cause severe eye pain I'm 23 years old bare in mind and only had diabites 5 years i am type 1 and it is controlled but like everyone have highs sometimes but not chronic i don't have numbness just severe...
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    CARBS? !!!!

    iv been a diabetic for 5 years im 22 and i was wondering if carb counting is really a necessity ? my blood sugars have been in good ranges from 5 - 7 and my a1c from 4.4 - 7 iv never owned a carb counting book and im worried that maybe im controlling my diabetes wrong by not carb counting...
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    PLEASe help me 22 year old with very strange symptoms

    Little update went to see my diabetic consultant and he seemed to think it may be something else causing all the problems as he said my last emg was clean and that I have full circulation and feeling in feet he has arranged blood tests to look into all sorts of different problems I meet with the...
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    PLEASe help me 22 year old with very strange symptoms

    yeah i will tell them everything i have my check up tomorrow i have been in alot of pain today :( i am really confused as 1 i am very young to have full blown diabetic neuroapthy and 2 i have pains in my back hips and knees and shins but no numbness in my feet or tingling :( i am very worried...
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    PLEASe help me 22 year old with very strange symptoms

    Yeah I will do that :) hopefully they will shed some light on it the strange thing is the pains come and go like one day I can be fine then bang all over leg and hip pains with calf tightness it's really strange :/
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    PLEASe help me 22 year old with very strange symptoms

    I could try that :) i have hit a blank wall its depressing :( :( yeah i hope they will shed some light on it as im suffering bad is it possible to have problems which arent even related to diabetes but have the same kind of neurological problems my muscles get really painful and i feel maybe i...
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    PLEASe help me 22 year old with very strange symptoms

    nope im not on statins as i know they are very dangerous :(
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    PLEASe help me 22 year old with very strange symptoms

    hi :) i tried a little hydrotherapy but believe it or not my knees were absolutely killing me in the water so i didnt continue it iv tried cutting carbs out of my diet but the pains just seem to stay the same im also not taking any form of medication for the pains just the vitamin supplements...
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    PLEASe help me 22 year old with very strange symptoms

    also im 5ft 10 and i weigh 12 stone i have a athletic build and used to be very active but the past few months iv been very depressed constantly having tests done is there any kind of autoimmune diseases or joint diseases apart from arthritis which i have been tested for because i cant believe...
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    PLEASe help me 22 year old with very strange symptoms

    Hi :) i have had a b12 blood test which didnt show anything iv also had my thyroid checked i also take b12 supplements so i dont think i could be low on those i also take b1 supplement and magnesium but i still have all these strange symptoms to me it feels like its actually in the bones as...
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    PLEASe help me 22 year old with very strange symptoms

    Wow thanks for the feedback I'm on Novarapid in the day and lantus at night my emg is in 6 days time and I have a diabetic consultant app in 3 days hopefully it will show something i just feel it's strange that i don't have any feet pain but lots of severe other symptoms as I was told...
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    PLEASe help me 22 year old with very strange symptoms

    I need help not sure if I am suggesting with neuropathy or something else it all started 12 months ago I was healthy I mean ok I didn't control my diabetes as well as I had of but my fasting sugars were always in normal ranges Iv only been diabetic for 4 years I'm 22 now I was going the gym 4...