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Rheumatoid arthritis and Diabetes...how many Auto Immune conditions do you have...

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Robinredbreast said:
I like you
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Just giggling so much that I just prodded the report button by mistake!! Good job I realised!!! BTW even my Consultant reckons my 'attitude has an equal if not more profound effect than my drugs' - errr I think he means that as a compliment(???)! :-D. Sue xxx
 

Lol members have said that before about the report button, it is too close to the reply button btw my second job is a female Victor Medrew impersonator lol
 
Robinredbreast said:
Lol members have said that before about the report button, it is too close to the reply button btw my second job is a female Victor Medrew impersonator lol
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We could be the new Ant and Dec, Morcombe and Wise, Laurel and Hardy.......! :-D.
 
Psoriasis and occasional flare ups of rheumatoid arthritis - both only affect me if I mess up my diet too much.
 

Ok will run down mine....
Blind in one eye loss of sight in the last
Spine double concave scoliosis ...l3 missing
RA in both feet and hands and knees
Type 1 as we know lol
And a few more that are just boring ....like constant kindly stones etc ...Browns ....

So yer we all a good mess then lololol.....

Well it's good to see everyone is so open about it all and at ease to chat in it
 
Robinredbreast said:
Oh my, all I've got is diabetes.unquote,
that's enough for anyone June
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Yes, I agree, it's a pain which I wish I didn't have to cope with. I've had problems in the past, anxiety, panic attacks, IBS and osteoporosis, but they've all been overcome and I found dealing with them far more stressful that D. The first 3 "ailments" turned me into a recluse who rarely went out of the house and it took years to regain my normal life. In comparison, diabetes has been easy after all the initial reactions of tears, anger,despair, 'fedupness' etc. I'm a newby (7months), but with some discipline and understanding of this disease, I've pretty much got my bg levels within my target range of between 5-9mmol. I could probably get them lower, but I'm satisfied with my efforts and hopefully will get the next HBA1c down to about 43 (6.1%). I'd be delighted if I could achieve that.

After reading through the earlier posts, I made the comment that I did. I ONLY have diabetes to cope with, whereas other people have to deal with all sorts of other complications.
 

June and Jonny, One of the best things about this forum this that we can share our experiences with each other knowing everyone understands. Its 'comforting' for want of a better word, to know that if I need to I can moan, groan, shout, scream and even laugh at my patheticness and no one will judge, but I will get loads of support and advice. As a newbie, I lurked a while before I posted and now I'm so pleased I found somewhere where I can be me whatever my mood. Publically I cope with my collection of illness with laughter, privately its really good to know you lot are out there somewhere understanding the daily slog. Sue xxxxx
 
Hi Mrs P or Sue, whichever you'd prefer. I agree it is a daily slog and no matter how helpful family and friends try to be, only another diabetic understands how we feel and what we're going through. This is where the forum has been so helpful for me. I've adopted the attitude that diabetes is an a unfortunately part of my life and it sucks, but I'm not a slave to it. If I can keep my bg levels in the 'normal' range for 95% of the time, then I'm happy. An occasional reading of 9-10, is disappointing, but I don't lose any sleep over it. Over the last few months, I can see some people take it very, very seriously and are almost fanatical and others are all over the place. I've taken the middle of the road approach. I just do the best I'm comfortable with in order to lead as healthy a life as I can and avoid the complications that we are susceptible to.
 
Christ ...my last high was 36.4....10'...i would dream of ....though I did drop to 3.2 last might after bath again
Hypos R us ....lol

We'll.......the question in Op has opened up some things eh......brill
 
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Well I'm curious about a link between hormonal imbalances for women and diabetes. Both I and my sister in law (so no blood relation!) have recently been diagnosed - she with type 2, me with pre-diabetes. She has no family history of it but has suffered from poly cystic ovary syndrome. I have also just had a hysterectomy due to massive fibroid - fuelled by too much oestrogen - so clearly I had a hormonal imbalance too. I am convinced these conditions have in some way contributed. Well, maybe not the conditions themselves but I'm seriously concerned that the hormone treatments we had may have. I was put in a nasty drug called Prostap. It induces a chemical menopause and has horrible side effects such as joint pain as well as the usual menopausal hot flushes. It does increase risk of T2 but no one tells you that at the time. I would be very interested to know if anyone else on here has had similar treatment prior to a diabetes diagnosis. I had absolutely no symptoms (still don't) and the pre diabetes diagnosis only came about in a routine blood test 4 weeks after my op. Total shock. Been treated for one thing and has that treatment caused another?
 
My autoimmune illnesses are crohns disease, pustular psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, raynaud's syndrome, polycystic ovary syndrome, chondrodermatitis nodularis chronica helicis, my kidney disease might be autoimmune and I think the recurring shingles and temporomandibular joint disorder might be as well, not sure.
They say if you have one you're likely to get more.
 
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