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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Glynis M" data-source="post: 605231" data-attributes="member: 120871">So something about me................................ here I am just turned 60 and I am living in Somerset. I was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes in 2008 and was initially ok with diet and exercise but now on Metformin. Not really surprised to be diabetic as I have a sister with Type 2 diabetes, Hashimotos thyroditis and Vitamin B12 deficiency, another with Hashimotos and Fybromyalgia and a Dad with Vit B12 deficiency. All auto immune diseases which seem to run rife in my family.  I was recently also diagnosed with a sliding hiatus hernia which took the doctors 14 years to diagnose!!!!! This gives me acid reflux and causes acute pain and vomiting at times and has stopped me doing my beloved exercise classes and meant I have put on weight. I have always felt like I am battling the Doctors where my health is concerned. The latest being when I asked what could be done to relieve the symptoms of the hiatus hernia.  I had  tried various drugs -,Omeprazole, Domperidone-, which were given to me before the hernia was diagnosed to relieve the  acute acid reflux and vomiting!!! None of which helped at all and not allowed me to exercise. I was told nothing could be done about the hernia and to lose weight!!!!!! If I had a £1 for every time I have said sort out the vomiting and pain and I will do the exercise  and that would help weight loss ........................I would be rich. I feel I am going around and around in circles where this is concerned and it is not helping my sugar levels at all. I have already had years with Adhesive Capsulitis ( Frozen shoulder)  that incapacitated me totally for over two years with no help for the doctors and now have Trigger finger in my thumb ( all common in Diabetes).  I  managed through my own effort to ease the Frozen shoulder and have improved movement there although it remains stiff and painful. I am awaiting an operation to free the thumb. I really don't think Doctors are diagnosing any more and don't look at you as a whole person but only at individual illnesses. My digestion is shot to pieces I am sure and so I am about to pay to see a Nutritionist to see what can be done.  I was concerned that the Doctors were giving me medication that interfered with my digestion when they didn't know what was going on in my guts.Sorry to have made this so long but  there may be someone out there who has experienced the same thing and might have some words of wisdom to offer.</blockquote>

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