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<blockquote data-quote="leahkian" data-source="post: 1834608" data-attributes="member: 32193"><p>Hello briony i have had diabetes from the age of 3 till i was 39 then i got a double transplant and am having a little holiday for now. From the age of 17 till present day i suffer depression, anxiety and low mood, so i am still under a mental health team. Some people think that getting diabetes young is better that getting later in life but it is not as when i got it there was not the help there is now. My parents had a orange to practice injecting me, my mental heath started just before i was 18 i went for a eye test and was told i had to go to hospital where i found out there were little blood vessels that could burst at any time. So i need laser treatment on both eyes which lasted 4 months but one night i was sick and i could not see out of my left eye so was sent to hospital. You could not see the blood as it was behind the eye in the end over 3 years and 5 ops my eyes were stable but the price i payed was my mental health suffered and was sent for mental health treatment. Just 3 months after all that had been done i was sent to a renal doctor who told me by the time i was 30 i would need a kidney transplant, i walked out in a daze in tears but what could i do. The mental health team helped me through the dark times but is always there in your mind, i got to 30 and my renal function had leveled out but i thought i would change hospital to the one that would do the transplant. This was the best thing i did i went on the transplant list in Dec 13 and had my double transplant on April the 17th 2015 my sons birthday( he still has not forgiven me). I thought that my mental health would improve but the transplant went perfect but the damage done by the diabetes had done over the years came to light. Yes my mental health is the same so i take everyday as it comes and keep fighting as i have my children to bring up alone and know matter how low i get i fight for them and they know about my mental health as i have told them. The root cause is diabetes you get told to avoid stress but you are living with a 24/7 illness and no one can avoid it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="leahkian, post: 1834608, member: 32193"] Hello briony i have had diabetes from the age of 3 till i was 39 then i got a double transplant and am having a little holiday for now. From the age of 17 till present day i suffer depression, anxiety and low mood, so i am still under a mental health team. Some people think that getting diabetes young is better that getting later in life but it is not as when i got it there was not the help there is now. My parents had a orange to practice injecting me, my mental heath started just before i was 18 i went for a eye test and was told i had to go to hospital where i found out there were little blood vessels that could burst at any time. So i need laser treatment on both eyes which lasted 4 months but one night i was sick and i could not see out of my left eye so was sent to hospital. You could not see the blood as it was behind the eye in the end over 3 years and 5 ops my eyes were stable but the price i payed was my mental health suffered and was sent for mental health treatment. Just 3 months after all that had been done i was sent to a renal doctor who told me by the time i was 30 i would need a kidney transplant, i walked out in a daze in tears but what could i do. The mental health team helped me through the dark times but is always there in your mind, i got to 30 and my renal function had leveled out but i thought i would change hospital to the one that would do the transplant. This was the best thing i did i went on the transplant list in Dec 13 and had my double transplant on April the 17th 2015 my sons birthday( he still has not forgiven me). I thought that my mental health would improve but the transplant went perfect but the damage done by the diabetes had done over the years came to light. Yes my mental health is the same so i take everyday as it comes and keep fighting as i have my children to bring up alone and know matter how low i get i fight for them and they know about my mental health as i have told them. The root cause is diabetes you get told to avoid stress but you are living with a 24/7 illness and no one can avoid it. [/QUOTE]
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