Sadly, most of the UK public learn all they know about diabetes from rags like the Daily Mail who just love blaming the state of the NHS on diabetes! Because of this kind of reporting, most people believe that diabetes is self inflicted.This is one of my biggest problems with people who do not understand diabetes, When you tell tell them you are a diabetic and they say so you can't have sugar then, at times i have to walk away before i say some thing. Would these people say to someone in the army who had lost a leg, so you only need one shoe. NO they would not or if they seen someone with cancer who's hair had fallen out, so you won't need any shampoo NO. So why do they think we cannot have sugar have we a big sign that says no sugar allowed. I am not trying to upset anyone who knows someone who has lost leg or has cancer, i am just using it as a example( my father has had polio since he was 3 and my mother had cancer in which most of her belly was taken away so i would not want to upset anyone)
Hello every one hope you all enjoy xmas holidays and a new year, l always read everyone’s comments and always get my answers from others questions. Iam type 2 for the past 6 years and my dr told me my hbc1 levels were on Normal range and this was over 18months . I requested to be taken of mertfom 850 mg which l take twice my dr refused said my age of 52 l must carry on taking it . My problem is lam having cramps in my hands every night around 4 am . Is this the side effects of mertfomin
Hi I was interested to read the chat about prednisone and its effects on onset Type 2 diabetes.in 1990 I was physical education teacher who did lots of exercise, I am 5' 7' and I weighed about 10 stones. Then I developed Crohn's disease and after many months without a diagnosis I was rushed into hospital as I was bleeding heavily. I was immediately put on a steroid drip and after a month in hospital I was discharged taking 10 prednisone a day. My consultant said he expected me to stay on this for life, but I had other ideas and together with a return to excercise and a change in diet I eventually came off the steroids. Roll on twenty years and after a routine test I was suddenly diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. I was shocked to say the least as I was still the same weight and height and was playing tennis three times a week. Despite trying to discuss the fact that I could have steroid induced diabetes no one at hospital was prepared to talk about it. Does anyone else have an experience similar to mine?
I don't think any long term health conditions are understood. I would like to see health education in schools, to teach all children about conditions such as diabetes, dementia, autism and the other common conditions, so that society as a whole will start to have a better understanding of those around them. It may also help children stay healthier and avoid the conditions which can be avoided. My usual rant is what good is Shakespeare if children do not yet have the knowledge to function as decent citizens in the modern world. Meanwhile, it is down to us all to impart our knowledge to the ignorant, to make up for this shortfall in the education system. The old saying "every day's a school day" works both ways. We can all be teachers as well as learners.This is one of my biggest problems with people who do not understand diabetes, When you tell tell them you are a diabetic and they say so you can't have sugar then, at times i have to walk away before i say some thing. Would these people say to someone in the army who had lost a leg, so you only need one shoe. NO they would not or if they seen someone with cancer who's hair had fallen out, so you won't need any shampoo NO. So why do they think we cannot have sugar have we a big sign that says no sugar allowed. I am not trying to upset anyone who knows someone who has lost leg or has cancer, i am just using it as a example( my father has had polio since he was 3 and my mother had cancer in which most of her belly was taken away so i would not want to upset anyone)
I feel your pain, because it is not just the general public it seems to me half the medical profession do not understand the complexities of the disease either, including the so called celebrity doctors who claim to be able to reverse diabetes, well you can't you can put it into remission by diet but you can't cure it. One of my 'friends' who claims to know everything about diabetes because her mother was diabetic told me to become a vegetarian!!! Went to lunch there one day and was greeted with "I don't have anything you can eat" choices were fish pie, cottage pie. The best way to understand the condition is to imagine that your body is just too big for the amount of insulin you are producing. There was an excellent letter in the British Medical Journal recently from a retired consultant, who said the only way to keep his diabetes in remission was to be hungry all the time. He had got it under control by halving his body weight, but the only way to maintain it was to eat very little. I am in a similar boat, I am slightly overweight, but only by about 10lbs now, but the more I lose the more my bloods deteriorate. I just have to accept that I am going to spend the rest of my life hungry, which is why I am still overweight because there are days, and today is one of them when I am just really hungry anbd all the water, celery and carrots just don;t do it.This is one of my biggest problems with people who do not understand diabetes, When you tell tell them you are a diabetic and they say so you can't have sugar then, at times i have to walk away before i say some thing. Would these people say to someone in the army who had lost a leg, so you only need one shoe. NO they would not or if they seen someone with cancer who's hair had fallen out, so you won't need any shampoo NO. So why do they think we cannot have sugar have we a big sign that says no sugar allowed. I am not trying to upset anyone who knows someone who has lost leg or has cancer, i am just using it as a example( my father has had polio since he was 3 and my mother had cancer in which most of her belly was taken away so i would not want to upset anyone)
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