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Message: <blockquote data-quote="sammythehammy" data-source="post: 107023" data-attributes="member: 23253">I had been a soldier in the Royal artillery for 16 years when i became more and more tired and thirsty and lost loads of weight.In the army they have a sort of macho type attitude to illness and so when i reported sick to the army doctor he just sent me away with a flea in my ear and a couple of asprins.I reported back to the doctors many times over the next 6 months  and was told i was depressed and to pull my socks up. I was posted to Cyprus for 6 months and eventually the heat and my symptoms overcame me and i was bedded down excused all duties. I was lying in a bed in a room full of ruffy tuffy soldiers who did not seem to care about my condition which slowly got worse untill i slipped into a diabetic coma,on one of my concious moments i saw that the room was empty the other soldiers had just gone and left me to fend for myself .Just by luck another soldier saw the empty room as an oppertunity to have a look to see what he could aquire. He was surprised to see me and i just managed to croak that i needed to be in hospital. I was taken to Acrotiri military hospital and was in a diabetic coma for 9 days . When i woke i was told i would be discharged from the army because i was a diabetic.I wasnt told of any compensation or other finacial help so struggled for the next few years but now i have a war pension and am managing to get back on my feet.im left with severe diabetic nueropathy due to the fact my blood sugar level was so high 55 for so long b4 i was diagnosed.</blockquote>

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